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Introduction The eager and rapid adoption of artificial intelligence (A.I.) by financial institutions (F.I.s) may surprise those outside this otherwise cautious industry. However, the industry consens...
Keeping track of changing regulations is one of the biggest challenges regulated firms face today. Whether it’s the banking industry, the insurance industry, or the legal industry, it’s not easy for
Aha, it seems I have your attention. But don't you agree? For most people, privacy and cybersecurity are just boring topics. Even scary, with all the fearmongering and hoodie-pictures being used to re...
Much has been made about how the secret to successful strong customer authentication (SCA) is in the details — the exemptions, the exclusions, the version of 3DS in play. But one other detail, one vit...
As the UK and EU diverge, the FCA is taking the opportunity to adopt a more assertive role in shaping a more liberal regulatory environment. Throughout the Brexit process, FCA steered a resolutely b...
As part of the ongoing wider review of MiFID II, ESMA is consulting on the rules around transparency. The consultation focuses on technical issues relating to post-trade data, among other things. In ...
Joe Biden’s executive order on cybersecurity should be seen as a template for all companies to follow. The SolarWinds and Colonial Pipeline cybersecurity breaches demonstrated to President Biden tha...
Online scammers used fraudulent SMS about Covid-19 vaccinations, lockout penalties, and missing delivery deliveries to defraud UK customers out of a record £479 million last year. According to data pr...
Earlier this summer (July 2021) a news story explained how a Scottish fisherman, Jamie McMillan, had taken the decision to export his shellfish, caught off the Scottish coast, to Asia instead of acro...
A couple of years ago I was walking over Stureplan in Stockholm when I heard somebody yelling my name, I turned around and there was the little brother to one of my former childhood school friends who...
Even though the UK will not be adopting them any time soon... Contrary to what you might expect the founder and CEO of an e-invoicing business to say, the UK will not be adopting continuous transacti...
As per Investment Company Act of 1940 of Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) of USA, investment management firms and business development companies can use derivatives in mutual funds, ETFs, and clo