1137 Results from 2015
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The list of security features that digital currencies have that cash cannot ever have is quite impressive. Digital currencies have a tenth of the cost of manufacturing and distributing actual notes and coins, the capacity for governments, economists and central banks to closely oversee a digital currency’s movement through an economy’s payments sy...
11 December 2015
What happens if an ISIN issuer for a country hasn't issued or doesn't want to issue ISINs for some asset classes or instrument types? What if a country has no official ISIN issuer? That's where "Substitute Numbering Agencies" (Substitute NAs) have a special position. For territories that do not have an ISIN National Numbering Agency, t...
11 December 2015 /regulation
The challenge posed by new technology-focused institutions, aiming to capture market share from existing players, is forcing the entire sector to innovate, with significant advantages in terms of both costs and customer relations available for those that get it right. But with the global financial sector also in the grip of tightening regulatory ...
The second and third principle of RDA (BCBS239) emphasizes on reliable risk data management framework. Data should be complete enough to reflect the enterprise-wide view of risk to all the stakeholders and it applies to all the relevant risk dimensions like Lines of Business, Geography, and Counterparty etc. Over and above data should be complete,...
Shaped by the economy, globalisation and social media; millennials are a generation that rely on peer influence to make important decisions. Making up 23% of the UK population, they are extremely valuable with a potential lifetime value higher than that of any other age group. The problem is, millennials are very hard customers to retain. 33% of t...
10 December 2015
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
So what will you be doing this holiday season to avoid getting scammed? The scammers really come out of the woodwork during the holidays, waiting to snatch their victims. It’s easier than you think to avoid getting ripped off or getting your entire bank account sucked dry. Here’s how to avoid getting tangled in a scammer’s net: Always inspect eve...
10 December 2015 /security
Steve Cook Digital Identity & Biometrics Consultant
December 9th - Businesses and consumers could be able to sanction low-value payments, payments made to "trusted beneficiaries" and the transfer of funds between different payment accounts they have without having to complete a multi-factor authentication process under new EU payment services rules, according to plans under consideration ...
10 December 2015 /payments
Neil Crammond risk education & real time market abuse at DIVENTO FINANCIALS
PARIS EURONEXT & VIRTU FINANCIAL FINED $5 MILLION EACH ! Finally after countless complaints over numerous years a regulator ha finally punished an exchange for failing to provide fair and orderly markets . However the best punishment would of been to suspend both of them ! It now appears that exchanges have given certain members privileg...
09 December 2015 /regulation
The way credit scores are calculated could be set to change as new and novel ways of assessing ability to repay come to the fore. An evolution in this area is perhaps due. Credit and loan applications are generally still assessed on factors such as payment history and existing debt. Evidence has to be gathered to arrive at a score. Yet, in today’s ...
09 December 2015
Who can issue ISINs? You might think that any stock or derivatives or commodities exchange can issue ISINs for the instruments traded on their platforms - but they can't. ISO has nominated one Registration Authority to be responsible for maintaining the basic details of all ISINs issued globally: the Association of National Numbering Agency (ANN...
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