Hong Kong

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    Fintech / Regtech

    HKMA, BOT Launch Cross-border QR Payment Linkage

    By Editors | 05/12/2023

    Travellers from Thailand and Hong Kong can make retail payments by using their mobile banking apps to scan the Hong Kong and Thai QR codes displayed by merchants.

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    Market Infrastructure

    StanChart HK Becomes Participant of China’s CIPS

    By Editors | 04/12/2023

    The bank is the first and only foreign bank in the offshore market to directly participate in CIPS.

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    Market Infrastructure

    HKEX Proposes to Keep Markets Open During Typhoons

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 01/12/2023

    HKEX proposes operational model to allow markets to remain open during typhoons and rainstorms from July 2024.

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    Securities / Derivatives

    HKEX Issues Consolidated Guide for New Listing Applicants

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/11/2023

    The guide will better equip listing applicants and their advisers to understand HKEX’s listing requirements, says head of listing Katherine Ng.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    HKMA Sets Standards for Sale of Green & Sustainable Investment Products

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/11/2023

    Registered institutions that sell and distribute green and sustainable investment products have 12 months to comply.

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    AML / KYC

    HKMA Fines Local Branch of CA Indosuez for AMLO Breaches

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 30/11/2023

    The HKMA fined CA Indosuez’s Hong Kong branch for failing to continuously monitor business relationships with some clients.

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    Sanctions

    OFAC Sanctions Hong Kong, Singapore Companies for Iran Trade

    By Editors | 30/11/2023

    Sanctions target more than 20 individuals and entities accused of facilitating Iranian defence sector through companies in Hong Kong, Singapore, and elsewhere.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    HK FSTB Consults on Paperless Corporate Communications

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/11/2023

    Listed and non-listed companies incorporated in Hong Kong would be allowed to rely on implied consent for disseminating corporate communications by means of website.

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    ESG / Sustainability

    HKEX and China Beijing Green Exchange Partner on ESG

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/11/2023

    HKEX and CBGEX will cooperate on building an ESG ecosystem and collaborate on promoting green and sustainable finance.

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    AML / KYC

    HKMA Launches New Service to Alert FPS Users of Potential Fraud

    By Sanday Chongo Kabange | 29/11/2023

    The new alert mechanism will alert banking customers when an FPS proxy ID is flagged as “High Risk” on the Scameter search engine.

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