ACAMS Hong Kong Chapter October 2025 Event: Compliance Officer of the Future - An introduction to the Hong Kong Stablecoin regime

Overview

The increased adoption of fiat-backed stablecoins represents a new financial crime risk management challenge to financial institutions (FIs). Stablecoin features offer significant legitimate benefits for individuals and businesses worldwide, however these same attributes of price stability, global reach, pseudonymity, and rapid settlement also make them attractive to illicit actors, allowing them to access major currency denominated value without engaging traditional payment rails, including in sanctioned jurisdictions. At the same time, the increased ability to trace and, in some cases, freeze transactions presents a compliance challenge to FIs on where to draw the line with respect to oversight and monitoring.

This session will explore the above risks in light of the implementation of the Hong Kong regulatory regime for stablecoin issuers under the Stablecoins Ordinance on 1 August 2025 and link this back to the central theme of why the compliance officer’s job is more critical —and complex—than ever before in the age of digital assets, stablecoins, and decentralized finance.

Agenda

Registration opens: 4.30 pm
Presentation starts: 5.00 pm
Presentation ends: 6.00 pm
Close of event: 7.45 pm

Venue

LSEG Hong Kong
18/F, ICBC Tower
3 Garden Road
Central, Hong Kong