Shailendra Malik SVP - Tech Delivery (Data Platform) at DBS Bank
NatWest in UK last week announced that it is ditching its BNPL products and many experts not are attributing this due to the over crowded market and banks may gradually become less interested in these products. London still having a huge heft in the global financial market, has no regulation in place as yet and now Banks are left to decide by them
11 March 2024 /payments /regulation Banking
Rodrigo Zepeda CEO at Storm-7 Consulting Limited
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION In 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (Bank of England (BoE)) (collectively the “regulators”) sought to engage with financial firms and other stakeholders, to discuss new proposed measures to boost “diversity and inclusion” (D&I) in f...
08 March 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
07 March 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
Riaz Syed CEO at infinant
Coreless banking represents a groundbreaking paradigm shift in the world of banking, aiming to revolutionize how financial institutions operate. In a nutshell, it is about embracing a system that gives banks the ability and flexibility to build and customize products on a single platform. This strategy enables a wide range of innovations, from ban...
07 March 2024 /regulation /wholesale Open Banking
Karel Nappus Co-Founder and COO at Montonio
The Baltic States—Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania—are appealing to numerous Payment Initiation Service (PIS) providers because they serve as an entry point to the entire Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA). Traditionally, Lithuania has been the preferred European Union regulator for acquiring licences. However, it has recently adopted a stricter stanc...
07 March 2024 /payments /regulation Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
06 March 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK
Hong Kong has a well-established playbook of why it’s a leading international finance centre. We have competitive and low tax structures, free flow of capital, access to the Greater Bay Area (GBA), fair and effective markets. It is a list many of us are familiar with and the reason why we have a thriving ecosystem of around 1,000 fintech companie
06 March 2024 /regulation /markets Asia Financial Services
Francesco Fulcoli Chief Compliance and Risk Officer at Flagstone
Francesco Fulcoli - Chief Compliance Officer The UK's financial regulator has sent a serious warning to financial institutions after identifying widespread failings in how firms are preventing money laundering. In a letter to the chief executives of regulated firms, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) outlined common weaknesses it has found th...
06 March 2024 /regulation /crime Fintech
By Rodrigo Zepeda, CEO, Storm-7 Consulting INTRODUCTION “Complicated as hell.” That is how I would summarise new proposed regulatory measures to boost “diversity and inclusion” (D&I) in financial services. In 2023, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) (Bank of England (BoE)) (collectively the “reg...
05 March 2024 /regulation /crypto Fintech
Harriet Christie Chief Operating Officer at Mirrorweb
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) recently released its annual regulatory oversight report for 2024. This has been shared to provide firms with key insights and observations from the regulator’s recent operations, with the aim of improving transparency and strengthening compliance programs for businesses in the finance sector. ...
26 February 2024 /regulation /wealth RegTech
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