Manesh Samtani
Manesh Samtani is the Editor at Regulation Asia, where he leads the regional news desk from Hong Kong, directing coverage of critical regulatory developments impacting financial services across APAC. Manesh specialises in analysing how new rules and technologies are reshaping banking, capital markets, and the fight against financial crime, providing finance professionals, compliance leaders, and policymakers with the intelligence they need to navigate risk and understand the impact of regulatory change in the region. manesh@regulationasia.com
Articles by Manesh Samtani
Anti-Money Laundering
FATF Urges Action as Crypto-Enabled Illicit Finance Grows in Complexity
17/07/2026
New report highlights persistent gaps in global enforcement which are being exploited by increasingly sophisticated criminal networks.
Emerging Prudential Risks
BIS Paper: Geopolitical Threats, Not Just Acts, Raise Sovereign Risk in EMEs
17/07/2026
New paper finds that anticipated geopolitical risks have a larger and more prolonged impact on emerging market sovereign risk premia than realised events.
Tokenisation
DTCC Completes First Major Test of New Tokenisation Infrastructure
16/07/2026
The exercise processed live trades to validate that tokenised assets can maintain identical legal protections while testing new, more efficient settlement models.
PEPs & Sanctions
US Sanctions 50+ Targets in Crackdown on Iran-Linked Shipping Network
16/07/2026
The action targets individuals, entities, and vessels spanning the UAE, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, Marshall Islands and St Kitts and Nevis.
Tokenisation
UK Convenes Major Banks to Accelerate Asset Tokenisation
16/07/2026
A 54-firm taskforce will develop live use cases, aiming to boost UK competitiveness and generate significant economic growth through the adoption of tokenised assets
Stablecoins
Korea Unveils Sweeping Financial and Digital Asset Reforms
16/07/2026
The H2 economic growth strategy includes the new Digital Asset Basic Act, measures for the internationalising the won, and a strategic overhaul of the national sovereign wealth fund.
Structural Regulation
ICMA Sets Out Evolutionary Roadmap for Primary Debt Markets
16/07/2026
New report calls for modernising bond issuance through an evolutionary approach focused on data standards, interoperability, and workflow automation.
PEPs & Sanctions
US, UK and EU Target Cybercrime Enablers with Sanctions
16/07/2026
Coordinated sanctions target not just state-backed hackers but also the service providers that enable them.
Operational Risk
FIs Launch APAC Platform to Standardise Supplier Due Diligence
15/07/2026
The FSQS-APAC platform, backed by major banks, aims to reduce duplication and address rising regulatory scrutiny over third-party and operational resilience risk.
Fraud, Scams & Cybercrime
US Regulators Urge Banks to Share Fraud Data Under Safe Harbour
15/07/2026
New guidance encourages US FIs to voluntarily share information on suspected fraud, clarifying legal protections and expanding the scope of shareable data.
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