1147 Results from 2019
Darren Thomas MD at IHS Markit
This past fall, Phase 3 of initial margin reform came into force. All firms holding more than $1.5 trillion USD in notional in uncleared derivatives were required to post margin in a manner compliant with the rules of a new global margining framework. This new framework, passed by regulators in all major jurisdictions, is composed of stringent rul...
19 February 2019 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
Retired Member
As the month of March draws nearer, there is bound to be a lot of discussion about gender diversity, so I wanted to get an early start writing on one of my favourite topics. And boom, while listening to the FinTech Insider podcast (episode 295), inspiration struck. Let’s question how innovative and disruptive FinTechs really are… For more than a d...
19 February 2019 /retail /inclusion Women in FinTech
Prasoon Mukherjee Director | Head of Securities Services | GSC-India at Societe Generale Bank
A lot is being read, written or heard about GDPR – it’s relevance, implications to institutions that collect personal data, and ramifications of non-compliance. Therefore, this will not deal with any of these in detail. Keeping it simple we will try exploring 4 specific impact points within financial institutions because of this regulation, and th...
19 February 2019 /security /regulation Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Though blockchain is not yet well understood by many treasury people, and tangible real-world applications for the corporate treasurer’s day-to-day activities are still scarce, this technology is getting increased interest in the treasury world. In August 2016 I wrote a blog in Finextra named “The Corporate Treasurer and Blockchain”. My conclusion...
19 February 2019 Blockchain Observations
They go by many names—business-managed applications (BMAs), user-developed controls, among others. Their labels are as bespoke as the tasks they do. But it’s what they share in common that makes them stand out. They are inevitable. Annoying. Seemingly unavoidable. And, perhaps most of all: they are spreading. For many banking institutions, these B...
18 February 2019 Fintech
Keith Stonell Managing Director, EMEA at Guidewire
The value of the Internet of Things (IoT) to the insurance industry is becoming understood but there is plenty of room for even more innovation. The roots of IoT applications in insurance lie in how telematics were used to support early blackbox insurance for younger drivers. Early applications of this technology were being talked about over a deca...
18 February 2019 Digital Insurance Trends
This is the first in a series of blogs looking at the top 10 banking trends highlighted by Accenture for 2019. Building on their predictions, I plan to explore some of the themes raised, starting with the topics of fragmentation of the market and bank valuation. Banking – unlike manufacturing, for example – has been built as a vertically integrate...
18 February 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
During the past week and this weekend, the financial services industry has witnessed an overdoze of journalism surrounding JP Morgan's first (big) entry into the crypto-coin space and most of it is focused around questions related to Jamie Dimon's previous critical views about "Bitcoin" when he had said - "You cant have a business w...
Rik Coeckelbergs Independent Advisor, Opinion Maker and Consultant at The Banking Scene
By Rik Coeckelbergs Dear journalists, dear Test Aankoop, dear politicians, Last weeks there were 2 news items worth discussing: Belfius has its API marketplace made public. This is a huge step in the direction of a more innovative, and more competitive market, in line with the ambitions of PSD2 bpost bank communicated price increases, including a ...
By Rik Coeckelbergs Instant Payments generate a lot of buzz in the industry of payments, for years already. Everyone likes to have their opinion heard on it: Banks, Central Banks, Software Providers, Consultants… all talk about Instant Payments. Instant Payments is needed, you hear, otherwise Bigtech or Fintech will take over. The banks are more he...
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