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I appreciate your detailed instructions, but I must note that the source material provided does not contain substantive content suitable for a horizon scanning update. The material appears to be a **repository index page or navigation structure** from the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) Banking Regulatory Document Repository, listing document categories, topics, and filing metadata rather than announcing a specific regulatory development, consultation, guidance publication, or institutional action. The only concrete information present is: - A document titled "Current Operational Resilience: Sustaining and Uplifting" with an issue date of June 1, 2026 - Related documents on operational resilience and third-party IT solutions - A categorized index of banking regulatory topics **To generate a meaningful horizon scanning update, I would require:** - The actual content of the guidance document or announcement - Details of what the HKMA is requiring, recommending, or consulting on - Effective dates, implementation timelines, or response deadlines - The substance of the regulatory change or institutional action If you can provide the full text of the "Current Operational Resilience: Sustaining and Uplifting" document or clarify what specific regulatory action or announcement this repository page references, I will generate a compliant horizon scanning update immediately.

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Issues Expectations for Sustaining and Uplifting Operational Resilience in Banks

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has issued a letter to all Authorized Institutions (AIs) outlining its expectations for sustaining and uplifting operational resilience following the conclusion of the initial "1+3 year" implementation journey. The letter prescribes: Sustaining operational resilience reminding AIs to treat operational resilience as "business as usual" and highlighting core building blocks such as strong leadership ("tone from the top") where the Board and senior management embed resilience considerations across all processes, transitioning away from temporary project-team structures. Continual review and refinement requiring AIs to regularly review their critical operations, disruption tolerances, and severe but plausible scenarios to reflect the evolving business and risk landscape, while challenging themselves to compress disruption tolerances to minimize impact. AIs are also expected to enhance their mapping and scenario testing approaches, such as by deepening granularity and leveraging automation. Proactive risk management stipulating that AIs must proactively manage emerging risks, such as Artificial Intelligence (A.I.)-empowered cyber risks, establish clear risk-based frameworks for prioritizing remediation efforts, and enhance relevant risk and incident management programs. The HKMA noted that all AIs successfully achieved operational resilience by the end of May 2026 as planned, and stated it will continue monitoring their progress and providing guidance.