4138 Results from /regulation
Retired Member
Understanding the Options: Investment Processes vs. Operational Procedures The range of tools available in today’s market reflects the increased diversity of operations among fixed income managers. To fully understand the role that technology plays in the asset management lifecycle, it is helpful to categorize the technology functions under two un...
07 February 2019 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Recently, Phil from the FT highlighted the risk for about 90 dual-listed companies under a no-deal Brexit. But I think the problem is much bigger. In our own analysis, we took it further and found about 230 liquid stocks (not necessarily dual listed) that had roughly a 50:50 split of turnover across UK and EU27. While dual listing complicates comp...
07 February 2019 /regulation
Richard Miller Product Owner at RegDefy (MV37)
In a previous article I looked at how Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) can be applied to the issue of making sure you understand who you are doing business with i.e. Know Your Customer (KYC). The opportunity here is to reimagine what is normally not a differentiating business process by mutualising your operations with your competitors. Unfortu...
02 February 2019 /regulation Blockchain Observations
Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa
Open banking not only opens up a world of opportunity for financial services companies seeking to improve the customer experience, but also presents a potential gold mine for fraudsters, particularly through identity fraud. With more financial institutions than ever before sharing customer data in the open banking world, some of it fraudulent, ther...
01 February 2019 /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Breana Patel CEO | Thought leader in Bank Risk & Regulations at Bonova Advisory | Risk &Regulatory Advisory
The saying goes, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” However, in the culture of today’s business market, the saying should be adapted to say, “If the existing risk management program is working, still see if there are areas for improvement with an independent assessment.” The reason is that enterprise risk management (ERM) programs are structured p...
30 January 2019 /regulation /wholesale Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Brandon Li Product Manager at Austreme
The rapid development and rising volume of e-commerce transactions in recent years has encouraged the outbreak of cybercriminals – who are finding more and more complex ways to conceal profits that are likely to have been earned illegally, via an online environment. The extensive range of payment systems available along with the exponentially grow...
29 January 2019 /payments /regulation Banking Regulations
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
A banker quit his job and started a new company. He applied for a debit card for his company’s bank account. Ram, as we'll call the ex-banker, completed the required forms, submitted his company's board resolution for the debit card and handed over copies of his company's incorporation certificate, articles of association, and all the other docume...
28 January 2019 /security /regulation
Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services
Governments such as the UK have come under renewed pressure to limit or suspend visa systems which have the effect of offering visas, residency or passports to the rich-and-famous, if they “invest” in the country concerned. Recent editions of the British Airways “High Life” magazine have included an insert from St Kitts and Nevis that reads initial...
24 January 2019 /payments /regulation Open Banking
In the midst of U.S. midterm election results, the public witnessed various instances of new leadership arising in a changing political climate. Just as politicians learn to pivot their stances to best address the current needs of their state and country, so too can chief risk officers (CROs) restructure their roles in changing market dynamics. Ri...
22 January 2019 /regulation /startups Financial Risk Management
Freddie McMahon Director Strategy and Innovation at DF2020 Ltd
79% of executives now believe seamless and digital access to knowledge is very important to overall business performance. Executives understand that there is too much dependency upon knowledge in people’s heads. And, even when it is documented, there is inadequate transparency and traceability to the way it is used to make decisions, when applied ...
22 January 2019 /ai /regulation Digital Banking Trends
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