Financial Services Regulation

This network is for financial professionals interested in staying up to date on financial services regulation happening anywhere in the world. CFOs, bankers, fund managers, treasurers welcome.

Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services

Banco Popular Espanol: new EU bank supervisory system threatens to unravel

In June Banco Popular Espanol (“BPE”) was sold to Santander for €1, with Santander taking over all the assets and senior liabilities of BPE. Crucially BPE depositors with over €100,000 in their accounts were not bailed-in – they did not have the excess converted into “capital-like instruments” in the recovering/resolved bank. The holders of share ...

19 September 2017 /wholesale

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Financial Crime Compliance Benefits of Blockchain and DLT

Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology? Digital currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum are what most people think of when they hear “blockchain”, but alternative uses for blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT) have taken mainstage as of late. At this point, you might already be asking: What exactly is blockchain? What is Distri

11 September 2017 /regulation

Saloni Ramakrishna Author; Senior Director at Oracle

AnaCredit - Is it One regulation or Many? A look at the impact of National variations.

It depends on who is answering that question. Really!! It is a single uniform regulation at the ECB (European Central Bank) level with clearly spelt our coverage. To ECB’s credit they have given comprehensive implementation information through the detailed AnaCredit Reporting manual, part 1, 2 and 3. The information that they expect from all the p...

31 August 2017 /regulation

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Open Banking: Know the rules to avoid a shipwreck

Twelfth Night starts with a shipwreck. Emma Rice’s production at The Globe was magical: Shakespeare would have applauded. Superb were Feste, the wise fool, and Malvolio, the whistling regulator. The extraordinary begins to unfold and slips into a farce. In less than six months, Open Banking sets sail, so to avoid floundering we need to understan...

14 August 2017 /regulation

James Smith MD at Dsruptiv Ltd

500 days of tumbleweed - why is the FCA ignoring small businesses?

It has now been 500 days since the consultation period closed on 18 March 2016 for FCA Discussion Paper DP15/7 "Our approach to SMEs as users of financial services." At present, the provision of financial services to small businesses in the UK is largely unregulated. In many cases, firms can't even appeal to an ombudsman if they have been...

31 July 2017 /regulation /retail

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Countdown to MiFID II: face-to-face conversations, data retention and GDPR

As the deadline for the implementation MiFID II fast approaches, financial firms are under growing pressure to take steps to ensure they’re fully compliant. A common issue, however, is that many organisations are still unclear about the full impact MiFID II will have on their organisation. According to recent research conducted by IPC, while 77 pe...

27 July 2017 /regulation

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Open Banking, the fuzzy period

Like Captain Ahab at the start of the voyage, the banks are in a similar fuzzy period. Banks know Open Banking is coming and the rules must be complied with but what should they do, if anything, beyond compliance. The issue is if banks’ customers respond to the new open world and go digital with new services and products, the money being spent wil...

30 June 2017

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Artificial Intelligence: The Next Step in Financial Crime Compliance Evolution

Financial Services compliance departments are constantly turning to technology to find efficiencies and satisfy increasingly tough regulatory examinations. It started with simple robotics, which can provide great operational efficiencies and help standardize processes. Never ones to rest on their laurels, compliance departments have begun looking ...

26 June 2017 /regulation

Anthony Pickup Consultant at Capgemini Invent

How PSD2 and GDPR may improve retail payments for all

How PSD2 and GDPR may improve retail payments for all? Following my time setting up a new community bank (credit union) on an out sourced banking platform to UK consumers I have been watching the developments in retail payments from a distance. As the team have now delivered a new Financial Institution to Bank of England standards with the help o...

16 June 2017 /payments

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International payments and the need for a dedicated regulator

Most international payments providers exist as an alternative to high street banks. They provide their customers with a good deal, are transparent about their fees, deliver excellent customer service, and transfer money quickly, without hassle. Despite this, the wider international payments industry has been tarnished by allegations of profiteering...

02 June 2017 /payments /regulation