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The Problem Biometric Authentication Solves for Financial Services

There's no denying that the frequency and impact of data breaches are on the rise. Every year the record for the number of individuals affected by a breach rises, with 2017 surpassing 2016 quickly. Th...

18 Jan 2018
Steve Wilcockson

7 Chief Risk Officer Priorities for 2018

Last January I posted 7 Chief Risk Officer Priorities for 2017, based in part on the preceding December’s RiskMinds Conference in Amsterdam, a conference highlighting the worries and interests of Ch...

17 Jan 2018
Financial Risk Management
A Finextra Member

Six trends in retail banking to watch out for in the coming year

With an eventful year for fintech behind us, it is now time for crystal ball gazing for 2018. At this time last year, I predicted that in 2017 blockchain applications will start to trickle down to ret...

17 Jan 2018
Digital Banking Trends
Ivy Schmerken

Seeking Clarity on MiFID II Inducement Trading Rules

With MIFID II’s rules on inducements now a reality, buy-side firms are paying close attention to the costs associated with their front-office trading platforms and analytics. The EU regulation, which ...

15 Jan 2018
MiFID
Freddie McMahon

CHATBOTS UNDER-HYPE: THE NEW FRONTIER TO SIMPLIFY COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE PART 4

Just as a reminder, Complex Knowledge is any combination of regulatory, statutory, legal, tax, tariff, policy and procedure matter, which is primarily found within documents. USE CASE: HOUSEHOLDER P...

13 Jan 2018
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

MiFID II - why there is more to be done in 2018

MiFID II is one of the most far-reaching changes to financial market regulation yet. Investment and wealth management as well as wealth advisory firms are the most impacted segments, especially those ...

11 Jan 2018
A Finextra Member

ESMA’s first Heisenberg moment

Anyone who has watched the cult TV series Breaking Bad knows that Heisenberg was the clandestine alias adopted by the show's chief protagonist, Walt White. The 'original' Heisenberg was, of course, th...

10 Jan 2018
Freddie McMahon

CHATBOTS UNDER-HYPE: THE NEW FRONTIER TO SIMPLIFY COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE PART 3

Just as a reminder, Complex Knowledge is any combination of regulatory, statutory, legal, tax, tariff, policy and procedure matter, which is primarily found within documents. USE CASE: HOUSEHOLDER P...

05 Jan 2018
Finance 2.0
A Finextra Member

Storm in a tea cup

As Storm Eleanor literally howled across the UK last night I woke up wondering if it was some portent to today – Jan 3rd – MiFID II go-live day. But here I am, sat at my desk, and everything seems pre...

03 Jan 2018
A Finextra Member

Humans and robots: the future of customer-centric banking

A recent report by the Future of Work Commission, chaired by deputy Labour party leader Tom Watson, made me reflect on how banks in the UK have dealt with the technological revolution of the last fe...

03 Jan 2018
Financial Risk Management

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