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IMA Releases New Reports on the Role of CFO in Sustainability

Reports analyze integration of finance professionals in sustainable business activities

Fintech firm Achiko hits Cayman-related compliance problems

Achiko wants to reduce friction resulting from the current domicile of the company in the Cayman Islands

HKMA Spotlights RegTech Use to Implement AML/CFT Measures

Further, technologies such as optical character recognition (OCR) are also applied in pre-filling the application form to simplify the form-filling process.

Financial regulators need to get to grips with Big Tech - BBVA

BBVA’s head of digital regulation, Pablo Urbiola, explains that “the post-pandemic economy will be more digital than ever, and so the regulatory response will be as important as ever".

Cayman Islands introduces new regulatory regime for virtual assets

This briefing provides a high level summary of the VASP Law and the amended legislation above.

US expands digital services tax investigation to cover UK and EU

That has not stopped the UK proceeding with its digital services tax; but then, faced with post-Brexit trade negotiations with the US, the UK was never going to give away a playing card before that process truly gets going.

Thailand regulator, bourse to link database of investment professionals to digital platform

"This is to ensure that such capital market personnel can provide appropriate advice and useful information to investors," he says in the statement.

Can A Virtual Currency Position Be Treated As A Commodity For Tax Purposes

This article addresses whether virtual currency and positions might be taxed as commodities.

Regtech Mirrorweb Joins Microsoft Scaleup Program

MirrorWeb clients currently include Liontrust Asset Management, Zurich Insurance Group, Tesco Bank, Bank of England and the Treasury.

Bill Taxing Digital Economy in Philippines to Kill “Infant” Industry, Says Fintech Sector Group

It takes sustained capital intensive investments and infinitely lot of time before digital goods and services become profitable

US banking regulator seeks public input on digital currencies, DLT

This public input will help the agency as it updates its policies for national banks and federal savings associations.

BOCI Securities signs agreement with AQUMON; Robo advice gains traction in wake of COVID-19

The robo advisory offering is provided by AQUMON, a financial technology company incubated at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

Broadridge Regulatory Update

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H1B visa salaries say banks' tech jobs more lucrative than rest

Equally, JPMorgan may not be a proxy for pay in the whole banking sector.

The use of digital contracts and electronic signatures in the British Virgin Islands

'Electronic record' is defined under the Act as information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic means including electronic data interchange, electronic mail, telegram, telex or telecopy.

The future of banking technology is here

Chipping in from his office in Dubai, SmartStream CEO Haytham Kaddoura agrees: “The coronavirus caught everyone by surprise and all of a sudden, all everyone was talking about is how to adapt to change."

Regulatory Compliance Amidst Rising FinTechs in Ghana

FinTechs seek to harness the rapid growth in technology to transform the global financial ecosystem.

Cayman Regulatory framework for virtual asset services adopted

Attorney General Samuel Bulgin lent his support to the bill, stating that it strikes a balance between new, innovative ways of conducting business and the public interest.

COVID-19 – Global Implications for Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing

With criminals trying to take advantage of pandemic fears, regulators and national governments have warned against an increase in criminal scams and laundering opportunities often associated with crises like the current pandemic.

FNZ disputes regulator’s 'outdated' view of platform market

Therefore when studying the market in which FNZ and GBST worked, the competition watchdog only looked at other software providers in the retail platform space, which, FNZ argued, had eliminated a lot of real life competition on paper.

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