Australia’s approach to international payments needs to change, and reporting entities need to update their legacy systems for better reporting, say Eric Knight and Nick Armstrong.
November 8, 2019The PBOC has approved PayPal’s acquisition of a majority stake in domestic payments firm Gopay, giving it access to various domestic payments licences.
October 1, 2019AUSTRAC’s order follows a self-reported issue PayPal detected in its reporting system for international fund transfer instructions, which it said it was working to remediate.
September 24, 2019The PBOC is organising market-oriented institutions to jointly research and develop a central bank digital currency, in a programme that has already been approved by the State Council.
July 11, 2019Apple shares concerns over data localisation with Mastercard, Visa, Amazon, WhatsApp and PayPal, but Google will be ready to comply by December.
September 11, 2018The Chinese government has allowed unregulated online participants to innovate and grow in a sector traditionally dominated by state banks. Systemic risk has increased by not imposing strict and comprehensive regulatory regimes.
August 2, 2018Blurring the regulatory distinction between banking and financial technology creates both opportunity and pitfalls.
April 23, 2018Proposed virtual banks rules fail to address the true future of financial services, risking Hong Kong’s descent into irrelevancy.
February 12, 2018