The FSC is encouraging all banks to set up bilingual branches and enhance the English proficiency of their staff members as part of its efforts to become a regional financial hub in Asia.
September 14, 2020The enhanced regulatory sandbox will commence on 1 September, following legislative amendments passed in February and subsequent regulations made in May.
August 26, 2020A new panel has been appointed to provide recommendations on attracting international retail business to Gift City, India’s international financial services centre.
August 11, 2020The proposed reforms would allow financial services groups operating in Hong Kong to offset the profits of one group company against losses in another.
August 10, 2020The Asia Institute of Digital Finance will be jointly operated by MAS, the National Research Foundation and the National University of Singapore.
August 6, 2020The sovereign growth portfolio will invest in Hong Kong-specific projects, aimed at lifting the city’s competitiveness in financial services, commerce, aviation, logistics and innovation.
June 16, 2020The first phase of the plan will focus on liberalising trade and cross-border investment, starting with the launch of QDLP and QFLP pilot programmes.
June 10, 2020Industry veteran Jamie Lloyd Evans takes a detailed look at digital banking regimes in Asia, and the stated – and unstated – motivations behind them.
April 7, 2020Financial services firms can record video and capture photos of customers presenting their identity document for verification. Electronically-submitted and digitally-signed documents can also be accepted.
January 10, 2020Regulation Asia spoke to Andreas Burner at SmartStream Technologies to understand the different approaches to adopting AI/ML tools, and how centralising data is key to generating analytics and predictions.
December 11, 2019