FINTECH / REGTECH

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    Press Release

    Feedzai Wins Best Use of AI for Fraud and Financial Crime Prevention

    By Editors | 11/11/2024

    Feedzai’s RiskOps was awarded Best Use of AI for Fraud and Financial Crime Prevention by a technology vendor at the 7th Regulation Asia Awards for Excellence 2024.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    BOK, FSC Sign MoU to Implement Deposit Token Test Project

    By Editors | 10/11/2024

    Seven banks will issue CBDC-backed deposit tokens that can be used as digital vouchers for users to spend on culture, education and other purposes.

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    AML / KYC

    AUSTRAC Raises Concerns Over Outsourced AML Programmes

    By Thisanka Siripala | 09/11/2024

    AUSTRAC is making “significant internal changes” as part of its commitment to supporting the industry through coming AML/CFT reforms.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    StanChart Using Ant’s Blockchain Platform for Instant Treasury Management

    By Nithya Subramanian | 08/11/2024

    OCBC also signed an MoU with Ant International to use its Whale platform for enable real-time cross-border payments.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Global Fintech Institute Launches New Platform to Drive Innovation

    By Nithya Subramanian | 08/11/2024

    A new Startup Investment Credentials framework was also released to provide a standardised approach for evaluating fintech startups.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    Swift Payment Network Piloted for Tokenised Fund Settlements

    By Editors | 07/11/2024

    The pilot used the payment orchestration capabilities of existing Swift infrastructure to settle fund subscriptions and redemptions.

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    Market Infrastructure

    BSP Issues New Operational Resilience Requirements for FIs  

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 07/11/2024

    Larger FIs have two years to develop and integrate operational resilience frameworks into their governance structures and risk management processes.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    Interpol-led Operation Takes Down Thousands of Servers Liked to Cybercrime

    By Nithya Subramanian | 07/11/2024

    Hong Kong Police took more than 1,037 servers offline, while Macau Police took down 291 servers as part of Operation Synergia II.

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    Crypto / Digital Assets

    ADDX, ANZ to Pilot Tokenised Commercial Paper Using Chainlink CCIP

    By Nithya Subramanian | 07/11/2024

    Commercial paper was chosen due to its short-term nature, which makes it possible to showcase the entire asset lifecycle within the pilot.

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    Fintech / Regtech

    New Project Nexus Entity to be Established in Singapore

    By Editors | 07/11/2024

    The new management entity will oversee the live implementation of the Nexus operational model, which involves linking instant payment systems.

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