10/17/2018
Major life-threatening cyber attack on UK ‘in little doubt’
Behind these high profile attacks there are the millions of online crimes that affect individuals every day.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
10/17/2018
BVI to take ‘Goldilocks’ approach for regulating crypto assets
Crypto assets have dominated investor and manager interest over the last couple of years as more awareness of the potential of blockchain technology builds.
10/16/2018
Singapore and Indonesia regulators ink fintech pact
Southeast Asian regulators have been actively forging partnerships to grow their fintech industries as they believe technology and innovation will change the business models of financial services providers in the medium to long-term.
10/16/2018
OpenFinance And Refinitiv Join Forces To Offer Technical Analysis And Pioneering Private Banking Management Technology
The agreement between Openfinance and Refinitiv makes it possible to automate the decision-making processes inherent to the digital age.
10/16/2018
Hong Kong Securities Regulator Looks at Official Crypto Exchange Rules
Hong Kong’s securities regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission, is considering drawing up new regulations for local crypto exchanges in a bid to safeguard investors from risks in the space.
10/15/2018
Tech Leaders Carefully Back Away From Saudi Government
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund is a force in Silicon Valley, but the alleged murder of a prominent Saudi journalist is putting some tech leaders in an uncomfortable spot.
10/15/2018
Lithuanian, Ukrainian central banks sign fintech cooperation agreement
The Bank of Lithuania and the Monetary Authority of Singapore signed their fintech cooperation agreement last March.
10/15/2018
Crypto Fund Mulls Asian Expansion
Crypto Finance's regulatory backing is a breakthrough in Switzerland's nascent crypto scene, where providers are rushing to build bridges between traditional finance and blockchain technology underpinning the token providers flooding into the al
10/14/2018
Head of British standards-setting body warns of rise in AI risk to financial markets
The global algorithmic trading market is expected to grow to US$18.16 billion by 2025 from US$8.79 billion in 2016 – but are the technology, artificial intelligence and electronic trading systems involved regulated strictly enough?
10/12/2018
Monetary Authority of Singapore to Mediate Between Banks and Crypto Startups
Two weeks ago, some banks in Singapore decided to suddenly stop doing business with crypto startups without offering an explanation.
10/12/2018
IMF and World Bank unveil Fintech Agenda
Fintech could transform the financial markets through which monetary policy actions are transmitted
10/12/2018
Basel AML Index reveals slow progress in combating money laundering
The findings tie into recent high-profile probes involving countries generally considered low-risk.
10/12/2018
Asia needs region-wide approach to harness fintech's full potential, says ADB
Disintermediation of fintech services or concentration of services among a few providers could also pose a risk to financial stability.
10/10/2018
Singapore eases rules for robo-advisors
This is on the condition that they put in place measures to mitigate the risks of providing unsuitable investment recommendations due to limited client information.
10/09/2018
Belgium’s bank Selects Wolters Kluwer to Provide AnaCredit and Regulatory Reporting Software
This unique service is maintained by Wolters Kluwer experts who actively monitor regulation in approximately 30 countries.
10/08/2018
New Ordinance On Electronic Agent Use In Guernsey
The purpose of the Ordinance is to provide certainty regarding the use of electronic agents in contract formation, execution, performance and termination under Guernsey law.
10/07/2018
Discussion paper released on taxation of digital economy
Australia is committed to working with other countries, through the G20 and the OECD, to develop sustainable, multilateral responses to address the challenges to our tax systems arising from digitalization.
10/07/2018
FCA: 6th TechSprint to be held in Edinburgh
RegTech applies to new technologies developed to help overcome regulatory challenges in financial services.
10/05/2018
Luxembourg and Australia agree fintech pact
Both our jurisdictions are leaders in funds management and other financial services. ASIC is very interested in learning from the fintech and regtech innovations that are taking place in the Grand Duchy.
10/04/2018
The state of implementation of MIFID II and preparing for Brexit
WFE Annual Meeting 2018 - Hotel Grande Bretagne, Athens, Greece