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FCA warns of financial crime risks post-Brexit

FCA chair Charles Randall has warned that the UK will be unable to manage the risks of financial crime under a no-deal Brexit, emphasising the critical role played by cross-border data sharing agreements with EU member states.

11 September 2018

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Building trust with advance authentication technology

Miguel Braojos, VP Global Sales IAM, HID Global, talks about building trust with advance authentication technology, how banks can go beyond simple compliance and how customer trust can be built through innovation.

10 September 2018

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Transforming customer experience for the banking and asset management community

Marc Murphy, CEO, Fenergo, highlights the main insights and updates from Fenergo's most recent Client Council event, what the key takeaways were from their research into client life cycle management and on-boarding, and why industry standards are important for improving customer standards through KYC and client on-boarding.

10 September 2018

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UK's Tech Nation picks 20 fintech programme members

The UK government-backed Tech Nation has picked 20 early-stage startups to join its new fintech programme, promising to give them intensive backing to help grow their businesses and the country's financial technology ecosystem.

06 September 2018

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P2P Community Engagement for KYC, Client On Boarding and CLM professionals

Laura Glynn, Director of Global Regulatory Compliance, Fenergo, talks about Fenergo's Regulatory Forum, how its Regulatory Rules Engine helps financial institutions to manage and future-proof their compliance obligations, and what financial institutions look for in a compliance solution

04 September 2018

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KYC, AML & Transparency for Crypto-Currencies & ICOs

Conor Coughlan, Global Head of Marketing, Fenergo, discusses the challenges facing institutions, issuers, exchanges, & investors in determining viability & suitability, for investing in crypto-currencies, ICOs and derived offerings so that this new asset class can mature, open up to institutional investors and play a more value adding role in the global economy.

14 August 2018

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Growth hacking: Accelerating growth among FinTechs & RegTechs

Mark Murphy, CEO, Fenergo, talks about how the relationship between fintechs, regtechs, banks and asset managers has changed, why we are seeing more collaboration within the industry, and how innovative firms are driving change for their customers.

07 August 2018

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Beating the Brexit braindrain: UK visa options for international fintech talent

Despite growing reliance on global talent in the UK fintech sector, current immigration rules are proving challenging for employers, as immigration lawyer Anne Morris explains.

03 August 2018

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Facilitating SCT Inst migration

Hays Littlejohn, CEO, EBA CLEARING, explains how the system supports aggregators and other AS-PSPs in migrating to SCT Inst. The pan-European instant payment system welcomed six new participants in July 2018 – including LBBW and Helaba, which connected the German savings bank sector to the platform.

30 July 2018

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More than half of asset managers plan to hire in new locations as Brexit negotiations drag on

State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) today announced the latest findings from its research, the State Street 2018 Fund Strategy Survey, which surveyed 250 asset managers globally and analysed how they are developing cross-border strategies, including the factors influencing their choice of fund vehicle, passport and domicile location.

30 July 2018

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Regulation, Brexit and cyber security, all front of mind in retail space

Veerle Damen, Head of International Product and Network Management, RBS, Natwest, talks about how network management is evolving within transaction services and how regulation, Brexit and cyber security are front of mind for financial institutions in the retail space.

26 July 2018

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WealthTech and Wales: FinTech outside of London

Richard Theo, CEO, Wealthify, & Government FinTech Envoy for Wales, talks about how Wales is growing as a FinTech hub, what goals are set for the future of Wales, how WealthTech services need to be labelled more accurately and what role AI plays in the WealthTech industry.

25 July 2018

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Traditional banks must follow global trends to succeed in the future

Adolfo Tunon, Regional Head of Product, Europe Global Liquidity Cash Management, HSBC, talks at EBAday 2018 about the current climate for transactional services in Europe, what is required of bank to succeed in this environment and whether they have what it takes to become successful despite the challenges it presents.

24 July 2018

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The European payments landscape bubbling with change

Michèle Zaquine, Payment Advisory Europe, HSBC, talks at EBAday 2018 about the impact of SWIFT GPI will have on cross border payments, what the latest and future developments are in the European payments landscape, and what trends are keeping HSBC's clients up at night.

23 July 2018

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DTCC makes Brexit break to Ireland

The Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation has joined the rash of firms opening new offices in Europe to avoid the fall out from Britain's upcoming exit from the European Union.

18 July 2018

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Bringing about new systems and faster payments globally

Gottfried Liebbrandt, CEO, SWIFT, talks at EBAday 2018 about the speed of the international payments landscape, which developments are most interesting and transformative for the industry and what role SWIFT plays in the development of faster payments globally.

16 July 2018

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Meeting Access-to-Account requirements with PSPs and third parties

John Broxis, Managing Director, PRETA, & Tarik Zerkti, Director, Operations and Corporate, PRETA SAS, talks at EBAday 2018, about which collective deliverables are still missing for PSPs and third parties to smoothly meet the upcoming Access-to-Account requirements, what has been achieved since the launch and what role the pan-European e-authorisation solution plays in banks’ and customers’ digitilisation plans.

16 July 2018

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Championing financial inclusion and helping the Unstoppables

Norris Koppel, CEO & Founder, Monese, speaks openly about how his personal experience inspired him to address the issue of people cut off from banking services. Hear how he has grown a successful Fintech to drive financial inclusion

10 July 2018

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TP-Icap fires boss Phizackerley as Brexit costs mount

Broker TP-Icap has fired boss John Phizackerley as it braces for a hit to profits from Brexit-related costs.

10 July 2018

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The hurdles of building a global collections product

Todd Latham, CMO & Head of Product, Currencycloud, talks about the challenges businesses are facing when operating internationally, what hurdles payments businesses might expect to see when serving their clients and why the B2B space is undeserved here.

09 July 2018