Operational risk

News/regulation

Banks to pay $1bn over traders' use of WhatsApp

A handful of Wall Street banks are preparing to pay up to $200m each to settle a case with the Securities and Exchanges Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) over the use of WhatsApp messages.

22 August 2022

News/startups

Starling posts first profitable year

UK digital bank Starling has turned a £32m profit for the last financial year, marking its first full year of profitability.

21 July 2022

News/security

Firms failing to monitor social messaging

Financial services firms are falling short in their efforts to monitor employees' use of social media messaging despite ear-marking communications surveillance as an investment priority, according to recent research.

19 July 2022

News/startups

Fintech valuations fall by half a trillion

Nearly half a trillion dollars has been wiped off the valuation of fintech firms so far this year when their current value is compared to their peak valuation, according to CB Insights.

18 July 2022

News/crypto

Coinbase gets crypto service provider approval in Italy

Crypto firm Coinbase has been granted approval by Italy's financial regulator to operate as a crypto assets service provider.

18 July 2022

News/crypto

Bank of England to announce crypto regulation

The Bank of England’s Financial Policy Committee has called for widespread crypto regulation, reported Coindesk on Wednesday.

07 July 2022

News/regulation

EU reaches agreement on landmark MiCA regulation for crypto

The Council Presidency and European Parliament have settled on the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) proposal; ruling that crypto-asset service providers will require authorisation to operate in the EU, not including NFTs or media-related digital assets.

01 July 2022

News/regulation

India proposes tougher IT outsourcing rules for banks

India's central bank, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), is set to introduce new rules for IT outsourcing within the financial services sector.

27 June 2022

Research/Operational risk

The CIO’s guide to architecture modernisation through portability, resilience, and flexibility

14 June 2022 397 downloads

Research/Operational risk

The Future of Digital Identity 2022

06 May 2022 1077 downloads

Research/Operational risk

Can you afford compliance?

25 April 2022 461 downloads

Research/Operational risk

The Future of Embedded Finance 2022

28 February 2022 1283 downloads

Research/Operational risk

The Future of Regulation 2022

07 February 2022 1112 downloads

Research/Operational risk

Open Banking Europe 2022 - What’s next for Open Banking?

18 January 2022 1330 downloads

News/retail

Santander accidentally sends customers £130m

According to The Telegraph, Santander is attempting to claw back from its competitors a sum of £130 million, which was erroneously sent to 75,000 accounts on Christmas day, as the result of a payments duplication.

30 December 2021

Research/Operational risk

Sustainable Finance Live - Supply Chain Traceability: Better Data, Lower Risk

20 December 2021 79 downloads

Research/Operational risk

Future-Ready Payments Solutions: Remaining competitive with reusable technology

09 December 2021 788 downloads

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: The state of the supply chain

Sustainable Finance Live is back for another virtual event. Finextra and Responsible Risk have come together for a thought-provoking series of experiential events, welcoming banking and technology ecosystems to collaborate on enabling a wave of change.

01 December 2021

Research/Operational risk

Don’t go extinct - How Wealth Managers can remain relevant

29 November 2021 336 downloads