03/31/2017
FCA fines former investment banker for sharing confidential information over WhatsApp
Mr Niehaus also agreed to settle during the stage 1 settlement period
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03/30/2017
EU Commission prohibits merger of Deutsche Börse and London Stock Exchange Group
The Group’s growth strategy is geared towards offering clients new products, new services and new technologies.
03/30/2017
Regulators grant license to Lithuanian branch of Hong Kong fintech company
IBS Lithuania has already agreed with a number of European financial institutions to provide the real-time multi-currency payment settlement services between Europe and China.
03/30/2017
Singapore And Malaysian Law Firms Launch Fintech Practice
Fintech pushes traditional boundaries and often presents a tension between an innovative business model and characteristics that are not readily applicable to current regulations
03/30/2017
Scalable Capital Doubles Its Assets Under Management to €200 Million
Scalable Capital went live in the UK in summer 2016.
03/30/2017
Rothschild Bank revamps client advisory with Finantix tech
The solution is being integrated with the bank’s core banking platform, Avaloq Banking Suite, supplied by Swiss vendor Avaloq.
03/30/2017
RegTech Association launches to tackle growing industry
The aim of the association is to promote good corporate practice in compliance management
03/30/2017
Inefficient IT Systems - Challenges for Operation Risk Management
Ever since Globalization hit the Indian market, lots of foreign investment has been flowing in India
03/29/2017
United Kingdom's Financial Conduct Authority Selects Cognizant
Cognizant will also support the FCA as the regulator increases its use of digital analytics to manage data and inform
03/29/2017
Advice firms look to technology for regulatory answers
Now large advice firms are already eyeing its potential to help them reach more clients, through even more channels, without the compliance hangover.
03/29/2017
Sentinel Consortium on Track to Meet MiFID II Deadlines for Financial Services Industry
The focus on open standards and open infrastructure for interoperability allows Sentinel members to choose the specific components they wish to implement
03/29/2017
Avaloq concludes migration of Axion Swiss Bank
The Avaloq BPO solution fully covers banking processes and back-office services in an integrated way
03/29/2017
The legal considerations of running a FinTech startup in Nigeria
The legal and regulatory framework that is generally applicable to financial institutions
03/28/2017
Lion City in Another Fintech Alliance
MAS has entered into an agreement with France's ACPR and the AMF
03/28/2017
Temenos Claims Collaboration Between Banks and Fintech Key to Survival
The study shows that new regulations are pointed out as one of the top 3 biggest impacts on the banking industry over the next three years
03/28/2017
China’s central bank thinks digital currency can do one thing cash can’t
With the popularity of digital currency, cash usage will drop significantly
03/28/2017
Using RegTech to embed rules into workflow
The definition of it is so wide that sometimes it is difficult to see how RegTech solutions can be successfully applied in reality.
03/28/2017
Allen & Overy lights the Fuse on tech innovation space
Developments in tech are rapidly transforming our industry
03/27/2017
17-082MR ASIC releases guidance on risk management systems of responsible entities
There have been a number of collapses of responsible entities which resulted in significant losses to investors and where we consider inadequate risk management systems to have played a role.
03/27/2017
BankThink Four reg policy changes to advance financial innovation
Equity crowdfunding and mini-IPO, Regulation A+ provisions were early recognition of the power of the internet in financial services