1077 Results from 2016
Retired Member
1) Canadian Regulator: you “ought to have known” your traders where spoofing. 2) NY: Broker Dealer removes 2 from their supervisory role. 3) CFTC: Adds new Regulation Algorithmic Trading with new role of “AT Person” 4) FCA: Adds new new watch on senior managers 5) FINRA: Supervisor barred from supervising after case of market manipulation Globa...
19 February 2016 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
The prevailing winds point to a strong year for the UK’s credit finance brokers in 2016. For example, in the secured loans market ‘completions’ rose by a whopping nine per cent in quarter three of 2015. However, despite this buoyant outlook most know that it isn’t going to be plain sailing all the way. In part, this soaring growth is down to a s...
19 February 2016 /regulation
Over the last few years, venture capital funds have poured billions into fintech and the frustrated investment bankers and traders that launched the sector. But how close are we really to the complete disruption of the banking sector? I believe that we are a lot further away from a full disruption than the media, conference organisers and thought-...
19 February 2016 /payments
The P2P and crowdfunding industry was worth £3.2bn in 2015, according to the new University of Cambridge and Nesta report published this week. That sounds good, but what does it actually mean? We’ve done the hard work for you and pulled out the top five things from the report. Equity crowdfunding underwent a 295% increase on the £84m raised in 20...
18 February 2016 /inclusion
David Donovan Executive Vice President at Publicis.Sapient
Investment management has always been a traditionally relationship-oriented business. It requires a certain level of trust, faith and sense of community for people to hand over their life earnings, their college funds, their retirement money to a third party. Technology is disrupting that connection. People are forming social bonds and networks onl...
18 February 2016
Nigel Farmer Industry Director, Capital Markets at Software AG
Cutting out the middle man equals big cost savings, chopping up to $20bn a year off of a bank’s infrastructure costs, according to an article in the FT. Blockchain will also help to nail money launderers and fraudsters through its distributed ledger and the historic traceability of funds. The technology is already enticing exchanges; CME Group a...
The Agile development methodology and Continuous Delivery has delivered on many promises. We have all seen Faster development cycles Faster IT reaction times Better prioritization of business objectives Easier balancing of technical and business objectives Regulations New regulations, for example the Regulation Algorithmic Trading by the CFTC, h...
17 February 2016 /regulation Capital Markets Technology
Following the global economic downturn of 2008 and the consequent negative impact on public finances, governments globally intensified efforts to identify process and back office inefficiencies. A process that has driven a wide range of national and international initiatives to mandate compulsory ‘e-Invoicing’ automation across the public sector -...
17 February 2016 /payments /regulation
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
A female CEO, of a shit hot FinTech company, needs to change her name back to her maiden name because investor after VC routinely ignored her in favour of her co-founder (who also happens to be her husband). A young Oxford graduate, who founded a small FinTech startup with her friends emails to ask 'How can I be a women in Fintech - when I feel so...
17 February 2016 /startups Women in Technology
What cloud has done for infrastructure, platform and software block chain will do for transactions and settlement. I am talking about the turning point in technology. In global business the two aspects that makes transactions and settlement a nightmare is the time lag leading to reconciliation. Reconciliation in a way verifies for all parties the ...
17 February 2016 Financial Supply Chain
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