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Market participants are naturally worried about the immediate costs of regulation, some of them still uncertain about the future benefits. But with all the twists and turns on the road to regulatory change, meeting the requirements imposed by regulators is no easy task. Whatever the legislation, the politicians agree on the broad principles and se...
28 June 2017 /regulation /wholesale
Introduction Know Your Customer (KYC) processes require banks to validate and verify primary documents as part of due diligence. Currently the market is flooded with KYC utilities that help manage these documents and share them with multiple entities. In some cases these utilities may even perform due diligence, but regulations are such that the t...
30 March 2017 /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
Although banks may appear slow to react and less agile than emerging fintech companies, banks remain their corporate clients’ main point of reference for technology innovation and inclusion. Even many leading corporations don’t want to be the pioneers in something that is not part of their core business and keep a wait-and-see attitude toward fint...
22 February 2017 /wholesale Transaction Banking
Implementing pan-European financial regulation is no easy feat. Finding agreement across 28 member states and translation into vastly differently legal systems is a true challenge. It comes as no surprise that those projects are regularly subject to delays. Against that backdrop, it is most welcome that ESMA is again requesting the power to issue a...
15 February 2017 /regulation /wholesale
David Donovan Executive Vice President at Publicis.Sapient
The year is shaping up to be one where my dialog with leadership within large financial institutions shifts from “I want to do digital” to “Show me how digital helps me become more competitive.” Digital has become table stakes and the asset management industry is now focused on how components within digital, such as data analytics, cloud or mobile,...
14 February 2017 /wholesale Capital Markets Technology
Graham Seel Principal Consultant at BankTech Consulting
OK for most of us this sounds crazy. Cash management is a commodity. All the big banks do it. All the small banks offer it, even if they have to outsource it. Companies need it but there’s nothing new under the sun. Right? Wrong! Business banking is going to change. Today banks are primarily used as ways to carry out financial transactions. But in ...
10 February 2017 /wholesale Innovation in Financial Services
Most western economies have experienced little or no growth since the global financial crisis.However, fewer resources are often a trigger for innovation and better long-term planning. Before hard times fell upon the western world, banks would build their own solutions. But this outdated technology is preventing digital transformation programmes t...
09 February 2017 /wholesale
Steve Wilcockson Product Marketing at Quantexa
In December, I attended the Amsterdam RiskMinds Conference, which highlighted current priorities of Chief Risk Officers [CROs] and risk professionals. Having reflected over Christmas sherry and Mariah Carey New Year PR disasters, I consider 7 key CRO and risk priorities. Do you agree ? Post your comments below. i) Be “Chief Worrier” The modern Chi...
12 January 2017 /regulation /wholesale
Vicente Quesada Co-founder at Gauss Trading
By 2040 most financial institutions may be run by robots. Yesterday I entered on the web of my "digital" bank. I have €10,000 in my bank account. As I open the system it offers me an automatic credit. Guess for how much? €10,000!! And why do I need a €10,000 credit that I already have in the checking account? This is what is called the D...
09 January 2017 /wholesale
In the movie Superman Returns Lois Lane wrote an article “ Does the World need a Superman” and won an award but as reality dawned , the end of the movie she once again starts to write “Why the world needs a Superman” and stops abruptly to contemplate what form of Superman does the world need. The Banking world is in a similar dilemma, wanting to l...
04 January 2017 /wholesale
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