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RegTech

Regulatory technology, is a new technology that uses information technology to enhance regulatory processes. With its main application in the Financial sector, it is expanding into any regulated business with a particular appeal for the Consumer Goods Industry. Often regarded as a subcategory under FinTech, RegTech puts a particular emphasis on regulatory monitoring, reporting and compliance and is thus benefiting the finance industry.

Frank Cummings

Frank Cummings CEO at AML Partners LLC

Major Increase in Financial Crimes on the horizon.

Expect a spike in Financial Crime. Here’s why and how you can prepare for it. Why expect a spike in financial crime? It’s the economy, of course. We are on the doorstep of recession, and it’s hard to imagine a gimmick or politician who can stop it now. For those of us who specialize in AML Compliance and related Risk, economic recession strongly ...

/regulation /crime

Caleb Woo

Caleb Woo Client Success at Artius Global

How Unsettled Trades can affect your regulatory position for shareholding disclosure

Have you considered the impact of unsettled trades on shareholding reporting? How hard can shareholding disclosure be? Just load your positions and see if you are over the threshold right? Not exactly! Depending on where the securities are listed, different jurisdictions impose different requirements on the reporting of trades and the rules differ ...

/regulation

Frank Cummings

Frank Cummings CEO at AML Partners LLC

Help Stop Social Violence

The Uvalde ,Texas school shooting was yet another horrific and unimaginable act of violence in the U.S. And that particular kind of horror has been categorized by some as “social violence”—a type of event whose traits often include signals pointing toward and even previewing the violent events. Given the many red flags tied to many acts of social ...

/regulation /crime

Gabriel Hopkins

Gabriel Hopkins Chief Product Officer at Ripjar

Turning the tide: How AI can support the financial crime battle against modern slavery

As recently as 2020, the Centre for Social Justice estimated that there were 100,000 or more modern slaves in the UK. And estimates suggest that globally indentured labour generates between $50-150bn. Criminal gangs use various sophisticated psychological, financial, and physical techniques to maintain control over their workforce. Often targeting...

/regulation /crime

Gabriel Hopkins

Gabriel Hopkins Chief Product Officer at Ripjar

Opportunities for UK Challenger Banks to address AML Compliance

With their innovative products and services challenger banks have revolutionised the banking sector. They offer greater flexibility and choice to consumers, something that their legacy competitors are currently unable to match. Research shows that the value of the neo and challenger bank market will continue to grow rapidly, reaching an estimated ...

/regulation /crime

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Retired Member 

Women in Compliance: How to maintain adequate supervision in a remote world, with Stephanie Feldt

Recently, I had the pleasure to tap into insights from six amazing Women in Compliance. Today, I will share the insights provided by Stephanie Feldt, Chief Compliance Officer & General Counsel at Trading.com. Stephanie has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry, having worked for both large and small financial instituti...

/regulation /people

Caleb Woo

Caleb Woo Client Success at Artius Global

Shareholding regulations will require more transparency

A snippet from the FT on Archegos “regarding bank claims. . . . It will come down to what indemnity was in the loan and swap agreements.” What it fails to address is the market impact of these agreements. What comes to mind is that increased market transparency and disclosure is needed. With regulators continually demanding greater transparency to...

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Dexter Penn

Dexter Penn CEO at Kalgera

Fears of a spike in vulnerability on the anniversary of the FCA guidance

This week marks a year since the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued guidance to financial institutions for the fair treatment of vulnerable customers. The aim of the guidance is to encourage banks and building societies to better understand the needs of vulnerable customers so that they can better serve them. Ahead of the anniversary, we con...

/regulation /inclusion

Anil Karmel

Anil Karmel Co-Founder and CEO at RegScale

Modernizing Compliance to move at the Speed of Business

As you consider your company’s compliance processes, do the words speed or real-time come to mind? If your organization is like most, they probably do not. Without finger pointing or complaining, let’s face it - the common ways companies manage compliance (Excel spreadsheets and Word documents) were not designed to keep up with the speed at which ...

/regulation /devops

Gabriel Hopkins

Gabriel Hopkins Chief Product Officer at Ripjar

Time to Talk Turkey

With the constant barrage of news related to Covid-19, it is sometimes easy to forget about the complex geo-political world we live in and the difficult and seemingly intractable problems that fill it. One reminder of those complex problems came in late November with the inclusion of Turkey on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) greylist along...

/regulation /crime

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