Tagged: regulatory sandbox

August 20, 2020 @ 11:41 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Malaysian Fintech firms are regulated according to the requirements provided by Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), the nation’s central bank. Suhaimi Bin Ali, director of the Financial Development and Innovation Department at BNM, explained (during the introduction of the Fintech Booster program earlier this month): “We… Read More

August 15, 2020 @ 2:04 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Barclays-backed Fintech, Crowdz, which serves as a financing marketplace that allows SMBs to sell unpaid invoices for cash, has teamed up with Edward Altman‘s latest project, Wiserfunding, a business credit score provider. As mentioned in an update shared with Crowdfund Insider: “As Silicon Valley’s Crowdz… Read More

July 21, 2020 @ 10:34 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

The People’s Bank of China (PBoC), the nation’s central bank that’s also tasked with managing monetary policy and the regulation of financial institutions in mainland China, has reportedly added Chengdu, the capital of the Sichuan province, to its list of approved regions for conducting Fintech… Read More

July 5, 2020 @ 1:35 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Ron DeSantis, the 46th Governor of the US state of Florida, noted on July 2, 2020, that with the signing of HB 1391, Florida now welcomes Fintech firms that aim to “disrupt the status quo and gives them an opportunity to provide new types of… Read More

July 1, 2020 @ 12:02 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Israel is reportedly getting ready to launch a Fintech regulatory sandbox, in order to make it easier for local financial technology startups to test out new products and services. The Arrangements Law that the nation’s Treasury will be presenting to the cabinet will include rules… Read More

February 17, 2020 @ 10:36 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

India’s financial technology sector is expanding rapidly, which has led to SEBI, the nation’s financial market regulator, to launch a regulatory sandbox. The sandbox program will assist local Fintech firms with testing out new products and services with a small group of users before introducing… Read More

August 20, 2019 @ 8:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published the final “Enabling Framework for Regulatory Sandbox,” as it joins a growing legion of government entities seeking to facilitate Fintech innovation in a compliant manner.  The draft Framework for the Regulatory Sandbox (RS) was published in April… Read More

June 10, 2019 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

TokenMarket, a UK-based global investment platform, announced on Monday it has received approval from the FCA to run its Security Token Offering (STO) in the regulatory sandbox. According to TokenMarket, the offering is being conducted under existing UK crowdfunding rules, allow for up to €8 million… Read More