Beware political risk on RMB; India promotes fintech innovation; Malaysia releases fresh guidelines for anti-money laundering; Thai central bank throws weight behind ESG
HKMA to get new chief; PBoC rolls out draft rules for financial firms; HK business collective proposes four point resolution to end political impasse; RBI vows to enhance public engagement in new vision document
The concept of central bank digital currencies are gaining ground, with the recent unveiling of plans by a Facebook-backed collective sending regulators scrambling to erect an alternative that has official legitimacy
Facebook has unprecedented reach and enormous scale and its new Libra token could create a digital asset wave on which all other cryptocurrencies will surf. It could also sink in regulation. CT looks at its options
China publishes draft regulation for cross-border transfer of private data; HK regulator issues observations on onboarding SMEs; Sebi asks for enhanced disclosures from ratings agencies; HK government suspends ...
Hong Kong might have a business bureaucracy that’s a modern marvel, but it also faces new laws that could rattle its standing as one of the world’s easiest places to do business