04/10/2017
FCA contemplates blockchain regulation
UK authority outlines concerns with regulating blockchain technology within new consultation paper.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
04/07/2017
Fintech partnerships reveal innovation insecurities
Reports from Simmons & Simmons and PwC highlight the challenges of collaboration between fintech startups and big financial institutions
04/07/2017
RegTech: Evolution or revolution?
RegTech might not sound particularly new or revolutionary – after all, financial services firms have been using technology to automate their processes for decades, right?
04/07/2017
Alexander Forbes Selects Sapiens as Partner for its Modernisation Programme
Our modern IT platforms will help fuel Alexander Forbes’ growth and provide it with full and automatic regulatory compliance.
04/06/2017
Sibos to return to Boston and Singapore
The city-state has long been seen as a leader in digital innovation, with a highly connected telecoms infrastructure driving industry trends, such as mobile payments.
04/06/2017
The rise of anti-RegTech?
Uber’s ride sharing app presents an interactive map to its users that displays all available cars in a given location.
04/06/2017
Australian Trade Group Looks to Boost Regulatory Tech's Presence
Twelve companies, mostly startups, have joined the association.
04/06/2017
AxiomSL Takes Best Implementation Prize in 2017 Sell-Side Technology Awards for Second Year
The Sell-Side Technology Awards are managed by the highly-respected Waters magazine and recognizes the work of the leading financial technology providers serving banking institutions.
04/05/2017
FCA publishes near final rules on MiFID II and encourages firms to submit applications for MiFID II authorisation
The Financial Conduct Authority has today published near final rules on the implementation of the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II. These include changes to the trading of financial instruments including issues affecting trading venues, trans
04/05/2017
Proplend Receives ISA Manager Status For IFISA
Proplend is now inviting investors to register their interest and sign up for IFISA updates.
04/04/2017
SIX Securities Services partners with DTCC to issue Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) in Switzerland
This partnership comes as Europe readies itself for the implementation of MiFID II on 1 January 2018.
04/04/2017
“MiFID II and Best Execution: The Challenges Ahead” Whitepaper
In addition to the white paper, TickSmith and Cloudera have also held webinars on this subject.
04/04/2017
JWG and ClauseMatch announce further RegTech collaboration
ClauseMatch and JWG are developing a change management solution to simplify and better structure how regulatory changes are driven through internal banking policies
04/04/2017
Regtech: Disrupting Client Engagement
This shared theme of disruption is key, as Regtech solutions should aim to do more than simply digitise existing manual compliance processes
04/04/2017
European Commission Launches Public Consultation on FinTech
FinTech can change for the better the financial industry in the European Union
04/04/2017
Hackers Blackmailing White House Staff Reportedly Arrested in Dubai
African gang had hacked into the email accounts and obtained highly confidential information
04/03/2017
Erste Group selects BWise
The internal control system repository powered by BWise will replace an existing solution with a more enhanced and sophisticated software platform.
04/03/2017
Law Firms in Singapore and Malaysia Launch FinTech Practice
They aim to present legal solutions in areas many financial technology firms in both nations are challenged with.
04/03/2017
Objectway announces distribution agreement
Peter Schramme, Chief Business Development Officer for Objectway, commented, “The partnership with CPB will allow us to extend our market to the DACH region.
03/31/2017
Insurers call for pension dashboard regulation as tech set to launch
Technology for the dashboard is now in place, and will be demonstrated at the UK's fintech week in April.