2025 APAC financial regulatory updates

Understand the latest financial regulatory updates across Asia Pacific

The normalisation of generative artificial intelligence (Gen AI) has significantly lowered barriers to financial crime, enabling fraudsters to exploit advanced AI tools for sophisticated schemes—from transaction fraud to synthetic identity scams and money muling. As highlighted in the recently published , these threats are escalating rapidly across the region, outpacing traditional detection methods.

Regulatory bodies and financial institutions are forced to modernise compliance frameworks and countermeasures on the ever-evolving fraud schemes. To combat AI-driven fraud, banks must prioritise upgrading their fraud prevention systems with adaptive technologies—such as machine learning-powered transaction monitoring and leverage advance data orchestration tools—while ensuring strict adherence to update regulatory mandates. Proactive alignment with these standards is no longer optional, it is critical to safeguarding an organisation’s reputation and customer trust in this era of relentless digital threats.

This report delivers an in-depth analysis of the latest regulatory updates in the APAC region, including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Align your systems with these regulatory changes to avoid costly fines, operational disruptions and reputational risk.