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Digital currency exchange provider registration actions
Any business that provides digital currency (cryptocurrency) exchange (DCE) services must be registered with AUSTRAC. We can refuse an...
May 11, 20252 min read


SFC’s senior executives visit Abu Dhabi and Dubai to promote collaboration on virtual assets
The Securities and Futures Commission’s (SFC) Executive Director of Intermediaries, Dr Eric Yip, and Director of Intermediaries & Head of...
May 11, 20251 min read


ICAC advises public to stay vigilant against scammers impersonating graft-fighters and collecting cash in person
It has come to the attention of the ICAC that fraudsters who, by posing as ICAC officers and Mainland officials, requested victims to...
May 4, 20252 min read


New captive reaffirms Hong Kong as a global risk management centre
The Insurance Authority (“IA”) has granted new authorization to Wayfoong (Asia) Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the HSBC Group and...
May 4, 20252 min read


‘Money laundering’: Court orders Aisha Achimugu to honour EFCC invitation
The federal high court in Abuja has ordered Aisha Achimugu, the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Felak Concept...
May 4, 20254 min read


HKMA establishes Expert Panel on Project Cargox to support digital trade finance ecosystem
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced today (28 April) the establishment of an Expert Panel on Project Cargox (the Expert...
May 4, 20253 min read


HKMA and Cyberport launch second cohort of GenA.I. Sandbox to accelerate A.I. innovation in financial sector
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), in collaboration with the Hong Kong Cyberport Management Company Limited (Cyberport), announced...
May 4, 20252 min read


Shinhan Bank freed from US money-laundering oversight after 8 years
Shinhan Bank America, the US unit of South Korea’s Shinhan Bank, has been released from an injunctive order by the US government that...
May 4, 20252 min read


SFC reprimands and fines Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited $4.2 million for regulatory breaches
The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has reprimanded and fined Interactive Brokers Hong Kong Limited (IBHK) $4.2 million for...
May 2, 20251 min read
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