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Friday's headlines, Financials edition

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GREATER CHINA

PBOC expresses confidence after IMF points to 'risks' - Shanghai Daily
Chinese FDI tumbles 40% as Beijing's controls take effect - Financial Times
Executives of Hong Kong financial services firm Convoy under investigation by graft watchdog - South China Morning Post
Lacklustre public interest makes Shandong Trust IPO one of the year's coolest in Hong Kong - South China Morning Post

JAPAN AND KOREA

Japan to strengthen money-laundering guidelines - The Nikkei
Fintech Center Korea inks partnership with Malaysia - The Korea Herald
S. Korea to persuade EU to exclude it from tax haven blacklist - Yonhap News Agency

ASEAN

Indonesia bans fintech firms in payments from using cryptocurrencies - Reuters
SGX proposes tweaks to strengthen disclosure rules - The Straits Time
Deutsche Bank's wealth unit boosts staff strength - The Straits Times
First Vietnamese bank completes Basel II project - Vietnam News Agency
HD Bank prepares to list on stock exchange - Viet Nam News
Vietnam launches first peer-to-peer lending platform - Xinhua News Agency
Vietcombank projects 2018 pre-tax profit at US$572.69 million - Viet Nam News
Myanmar to approve five specialised banks for targeted lending - Myanmar Times

SOUTH ASIA

Wearable gadgets could soon be part of insurance policy: Irdai - Press Trust of India
Mauritius regulator opens representative office in India - Press Trust of India
Timely equity infusion in MFIs boosts asset quality, says Icra report - Press Trust of India
Allahabad Bank eyes MUDRA, SME category for business growth - The Economic Times
Government ropes in ICICI Bank to enable cashless payments on e-NAM - Press Trust of India
NRB initiates process to divest its shares in Nepse - My Republica
BASIC Bank Scam: Bacchu again denies his role - The Daily Star

AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND

RBA challenges first time buyer 'unaffordability' claims - The Australian Financial Review
Australia's ASX selects blockchain to cut costs - Reuters
Westpac to explain royal commission backflip to investors - The Sydney Morning Herald

The Daily Dose Asia-Pacific "Headlines" edition aggregates banking, financial services and insurance headlines from the websites of a limited number of major Asian and Australian publication titles and newswires, with an editorial deadline of 6 a.m. Hong Kong time. Language translations to English are provided by an automated service and may not be entirely accurate.