The government will enact the new legislation to bring issuers of fiat-referencing stablecoins into the regulatory perimeter.
On 17 July 2024, the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau and the Hong Kong Monetary...more
7/29/2024
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Consultation ,
Corporate Issuers ,
Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ,
Cross-Border ,
Cryptoassets ,
EU ,
Hong Kong ,
Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) ,
Licensing Rules ,
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Stablecoins
On 24 June 2022, the Hong Kong government published in the Gazette the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing (Amendment) Bill 2022 (Amendment Bill). The Amendment Bill proposes amendments to the Anti-Money...more
Hong Kong government issued a consultation to implement a new regulatory framework requiring virtual asset exchanges to be regulated by the SFC -
Key Points:
..The Hong Kong Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau...more
Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission’s introduces new licensing regime to regulate previously unregulated markets and restates expectations regarding security token offerings.
The second day of Hong Kong Fintech...more
The SFC’s consultation conclusions carve out non-financial groups and multilateral portfolio compression services.
On 12 June 2020, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) published its conclusions (Consultation...more
Upgraded legislation creates an enhanced regulatory framework for the new age of payments, including e-money and digital payment tokens.
After much anticipation, and following consultations with the industry at large, the...more
1/31/2020
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E-Money ,
Financial Institutions ,
Licensing Rules ,
Monetary Authority of Singapore ,
New Regulations ,
Payment Systems ,
Prepaid Payment Products ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Singapore ,
Token Sales