Malaysia

Alternative Markets

Malaysia Regulator to Form VC, PE Working Group

By Samuel Riding | 21/09/2016

Securities Commission to also release list of entities able to offer peer-to-peer financing.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Update: Indonesia Outlines Fintech Regime

By Samuel Riding | 06/09/2016

Central bank to oversee payments sandbox; OJK to regulate other services.

Liquidity Risk

Malaysia’s RHB Banking Group Upgrades to Kamakura Suite of Risk Tools

By Samuel Riding | 25/08/2016

NEW YORK, August 22, 2016: Kamakura Corporation reported Monday that it has signed an upgrade to the Kamakura Corporation suite […]

Supervision & Enforcement

BNM Closes Book on 1MDB

By Samuel Riding | 15/08/2016

Malaysian central bank says it will not reopen investigations.

Anti-Money Laundering

Southeast Asia’s First Regional CTF Risk Assessment Announced

By Editors | 12/08/2016

Bali CTF summit yields greater coordination on risk assessment, information sharing.

Anti-Money Laundering

Indonesia to Expand Branchless Banking

By Editors | 11/08/2016

Smaller, regional banks invited to offer service in financial inclusion push.

Structural Regulation

Indonesia, Malaysia Approve Equal Banking Access

By Editors | 04/08/2016

Agreement to reduce “inequality of access” in the two markets.

Cloud & Infrastructure

Malaysia Outlines Fintech Regulatory Sandbox

By Editors | 04/08/2016

Central Bank aims to provide regulatory flexibility.

Anti-Money Laundering

Prosecutors Emboldened; Banks Under Pressure

By Peter Guy | 25/07/2016

Legal actions against 1MDB and HSBC open up a new era of aggressive action by prosecutors.