Two new internet banks will be granted preliminary regulatory approval by May, allowing them to provide loans to consumers, households and SMEs, but not to corporates.
December 24, 2018Insufficient disclosures of corporate clients' beneficiaries by financial institutions was cited as one of Taiwan's shortcomings in the APG's latest report.
December 20, 2018South Korea's FSC and FSS have jointly become the 10th member of IOSCO's EMMoU, which enables cross-border sharing of audit papers and telecommunications and internet records.
December 7, 2018Banks are most exposed to money laundering risks due to the innate characteristics of their products and services, according to an FSC review of the domestic financial industry.
November 29, 2018The FSC found that Goldman Sachs conducted naked short selling worth about KRW 40 billion in late May. Naked short selling is prohibited in South Korea.
November 29, 2018The KOSPI has fallen nearly 20% from this year's peak, prompting FSC chairman Choi Jong-ku to propose that lawmakers abolish the securities transaction tax.
November 8, 2018Once the improvement measures are enacted, innovation will be accelerated as the fundraising environment for small enterprises will improve, said FSC chairman Choi Jong-ku.
November 6, 2018Taiwan has amended its AML/CFT laws, forbidding anonymous cryptocurrency transactions and empowering the FSC to take action against noncompliant platform operators.
November 5, 2018The 500 billion won fund will start investing in the KOSDAQ from November. Separately, market participants will establish an emergency monitoring system to better respond to instability.
October 30, 2018The FSC has fined the bank $129,000 for internal control failures that allowed two of its officers to misappropriate client funds, and ordered it to dismiss the officers responsible.
October 30, 2018