A meeting with banks and payments firms was convened by federal authorities in the wake of recent disruptions at Uco Bank and Bank of Baroda
November 30, 2023BNM governor Datuk Abdul Rasheed Ghaffour discussed efforts underway in Malaysia to tackle the challenges of scams.
October 6, 2023SEBI fined 135 entities and barred them from accessing the securities market over a stock manipulation scheme.
June 22, 2023The five banks participating in the pilot phase are BOCHK, Standard Chartered, HSBC, Hang Seng Bank, and ICBC Asia.
June 21, 2023The HKMA said it aims to have all retail banks taking a "consistent, coordinated approach to real-time fraud monitoring" by September 2023.
June 8, 2023Around 60 percent of retail banks in Hong Kong are now deploying network analytics. Some are using this capability to file "super STRs".
May 9, 2023Authorities are also considering co-locating bank staff at the ADCC, as this has helped to reduce stop payment response times and enhance loss recoveries in other jurisdictions like Singapore.
April 27, 2023The law allows banks to temporarily suspend illicit bank accounts without having to wait for a fraud to occur.
March 20, 2023RUSI’s Tom Keatinge discusses the continuing focus on fraud and scams in Asia, and work underway on asset recovery, sanctions, and environmental crime.
January 12, 2023The HKMA plans to run a network analytics-themed AMLab again later this year to give more banks an opportunity to take part.
October 3, 2022