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A virtual account provided by DB will help Hashkey better reconcile incoming fiat currency funds on the virtual asset trading platform.

A licensing scheme for stablecoin issuers in Hong Kong is expected to be introduced later this year. Bill Winters, group CEO of Standard Chartered, says "digital assets are here to stay."

Regulators in the city are betting on fiat-referenced stablecoins to become the next trailblazer in domestic and cross-border payments.

A High Court judgment said "there is no excuse" for the actions of Chan Wai Shing, former chief financial officer of the Chinese shoemaker, after annual reports for 2013-15 were found false and misleading related to non-disclosed deposit pledges.

Hong Kong’s regulators are moving towards the acceptance of virtual assets, with their latest statements suggesting plans to open the industry to more types of investors soon.

Publicly listed companies in Hong Kong will grudgingly have to accept mandatory disclosure of ESG-related risks as the new norm next year.

Regulators are quickly paring back the rhetoric on KYC technology that promised to speed up bank onboarding. The problem now seems no closer to being resolved.

After the city's securities watchdog steps in to stop an initial coin offering, corporates seeking to tap this funding source face a regulatory minefield. CT tries to map a way through.

From cryptocurrency crackdowns to Basel III onboarding, CTwith help from Deloitte brings you the most important new regulations for February/March

A former Guangdong Securities managing director is banned for nine months following failures related to third-party payments – the latest target of an SFC crackdown on AML and KYC compliance.

CT gets answers to key questions that went under the radar at the Compliance Summit North Asia.

The latest regulatory news, including from China, Hong Kong, the United States, Thailand and Malaysia.