Fintech / Regtech

    Capital / Liquidity

    Korean Regulators Approves K Bank Recapitalisation Plan

    By Editors | 23/07/2020

    K Bank’s recapitalisation plan was halted last April, forcing Korea’s first internet-only bank to stop offering loan products. It is now looking to regain ground lost to Kakao Bank.

    AML / KYC

    BNM Issues Draft Rules on Merchant Acquiring Services

    By Editors | 22/07/2020

    The exposure draft sets out regulatory requirements for merchant acquiring services to ensure proper risk management amid rapid changes in the e-payments landscape.

    Fintech / Regtech

    FSC Korea Targets Fair Competition, Data Safeguards for Financial Sector

    By Editors | 22/07/2020

    FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo is eyeing regulatory reforms to ensure fair competition, data security, and consumer protection as bigtechs enter financial services.

    AML / KYC

    MAS Seeks Expanded Powers to Address Financial Sector Risks

    By Manesh Samtani | 21/07/2020

    MAS proposes to expand its powers to issue prohibition orders, regulate virtual asset service providers, and impose technology risk management requirements on firms.

    Fintech / Regtech

    FSC Korea Revises Guidelines for P2P Lending Firms

    By Editors | 20/07/2020

    The key changes will strengthen disclosure rules, prohibit unfair sales activities, restrict sales of high-risk investment products, and impose limits on loans and investments.

    Capital / Liquidity

    Beyond FRTB: Risk Management and Enterprise Data Opportunities

    By Editors | 20/07/2020

    FRTB is a significant global industry challenge, but the process to achieve its outcomes can harness value from data that can be applied throughout a bank’s operations.

    Fintech / Regtech

    BOT Enters Third Phase of CBDC Development

    By Editors | 19/07/2020

    The BOT is planning to expand CBDC use among large businesses and, in September, to transactions with the HKMA.

    Fintech / Regtech

    FSC Korea Kicks Off Working Group on Artificial Intelligence

    By Editors | 16/07/2020

    The working group will seek to promote the use of artificial intelligence in financial services as part of the government’s ‘New Deal’ policy initiative.

    AML / KYC

    OCBC Enables Banking Access Via SingPass Digital Identity

    By Editors | 16/07/2020

    OCBC’s Aditya Gupta says the use of SingPass as an alternate login for mobile and online banking will give more customers the confidence to bank digitally.

    AML / KYC

    APAC Regulators Driving Digital Transformation

    By Rachel Woolley | 16/07/2020

    The pandemic has made it abundantly clear that digital transformation is no longer optional, says Fenergo’s Rachel Woolley.

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