Financial Services Update: Guidelines issued by Labuan Financial Services Authority

The Labuan Financial Services Authority has issued:

  1. the following policy documents to set out the standards and guidance for Labuan banks, Labuan investment banks, Labuan Islamic banks and Labuan Islamic investment banks:
  1. Guidelines on Banking and Islamic Banking Capital Adequacy Framework (Risk Weighted Assets);
  2. Guidelines on Banking and Islamic Banking Capital Adequacy Framework (Operational Risk);
  3. Guidelines on Banking and Islamic Banking Capital Adequacy Framework (Credit Risk);
  4. Guidelines on Banking and Islamic Banking Capital Adequacy Framework (Capital Components),

which will come into effect on 1 July 2027.

  1. the Guidelines on the Management of Digital Money Broking which sets out the regulatory requirements applicable a Labuan money broker operating digital money broking platforms. The guidelines will come into effect on 1 January 2027.

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