Shanghai police have launched a criminal investigation into Hywin Wealth Management for alleged involvement in illegal fundraising,...

South Korea’s Finance Minister Choi Sang-mok announced plans to review and potentially scrap the forthcoming financial investment income...

The Biden administration issued a warning that US businesses operating in Hong Kong are increasingly at risk due to the implementation of...

Malaysia’s stock exchange is taking steps to reduce the dominance of large domestic investors to boost trading and attract foreign...

China Merchants Fund Management (China Merchants FM), under directives aligned with China’s “common prosperity” campaign, has mandated...

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission (FTC) is reviewing competing bids by Taishin Financial Holding Co and CTBC Financial Holding Co for Shin...

The Philippines has enhanced its financial inclusion landscape with the addition of a second Islamic banking unit (IBU), operated by...

The Ministry of Industry and Trade in Vietnam has proposed to cut or simplify 69 business conditions and administrative procedures for...

Bankruptcy filings in Singapore surged by 25% in the first half of 2024, according to the Ministry of Law, with 2,334 people applying and...

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) of Hong Kong has issued a lifetime ban to Charles Lam Chung-yiu, a former associate director...

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has released two new guides aimed at easing the licensing process for visiting and returning...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched Project Ensemble Sandbox to accelerate the adoption of tokenisation in the financial...

Indonesia’s Financial Services Authority (OJK) will mandate banks to publish detailed breakdowns of their lending rates, including...

Hong Kong Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority’s chair, Ayesha Macpherson Lau, hailed the eMPF, a digital platform launched in...

The Securities Commission’s (SC) Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has fined Grant Thornton Malaysia PLT (GTM) MYR150,000 (USD34,400) and its...

Hong Kong’s ambitions to become a digital-asset hub are encountering challenges, as uncertainty looms over whether 11 crypto exchanges...

Hong Kong’s de facto central bank has issued new guidelines for financial institutions using generative artificial intelligence (GenAI)...

In Singapore, two former relationship managers, Wang Qiming and Liu Kai, have been charged in connection with the country’s largest money...

Singapore and Malaysian police dismantled a Johor Bahru-based money laundering syndicate linked to scam operations, arresting twelve...

South Korea’s Financial Services Commission Chairman Kim Byoung-hwan is set to meet Japan’s Financial Services Agency Commissioner Hideki...