HKMA and PBOC collaborate on cross-border payments; China's M&A deal volume to remain steady in 2019: Japan: non-banks to handle larger remittances; PBOC launches bills swaps facility; China seizes Rmb10 billion in ...
China backs away from new e-commerce rules; China clarifies tax position for foreign bond holders; AML probe deepens on Japanese bank; RBA takes aim at bank profits; MAS grants first private securities platform licence
Singapore may have scrapped the idea of a centralised database to facilitate KYC checks for now but an advisory body in Hong Kong says the government might not even need one.
Hong Kong’s securities regulatory chief Carlson Tong Ka-shing may be on the way out, but he has signalled that cryptocurrencies have a future in the city even if there’s still a long road ahead for crypto compliance
A revolution in the way the public pays is being echoed in the corporate world. As the likes of BAML roll out innovation payment solutions for corporates, treasurers are weighing up the benefit.
As a Hong Kong's regulator slaps a HK$5 million fine on a bank that breached money laundering regulations, CT looks at the work being done behind the scenes to improve KYC technology.
Notional cash pooling avoids the physical transfer of foreign exchange, reducing FX risk. The US tech manufacturer's Yvione Zhou explains how it works in Asia.
After the city's securities watchdog steps in to stop an initial coin offering, corporates seeking to tap this funding source face a regulatory minefield. CT tries to map a way through.
Hong Kong's draft rules on base erosion and profit shifting – perhaps the biggest shake-up of the corporate tax system since the 1940s – go too far, according to businesses in the city.