Rapid Fintech Developments Spur International Cooperation Between Regulators

With the rapid progress of Fintech developments and the far-reaching extent of the reach of such developments into our everyday transactions, financial services regulators suddenly have extra incentives to enter into new cooperation agreements with each other. Underscoring these agreements is the common need to facilitate fintech innovation while gaining a constantly improving understanding of what financial services are likely to emerge from the technological advances and, consequently, what the needs will be for regulatory change and adaptation.

Here we provide a list of regulatory authorities by country and links to the agreements that they are known to have entered into with each other in relation to fintech-related sharing and cooperation

This is currently an incomplete list which we will add to as we locate existing agreements and as new agreements are signed and publicly announced. *

• • AUSTRALIA – Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
    • United Kingdom
      Counterparty:

      Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
      Signed:

      23 March 2016
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Singapore
      Counterparty:

      Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS)
      Signed:

      16 June 2016
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Kenya
      Counterparty:

      Capital Markets Authority of Kenya (CMA)
      Signed:

      21 October 2016
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Ontario, Canada
      Counterparty:

      Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
      Signed:

      1 November 2016
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Indonesia
      Counterparty:

      Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK)
      Signed:

      21 April 2017
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Hong Kong
      Counterparty:

      Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
      Signed:

      13 June 2017
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Japan
      Counterparty:

      Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA)
      Signed:

      20 June 2017, 22 June 2017
      Co-operation Framework:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Malaysia
      Counterparty:

      Malaysia Securities Commission (SC)
      Signed:

      27 June 2017
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]
    • Abu Dhabi
      Counterparty:

      Abu Dhabi Global Market (ABGM) Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA)
      Signed:

      21,23 July 2017
      Agreement:

      [Source: asic.gov.au]

• UNITED KINGDOM – Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
  • Australia
    Counterparty:

    Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
    Signed:

    23 March 2016
    Agreement:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]
  • Korea
    Counterparty:

    Korean Financial Servces Commission (FSC)
    Signed:

    22 July 2016
    Agreement:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]
  • China
    Counterparty:

    People’s Bank of China (PBOC)
    Signed:

    11 November 2016
    Agreement:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]
  • HongKong
    Counterparty:

    Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA)
    Signed:

    7 December 2016
    Agreement:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]
  • Ontario, Canada
    Counterparty:

    Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)
    Dated:

    22 February 2017 or 12 May 2017?
    Agreement:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]
  • Japan
    Counterparty:

    Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA)
    Announced:

    9 March 2017
    Exchange of Letters:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]
  • Hong Kong
    Counterparty:

    Securities and Futures Commission (SFC)
    Signed:

    12 May 2017
    Agreement:

    [Source: fca.org.uk]