Tagged: fintech regulatory sandbox

December 23, 2020 @ 11:38 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Brunei’s Fintech sector continues to grow steadily due to the rising demand for digital financial services and its government’s push to encourage its residents to use modern payment methods. Brunei has the second-highest (after Singapore) human development index or HDI (which measures the overall quality… Read More

November 7, 2020 @ 7:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

​Brazil’s National Monetary Council (CMN), which is responsible for establishing monetary and credit policies, will be working with Banco Central do Brasil (BCB), the nation’s reserve bank, in order to create guidelines for managing the operation of the “Controlled Tests Environment for Financial and Payment… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a consultation paper proposing a regulatory sandbox for fintech startups and pilot schemes, according to a release. The proposal aims to enable firms to experiment with new technology in an environment of relaxed rules and appropriate safeguards. The consultation will… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The FCA is preparing to launch a #FinTech “regulatory sandbox“ which will include two sandbox cohorts a year; the FCA will accept applications for a place in the first from 9 May 2016.  Successful applicants will be able to test their ideas “without immediately incurring all the normal regulatory consequences”… Read More