Fintech / Regtech

Crypto / Digital Assets

Korea Drafts Bill to Regulate Stablecoins and Tokenised Assets

By Mark Johnston | 14/04/2026

New draft bill from the ruling party proposes bringing stablecoins under foreign exchange laws and requiring real-world assets to be held in trust.

Fintech / Regtech

FSS Korea Proposes Suspension, Fine for Lotte Card Data Breach

By Editors | 13/04/2026

FSS notified Lotte Card of severe proposed sanctions over a significant customer data leak, including a 4.5-month business suspension.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea to Launch AI-Based Credit Model for Small Business Lending

By Manesh Samtani | 13/04/2026

New system will shift from assessing past financial history to evaluating future growth potential using non-financial data; pilot launching in H2 2026.

Market Infrastructure

Singapore to Update Cyber Rules Amid Rising AI, APT Threats

By Manesh Samtani | 13/04/2026

Officials have outlined a new regulatory push alongside calls for international cyber stability to defend critical infrastructure against escalating AI-enabled and state-sponsored threats

Fintech / Regtech

MAS: DBS Outage Due to 'Erroneous Step' During System Change

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2026

MAS will follow up with DBS after a system change error caused a one-hour digital banking disruption, reinforcing expectations on operational resiliency.

Fintech / Regtech

India Proposes Payment Lags, 'Kill Switch' to Combat Digital Fraud

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2026

The RBI has proposed a raft of new measures, including a one-hour delay on some transfers, to tackle surging online payment fraud.

Fintech / Regtech

Korea Deploys AI to Proactively Block Financial Spam

By Mark Johnston | 13/04/2026

Financial regulators will use NLP to automatically identify and block evolving fraudulent investment and loan-related text messages.

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Mandates Faster Credit Processing for Cross-Border Payments

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2026

The new rules require banks to process inward remittances more quickly, mandating faster reconciliation and same-day credit to beneficiaries.

AML / KYC

Bangladesh Limits Mobile Financial Accounts Per ID to Curb Fraud

By Nithya Subramanian | 13/04/2026

New rules will require mobile numbers to be registered to the account holder's own National ID, as authorities move to strengthen payment security and curb fraud.