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The Singapore Inland Revenue Authority (IRAS) has provided guidelines on how to tax the use of bitcoin; Myanmar's central bank will allow foreign banks in the country; Alipay enlists Taiwan banks.
China will eliminate the requirement for ministry-level approval on foreign direct investment (FDI), as well as expand Value Added Tax reform; and the Philippines SEC hikes transaction fees.
China will allow residents in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone to set up free trade accounts denominated in renminbi and foreign currencies; South Korea will make Initial Public Offerings easier.
The RBI has adjusted policies to allow for "payment factories"; South Korea will ease foreign exchange regulations in 2014; and Taiwan and Singapore eliminate bilateral tariffs
Singapore and China agree to direct currency trading; Taiwan's central bank has made renminbi available on the country's real time gross settlement system
South Korea has taken measures to spur companies to invest, as its major corporations and GDP producers record consecutive increases in cash-ratios, CT research shows.
Firms registered in the Shanghai FTZ may soon be able raise equity on local bourse; End to long-running accounting dispute between China and US in sight; Indonesia creates hedging umbrella law