FINTECH / REGTECH

Securities / Derivatives

KRX to Help Thailand Upgrade Clearing & Settlement Infrastructure

By Editors | 21/04/2025

Korea Exchange signed a contract to supply the Stock Exchange of Thailand with a next-generation clearing and settlement system.

Fintech / Regtech

Bank of Thailand Selects Winners of New Virtual Bank Licences

By Editors | 21/04/2025

BOT selected three consortia led by SCB X, Krungthai Bank, and Ascend Money Group. Final approval from the Finance Minister is expected by mid-2025.

Fintech / Regtech

FSC Korea Approves 96 New Innovative Financial Services for Sandbox

By Nithya Subramanian | 19/04/2025

The latest batch of designations includes approvals for 22 companies to integrate GenAI and cloud-based SaaS tools within their internal networks.

Fintech / Regtech

FSC Korea Set to Expand Deposit Product Brokerage Pilot

By Nithya Subramanian | 18/04/2025

Pilot programmes for online deposit product comparison services will be expanded to include demand deposit accounts starting next month.

Fintech / Regtech

ASIC Digital Licensing Portal for AFS Licensees Rollout Set for May

By Thisanka Siripala | 17/04/2025

The new portal streamlines the licensing process by pre-filling known information and collecting essential information upfront.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea FSC Introduces AI and Data Upgrades to D-Testbed Offering

By Thisanka Siripala | 17/04/2025

The updated programme has an AI-focused track and allows participants to integrate their own data into the D-Testbed analysis environment.

Fintech / Regtech

Payoneer Becomes 3rd Foreign Payments Platform Authorised in China

By Mark Johnston | 16/04/2025

Payoneer is the third foreign platform after PayPal and Airwallex authorised to provide online payment services in China.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea to Relax Fintech Investment Rules for Financial Holding Companies

By Nithya Subramanian | 16/04/2025

The proposed amendments will loosen restrictions on investment by financial holding companies in fintech firms.

Big Picture

BIS Paper Proposes Standardised Model to Describe Payment System Architectures

By Manesh Samtani | 15/04/2025

The authors therefore propose a formally defined model to represent three key functions of payment system architectures