FINTECH / REGTECH

Fintech / Regtech

Wise Granted Approval to Join Japan’s Zengin Network

By Editors | 18/10/2024

Wise is the first non-bank and the first foreign financial company to be granted approval to join the Zengin payment network.

Market Infrastructure

FSB Proposes Common Format for Reporting Operational Incidents

By Editors | 18/10/2024

The FSB has published for consultation a common format which can be used by financial firms to report operational incidents.

Fintech / Regtech

UnionPay to Enable Cross-Border QR Payments for Vietnam

By Mark Johnston | 18/10/2024

Users of Vietnamese banking apps and e-wallets will be able to scan UnionPay QR codes for payments in the mainland.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Publishes Research on GenAI in the Financial Sector

By Editors | 30/09/2024

HKMA survey of industry practitioners found that most FIs are currently focusing on internal applications of GenAI to drive employee productivity.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Hong Kong Working “Full Steam Ahead” on Stablecoin Legislation

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/09/2024

The FSTB and the HKMA will “strive” to introduce draft legislation for Hong Kong’s stablecoin regulatory regime by end 2024.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Issues New Guidance Responding to Crowdstrike Outage

By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/09/2024

The HKMA offers guidance to authorised institutions on enhancing their operational resilience against the failure of third-party IT solutions.

Crypto / Digital Assets

Hong Kong Exchange Lists First Digitally Native Notes

By Editors | 29/09/2024

The one-year HKD denominated digitally native notes were issued by HSBC, leveraging the HSBC Orion platform.

Fintech / Regtech

UN Advisory Body Issues Recommendations to Address AI Inequalities

By Thisanka Siripala | 28/09/2024

Among other things, the AI advisory body calls for the establishment of a capacity development network for developing nations.

Fintech / Regtech

China Issues Guidelines for Identifying Personal Information

By Editors | 28/09/2024

The guidelines were developed with support from organisations including Ant Group, China CITIC Bank, China UnionPay, and Huawei Technologies.