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In the February 2018 cover story, IFLR discusses how upcoming elections in a number of Latam nations could unsettle the equity and debt capital markets

The development of communication media, especially mobile devices with internet access, has led to the appearance and rapid growth of several new types of electronic payment services. In particular, as technology advances, software applications that can be used from mobile devices have quickly developed as easy, reliable and secure platforms from which to perform payment transactions, thus increasingly gaining popularity among consumers and retailers.

A part of a company's equity, other capital funds, can be defined as funds created from the contributions provided by shareholders. They are created usually when there is a need to swiftly increase the company´s equity.

As one of Vietnam's efforts to strengthen the national banking system, which has been unstable in recent times, on November 20 2017 the National Assembly introduced a new law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the 2010 Law on Credit Institutions (Amended LOCI). The new law came into effect on January 15 2018.

Japanese internet services company GMO Group has announced that it will start paying a proportion of the salaries of those employees that agree to it in bitcoin.

The OECD/G20 led project aims to limit choices limit choices of companies as to where they can locate and how they can structure their activities

Markus Federle, general counsel of Samena Capital, examines the burgeoning potential of Asia for private equity investors

It's been a year since Donald Trump first took office, and there has been much discussion about how successfully he has implemented his campaign promises

China has been stepping up its efforts to tighten regulations to rein in financial risks. The latest moves include strengthening lending regulation for online microloans by banning unlicensed operations and setting borrowing limits. These cash loans typically charge high interest rates and are targeted towards those with limited access to credit, poor credit history and/or who need access to funds quickly. There are over 2,500 online platforms providing short-term loans to 10 million users in China with loans in this sector totalling in excess of RMB1 trillion ($155 billion).

With five months to go until the regulation goes live, how are businesses in Asia doing when it comes to compliance?