Financial Regulation

Supervisor of Banks Daniel Hahiashvili called for a revision of outdated banking wage caps to prevent talent drain, while affirming the banking sector's resilience against potential housing market corrections.

How do you adapt the capital market to a world where stocks can be transferred via blockchain? The US Securities and Exchange Commission proposes updating old rules and incorporating technologies like blockchain into the constitutional framework. How is artificial intelligence related to this and what is tokenization anyway?

The US FASB has proposed recognizing certain stablecoins as cash equivalents, Metaplanet is launching a US Bitcoin Treasury arm in a $130M+ deal, and South Korea is blocking Polymarket.

Amit Gal, head of the Capital Market Authority, has questioned the involvement of the Meitav investment house in the company Orion. This move has sparked a debate over the limits of institutional activism and the balance between protecting savers and market structure.

The Capital Markets Authority has introduced new requirements for P2P companies, mandating automated reporting. The regulation aims to protect lenders and increase transparency in the sector.

The Capital Markets Authority has published a draft regulation imposing anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing requirements on Gemach institutions, aligning them with international FATF standards.