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FSA Weekly Review No.322
- December 6, 2018
What’s New on the FSA Website
Week of November 26 - November 30, 2018
This page contains the latest in events, developments, and updates to the FSA website.
Press Conferences
November 29, 2018 | Press Conference by the Minister for Financial Services (November 9, 2018) (Available in Japanese) |
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Public Comments
(The following public comments are available in Japanese)
November 30, 2018 | Publication of the finalized amendments to the “Cabinet Office Order on the Audit Certification of Financial Statements” < Summary> The FSA finalized the amendments to the “Cabinet Office Order on the Audit Certification of Financial Statements.” The Cabinet Office Order reflects the amendments to the audit standards which introduce key audit matters to auditor’s reports in response to the request by the Business Accounting Council to improve the transparency in the process of audits. The amended Cabinet Office Order was enforced on November 30, 2018. |
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November 30, 2018 | Publication of the “Order to Amend the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds” < Summary> The National Police Agency (NPA), the FSA and other competent administrative agencies have published the “Order to Amend the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds” (the NPA has the main jurisdiction over the Order). The Order mainly provides the following updates: (1) To add methods of verification of customer identification data of natural persons that are to be completed online (2) To amend methods of verification of customer identification data of natural persons by using postal mail that are conducted on a non-face-to-face transaction basis (3) To add methods of verification of customer identification data of corporations (4) To include conclusion of trust contract conducted for the purpose of segregated management of customer funds based on the provisions of applicable laws and regulations into transactions that apply simplified customer due diligence. The aforementioned updates from (1) to (3) were enforced on November 30, 2018, while (4) will be enforced on April 1, 2020. |
Press Releases
(The following press releases are available in English)
International
Publication
November 26, 2018 | Publication of the 184th issue of the FSA’s monthly journal, Access FSA |
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Others
November 29, 2018 | Updated statistics of money lending business |
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November 26, 2018 | Updated list of issuers of gift certificates in repayment procedures based on the “Payment Services Act” |
(The following press releases are available in Japanese)
Others
November 30, 2018 | Publication of the updated column titled “Teach me, Mr. Mushitori” (original Japanese title: “Oshiete Mushitori Sensei”), a subpage of the “NISA Official Promotion Webpage,” with an interview article (vol. 7) < Summary> The FSA published the updated column titled “Teach me, Mr. Mushitori” (original Japanese title: “Oshiete Mushitori Sensei”), a subpage of the “NISA Official Promotion Webpage,” with an interview article (vol. 7). The column mainly shares informative quotes from a series of interviews with an experienced individual investor, where the interviews were conducted from a novice investor’s perspective by young officials who have been with the FSA one to three years. |
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November 27, 2018 | Updated one-stop access to the information of 2018 campaign for multiple-debt problem consultation < Summary> The FSA updated its subpage which provides one-stop access to the information of 2018 campaign for multiple-debt problem consultation which is currently being held as an annual campaign from September 1 through December 31, 2018 based on the “Program to Remedy the Multiple-Debt Problem” decided in 2007 by the headquarters for the multiple-debt problems in the Cabinet Office. Among various approaches and efforts taken by the FSA and relevant parties during the campaign, the subpage particularly highlights the schedule-information on temporary consultation sessions held (and to be held) during the campaign by professionals respectively from bar associations, shiho-shoshi lawyer’s associations, local finance bureaus, and prefectures, as well as information on permanent points of contact for consultations. |
November 27, 2018 | Publication of the agenda and handouts of the 10th meeting of the “Study Group on the Virtual Currency Exchange Services” < Summary> The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the 10th meeting of the “Study Group on the Virtual Currency Exchange Services,” which was held on November 26, 2018. |
November 26, 2018 | Publication of the agenda and handouts of the 16th meeting of the “Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code” < Summary> The FSA published the agenda and handouts of the 16th meeting of the “Council of Experts Concerning the Follow-up of Japan’s Stewardship Code and Japan’s Corporate Governance Code,” which was held on November 27, 2018. |
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