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
AML / KYC
Australian Senate to Launch Inquiry into DNFBP Regulation
24/06/2021
The inquiry will examine the impacts of bringing DNFBPs into scope under Australia’s AML/CTF regime, including AUSTRAC’s capacity to regulate 100,000 more entities.
Big Picture
Citadel Securities Offers Best Practices to Address Exchange Outages
24/06/2021
Common issues that have compounded the impact of recent outages continue to be largely overlooked by some exchanges.
Capital / Liquidity
NZ FMA Unimpressed With Liquidity Practices at Funds
24/06/2021
The FMA says liquidity stress tests are not being performed frequently enough and fund managers do not have sufficient liquidity management tools.
Big Picture
Enterprise Ireland, Kapronasia Publish APAC Regtech Study
23/06/2021
Lengthy procurement processes, cumbersome IT and security approvals, and implementation complexity are hindering APAC regtech adoption.
Financial Advice Standards Have Improved, MAS Finds
22/06/2021
Financial advisers have enhanced their standards and raised the quality of advice provided to customers, MAS found in a mystery shopping exercise.
AML / KYC
PBOC Directs Banks & Alipay to Stamp Out Crypto Activity
22/06/2021
Financial institutions are asked to identify the capital accounts of crypto exchanges and OTC dealers, and cut off their payment channels.
Fintech / Regtech
Malaysia, Thailand Establish Cross-border QR Payment Link
21/06/2021
The first phase of the project, now complete, allows Thai users to make QR code payments to merchants in Malaysia, including for online e-commerce transactions.
Market Infrastructure
MAS to Migrate MEPS+ to ISO 20022 in June 2022
21/06/2021
MAS is adopting a two-phased approach to migrate to ISO 20022, beginning with payments on MEPS+ in June 2022.
Market Infrastructure
IMF Proposes Introduction of Global Carbon Price Floors
21/06/2021
The IMF says limiting global warming to 1.5 to 2 degrees will require a global carbon price of around $75 per ton, compared to only $3 per ton currently.
Fintech / Regtech
HKMA Issues Practice Guide on Cloud-based Regtech Solutions
20/06/2021
Guidance is provided on the use of APIs to address barriers to adoption created by legacy systems that are inflexible to change.
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