Latest Sibos News: Finextra Research

Swift chief: "When we don't sleep, it is because of cyber risks"

Swift chief executive Gottfried Leibbrandt has called on EU policymakers to steer clear of 'data protectionism' and work towards the creation of a standardised global framework for international cyber-security.

11 March 2014

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Swift ships high value backup system

Following a live launch at the Bank of England, financial messaging network Swift has released a new business continuity service for operators of national high value payments systems.

10 March 2014

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Swift signs major banks to KYC Registry

Interbank messaging network Swift has recruited a group of major banks to help develop its centralised KYC utility for the collection and distribution of standard information required by banks as part of their due diligence processes.

04 March 2014

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KYC Exhange Net launches Web-based platform for due diligence data sharing

Switzerland-based KYC Exchange has launched a Web-based communication platform for Know Your Customer (KYC) and Customer Due Diligence (CDD) data sharing for the international banking community

17 January 2014

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Swift to move into compliance space with KYC Registry

Financial messaging network Swift has announced the creation of a global Know Your Customer (KYC) Registry to help banks to manage compliance challenges and reduce the high costs associated with implementing anti-money laundering regulations.

07 January 2014

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EU to maintain bank data sharing deal with US government following assurances

The European Union says it has received written assurances from the US government that NSA spies did not tap into financial messaging data transmitted over the interbank Swift network.

27 November 2013

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Belgian and Dutch data protection agencies to investigate Swift security

The Belgian and Dutch Data Protection Authorities are to conduct an investigation into security at Swift following allegations that data transmitted over the interbank network was spied on by the US National Security Authority.

15 November 2013

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Finextra partners Level39/Innotribe for Future Money innovation conference

Finextra and Level39, in association with Innotribe, are to host a two-day conference exploring the new wave of innovation sweeping across the financial services sector.

12 November 2013

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MEPs vote in favour of suspending Swift data sharing deal; call for on-site investigation

European parliamentarians have voted in favour of suspending the EU/US bank data sharing deal in response to the US National Security Agency's alleged tapping of messages transmitted over the Swift banking network.

24 October 2013

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EU to vote on suspending Swift/US data sharing deal

The European parliament is to stage a vote on whether the EU-US agreement on the transfer of data handled by the Swift international banking network should be suspended following allegations of Internet surveillance by US authorities.

23 October 2013

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Forthcoming regulation - the tipping point

Brian Collings, chief executive at Torstone, discusses the challenges presented by regulation, costs of legacy systems and his thoughts on outsourcing.

10 October 2013

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The current state of corporate actions

Andrew White, general manager of securities services, ASX, Philippe Ruault, head of products clearing, settlement, custody, trade and market services. BNP Paribas Securities Services and Hervé Valentin, head of securities markets in the marketing division of Swift look at collaboration, commoditisation and the current state of corporate actions processing.

10 October 2013

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The light at the end of the T2S tunnel

Thibaud de Maintenant, global head of Direct Securities Services, Deutsche Bank looks at the impact Target2Securities will have on the custody market.

10 October 2013

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Dissecting the regulatory brain

Impendium Systems' product development director Stuart Clark and head of sales Will Cawthorne discuss regulation, differences in regional regulatory mandates and the perception change to regulation.

09 October 2013

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Finding peace in payments

Simon Newstead, head of market engagement at RBS, talks about the importance of harmonising the payments market and the role regulation plays in this.

08 October 2013

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Mobile payments: Sibos's holy grail?

Tushar Chitra, senior director, product marketing at Flexcube, Oracle, discusses where mobile technology is headed, the retail ecosystem and mobile payments. Originally published on Finextra.com on:

07 October 2013

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The challenges of global transaction banks

Saket Pabby, VP, Oracle revenue management and billing, discusses the challenges facing global transaction banks and how analytics is shaping transaction banking.

04 October 2013

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Innovation in transaction banking

Lars Millberg, head of transaction banking at SEB, talks about innovation in transaction banking and the innovative new projects that are underway at SEB.

03 October 2013

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The Sepa Migration Action Round Table

Jan Paul van Pul, head of market infrastructures, ABN Amro Bank, and chairman of the Sepa Migration Action Round Table (Smart), discusses the best practice recommendations around SEPA Direct Debit R-transactions outlined in a new Smart document and his expectations for their uptake by banks throughout Europe.

03 October 2013

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Swift's superset of market infrastructure

Fabian Vandenreydt, head of securities markets and core business development, discusses the collateral management space, pain points in the industry and the future of the sector.

03 October 2013