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SARB Aims to Create an All-inclusive Crypto Regulation Law

The South African Reserve Bank released the document comprising of recommended regulatory guidelines designed for the crypto-asset industry.

China’s Rules for Blockchain to Take Effect in February

Blockchain startups will have to register within 10 days of commencing their services through a dedicated service portal, and companies developing new products will have to undergo a “safety assessment”.

European Banking Regulators Call for Unity in Crypto Regulations

EBA decried the lack of uniformity in crypto laws

Cryptocurrency trading platforms will be inspected by Bulgarian National Revenue Agency

The authority understands the concerns relating to such transactions, and the most important detail about the transactions of virtual currencies being anonymous is the biggest of them all.

Management and technology consultancy firm launches solution for compliance with the new SFTR reporting obligation

The European Commission approved the final implementation standards of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) on December 13, 2018.

8 Regulations That Could Shape Fintech in Asia This Year

The following is a list of initiatives, regulations and standards that have been listed in the World Payments Report 2018, by Capgemini and BNP Paribas.

South African Government Begins Taking Steps to Regulate Cryptocurrency

This group aims to establish an educated and well thought-out plan for how cryptocurrencies and blockchain projects should be perceived and managed from a legal standpoint.

Intertrust simplifies organisational structure to support its transformation strategy

he new structure will be reflected in the composition of the Company's Executive Committee, with immediate effect.

Pay attention to faux Singapore Police Power web site: Scammers could faux to be officers

While the victims visit the fake website, they would be asked to provide confidential information such as credit card details and internet banking credentials, purportedly for investigation purposes.

Milleis Banque Selects Wolters Kluwer

The bank will also implement OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting.

The slow-burning effects of Europe’s new data rules

PSD2 and Open Banking, a year on

Hong Kong holds meeting to enhance cross-border fintech collaboration

The round table was attended by about 45 senior representatives from six international organizations

EU fintech network mooted

"This is one factor that has the potential to impede the scaling up of financial innovations across the EU."

Harneys represented DXC Technology Company on its proposed US$2 billion merger acquisition of Luxoft

This transaction sets a new BVI record for the largest ever takeover of a publicly-listed BVI company by transaction value.

Data Protection Predictions 2019

The GDPR appears to have resulted in a big shift away from consent as the processing condition relied upon for the majority of commercial processing activities.

EU-AU Digital Economy Task Force Launched

The Task Force is composed of 20 African and EU decision makers, and representatives from the private sector, the international financial sector and civil society.

ESAs publish joint report on regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs

The report sets out a comparative analysis of the innovation facilitators established to date within the EU.

Digitalization and the challenge of KYC for financial institutions by Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel

The French Prudential Supervisory and Resolution Authority guidelines published on December 12, 2018 on the identification, verification and knowledge of customers[1] address this issue.

Robots are not killing our jobs, says World Bank

The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in this work.

Swiss company buys Australian-founded fintech vendor with KWM’s help

The deal will be funded by cash and debt, KWM said.

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