All posts tagged "FTC"
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720Capital RegulationKorea FTC Considers Stricter Regulations for Upbit, Bithumb
Korean companies categorised as "large businesses" are placed under close monitoring and must disclose information on major intracompany dealings, board decisions and shareholders.
April 22, 2022 -
450Fintech / RegtechUS Treasury Forms Educational Subgroup on Digital Assets
The new subgroup will develop educational materials to help consumers make informed decisions about digital assets.
March 17, 2022 -
562JapanJapan FTC Warns of Possible Antitrust Breaches in IPO Pricing
The FTC expressed concerns that securities firms could use their superior bargaining power to set IPO prices excessively low and disadvantage issuers.
February 3, 2022 -
283EnforcementKorea: Police Raid Crypto Exchange, Freeze $214m in Assets
Crypto exchange V Global is alleged to have engaged in an illegal multi-level marketing scheme to lure investors.
May 9, 2021 -
409AML / KYCFSS Korea Mulls New Crypto Rules to Counter ‘Kimchi Premium’
The plan is a response to growing suspicions that investors are purchasing bitcoin from overseas exchanges with the intent of selling them in Korea at a premium.
April 21, 2021 -
410TaiwanTaiwan Sees First Merger of Financial Holding Companies
Taipei Fubon Commercial Bank will be integrated with Jih Sun International Bank, and Fubon Securities with Jih Sun Securities.
March 26, 2021 -
458FeatureJapan Close to Decision on Lower Interbank Transfer Fees
Interbank transfer fees have remained the same for over 40 years. A reduction in interbank EFT fees may be implemented as soon as October.
March 6, 2021 -
2.4KContributed ArticleOpening the Zengin System Could Reshape Japan’s Payments Landscape
Nomura Research Institute’s Ryoji Kashiwagi discusses competition concerns raised by Japan’s Fair Trade Commission, and their implications for the country’s payments landscape.
August 12, 2020 -
976EuropeSingapore Regulator Raises Concerns Over LSEG-Refinitiv Deal
Singapore's competition regulator has concerns about whether Refinitiv’s widely used WM/Reuters FX benchmarks would be offered to rival providers at fair and reasonable terms.
July 7, 2020 -
1.4KAML / KYCS. Korea Approves Use of Biometrics for Digital Identification
Korea's Fair Trade Commission has revised bank transaction law to allow the use of biometrics for identification in bank teller transactions.
July 6, 2020
