4138 Results from /regulation
Retired Member
Intelligence – artificial or real – is only as good as the information it uses. Location intelligence helps contextualize a situation and can augment machine learning and other applications of artificial intelligence. How can location intelligence be applied to regulatory compliance initiatives to help combat financial crime? Introduction Intelli...
22 August 2016 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
When the Panama Papers were released, beneficial ownership was once again the topic de jour in financial news. Not only did their release bring the topic back into the spotlight but it also seemingly pushed through the proposed US beneficial ownership rules that have been in limbo for some time. That said, for those of us who work closely with A...
18 August 2016 /regulation
Martijn Groot VP Product Management at Asset Control
Financial institutions are increasingly leveraging shared services, from enabling Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance to post-trade reference data management, in order to reduce both cost and compliance resources. And, as the new data requirements associated with the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) become clearer, whether it is the ...
17 August 2016 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
The recently unveiled plan of European Money Markets Institute (EMMI) to enhance the robustness and viability of Euro Overnight Index Average (EONIA), one of the major reference rates in European money markets, is a welcome reassurance to the investors and the global economic structures at large. The plan to strengthen and overhaul this critical b...
17 August 2016 /regulation /wholesale Financial Services Regulation
Stuart Lacey Founder at Trunomi
The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) represents a watershed moment for the payments industry. This is not simply another data compliance headache. GDPR enshrines a new idea: that consumers have ultimate control of their data. This concept will lead to a new model for the payments industry; one centred on the empowered customer and ba...
16 August 2016 /payments /regulation Financial Services Regulation
The phrase “you are only as strong as your weakest link” while true is just not enough in our technology-based society, where cyberinsecurity is pervasive. It is not a question of “if” a cyberattack will occur, but rather “when” and most critically what is your response? In medieval days, castles had drawbridges, moats and walls as means of prot...
15 August 2016 /regulation /sibos
Ketharaman Swaminathan Founder and CEO at GTM360 Marketing Solutions
In Part 1 titled “Fintechs Need Marketers And Lobbyists – Not Lawyers”, we saw why marketers and lobbyists play a vital role in a fintech startup’s success. In this second part, we'll examine the following middleground approach suggested by some people: Go to lawyers, listen to what they say, understand the risks and work out a mitigation strategy...
15 August 2016 /regulation /startups
For my first post, I thought I'd look at some of the issues that exist around managing trading data. After all, market trading generates phenomenal amounts of data. The NYSE, for example, saw more than 3.17 billion trades on the 18th of December 2015, with a value of over $110 billion. The NASDAQ has more than 2,000 equities that are being activel...
12 August 2016 /regulation
Jim Steven Head of Crisis & Breach Response at Experian Consumer Services
The number of high profile data breaches that have hit the media headlines in recent years is certainly a wake-up call to organisations to be more prepared if it happens to them. But it's not just the high profile ones that are being targeted. It's all organisations and it's across all sectors. A recent study that we carried out with over 300 SMEs...
11 August 2016 /security /regulation
How many times have you heard a comment around the office that “work would be so much easier without clients” which, whilst clearly tongue in cheek, does accurately reflect the tensions that can build up between a service provider and their client base. All organisations will attempt to create products that are the best fit to the perceived client...
10 August 2016 /regulation
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