Malaysia will adopt a daily rate for the ringgit against the US dollar in an attempt to promote domestic financial markets in line with global best practices.
*Malaysia establishes fintech group
*Singapore builds "sandbox" for fintech
*UK warns on burdens to fintech companies
*Europe wants hands off on blockchain
RBI has granted approval to Swift India to private messaging services for domestic banks in India; China and Singapore continue talks on FTA this year; RBI publishes its KYC rules; MAS reviews structuring of credit ...
The PBoC to change RRR requirements * SEBI plans curbing certain derivative’s volatility * Thailand may curb crowdfunding * The U.S. and Europe lifts some sanctions on Iran * HKMA announces CCyB * And more….
The HKMA scraps renminbi clearing bank requirements for repo transactions; Korean regulator promises lower foreign bank barriers; Safe reforms foriegn debt policies for non-Chinese MNCs.