Christopher Colley Industry-recognized CX leader at Financial Services
Did you make the grade? The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently carried out a review of firms' implementation plans for Consumer Duty. Did you pass? Or do you need to take note — and swift action. To recap — the new Consumer Duty seeks to ensure that financial institutions operating in the UK act in good faith, avoid harm, and help consumer...
14 February 2023 /regulation /retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Uri Rivner CEO and Co-Founder at Refine Intelligence
The 80s! What a fantastic decade. Anyone who grew up in the eighties, raise your hands! Indiana Jones, War Games, Beverly Hills Cop, Commodore 64 adventure games… Growing up in the eighties was awesome. Let’s go back in time together. It’s 1985 – Back to the Future was just released – and you’re walking into your local bank branch. You want to de...
12 February 2023 /regulation /crime Digital Banking
Thorsten Hein Principal Product Marketing Mgr. & Insurance Lead at SAS
Regulatory deadlines. Paradigm-shifting tech advances. Impending climate reporting. Rising inflation. These trends and more will shape how insurance CFOs navigate 2023. As the industry steels itself against economic headwinds, old-school insurance science will collide with new-school regulation and data science in unprecedented ways. Now is an idea...
09 February 2023 /regulation /predictions Regulatory Reporting
Steven Rackham CTO for Financial Services at NetApp
Big Tech’s influence is becoming more and overarching across numerous different sectors. From retail to politics, Big Tech is slowly infiltrating our lives. One sector which is trying to ensure it keeps some control is the financial services sector. Last July, the Bank of International Settlements published a paper arguing that the reliance of fin...
09 February 2023 /regulation Banking Regulations
Roman Baranovskyi Lawyer at SBSB Fintech Lawyers
Today, India is one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, and its potential is just beginning to unfold. Speaking about the most popular business niche to which development India offers loyalty at the state level is the online gambling industry. What is the reason for such loyalty? First off, the absence of strict legislative regulation o...
08 February 2023 /regulation /markets Bigger than Technology
Andrei Karpushonak CEO at Aprimerose
In recent years, open-source software has been making waves in the tech industry and beyond, offering a compelling alternative to proprietary software. But what exactly is open-source software, and how does it differ from its proprietary counterpart? Open-source vs Proprietary Proprietary software is owned by a single entity and protected by copyr...
06 February 2023 /regulation /wealth Fintech innovation and startups
Retired Member
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2023-2024. Like previous Union Budgets, this fiscal year focuses on Inclusive Development (financial inclusion of small Businesses and support ease of doing business), promoting Public-Private Partnerships, Skilling (teaching-upskill), and setting off medium to long-term national develop
06 February 2023 /regulation /startups Regulatory Reporting
The carousel of financial sector regulations must continuously turn to keep up with an evolving space. As new technologies come along, new threats follow. In 2022, cyber attacks continued unabated, with a report showing that more than half of financial firms were hit by ransomware in 2021. Crypto assets have also changed the financial landscape ad...
02 February 2023 /regulation
In the financial world, securities are financial instruments that represent ownership of a specific asset or claim on an underlying asset. In the past, most securities were issued as "bearer instruments", meaning that whoever physically held the certificate was considered the owner, regardless of the name on the certificate. It created
02 February 2023 /regulation /wealth Fintech innovation and startups
Eyal Elazar Head of product marketing at Riskified
Retailers across the UK are bracing for a challenging economic period. While the winter months are usually the busiest period for brands, the country is in the grip of a cost-of-living crisis, with prices rising much faster than wages and incomes. Even shopping events like Black Friday and Cyber Monday offered little respite. While sales last yea...
01 February 2023 /regulation E-commerce
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