In addition to easing the requirements for registering as a professional investor, the FSC will introduce a new class of brokerage firm that will specialise in channelling funds to SMEs.
January 23, 2019More than 200 regulations under review to reduce barriers to fintech investment; Regulatory sandbox set for April launch.
January 17, 2019The majority of banks' clients pose low money laundering risks, and should not be subject to the same level of scrutiny as high risk clients, said FSC chairman Wellington Koo.
January 3, 2019FSC loosens restrictions on investment in Chinese equities in response to proposed increase of China weighting in MSCI emerging markets index.
January 2, 2019South Korea's Upbit is alleged to have used bots to manipulate trading volumes and prices to attract investors to the exchange. Two officers and an employee have been indicted.
December 27, 2018Two 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, 2018