04/30/2017
State Banking Regulators Sue Feds Over Fintech Charter Proposal
The state regulators claim the comptroller’s office, led by Thomas Curry, lacks authority to create a special-purpose charter without approval from Congress.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
04/28/2017
British hacker stole $700,000 from Australian business, spent it on luxury lifestyle
Investigators discovered that Molloy was spending the money on expensive cars and jewellery in Surrey and west London, with the account emptied of all its funds.
04/27/2017
UBS Banks On Microsoft Azure To Drive Digital Transformation
Azure’s compliance portfolio also means that USB can move to the cloud safe in the knowledge that it is meeting current compliance requirements, as well as having the ability to plan for future regulations.
04/27/2017
MiFID II: from challenge to opportunity by James Corcoran, Kx Systems
Perhaps the biggest challenge that firms will face is that of data capture.
04/25/2017
Debevoise Offers Guidance on BEPS Challenge with New Website
BEPS endeavours to fundamentally change the global tax landscape through a series of 15 action plans.
04/25/2017
Regtech: The last line of defence against raging forces of finance
Dalton was explaining how blockchain technology, for example, is being examined by a number of banks to ensure compliance reporting and create an indelible record of what is happening.
04/24/2017
Robots v regulators: Digitalisation in fund management
For a growing number of fund administrators, digitalisation is helping to offset the challenges of competition, cost and compliance.
04/24/2017
Turkey Tweaks Government Financial Support Scheme for Technological Products
Products developed using equity capital were previously only eligible to be included in the Scheme if they are patented.
04/24/2017
UK government takes regtech delegation to New York
The timing is great for us as we are building out our service to cover the USA
04/24/2017
Reward staff who spot cyber attacks
We need to stop using a staff policy as the sole baseline for security training.
04/24/2017
Regulation Of Electronic Payment Service Providers In Switzerland
A dynamic Swiss FinTech industry should contribute significantly to the quality and competitiveness of Switzerland as a financial center.
04/23/2017
Global Investment Compliance Monitoring (ICM) Survey
ICM infrastructure efficiency and effectiveness
04/19/2017
IRESS readies industry for super reforms
The superannuation laws, which were announced in the 2016-17 Budget, introduce new tax concessions
04/19/2017
BearingPoint honored as “Regulatory Reporting Firm of the Year”
A new innovative calculation engine that uses technologies like in-memory processing, grid architecture, and the cloud, enables a significant increase in performance and operational flexibility.
04/19/2017
Asset Vantage Acquires Financial Navigator
The two companies have a combined customer base exceeding 300 families globally.
04/18/2017
RegTech Principles for Innovation
The differing international regulatory approaches to these new technologies.
04/17/2017
Singapore, Shanghai deepen ties amid fresh commitments by banks
UOB (China), OCBC, SPD Bank ink MOUs at the third Singapore-Shanghai Financial Forum
04/17/2017
RegTech innovation and adoption- Impact, drivers, barriers
The rise of FinTech is accompanied by growth in the closely associated area of RegTech.
04/17/2017
Ogier advises Lenovo Group on US$1 Billion Capital Markets Issue
Anthony and associates Tiffany Yeung and Yuki Yan from Ogier's Hong Kong team specialising in Cayman and BVI law advised on the transaction.
04/12/2017
Managed Portfolio Advisors Enters into an Agreement with BNY Mellon’s Pershing
The agreement unites MPA’s overlay management services with Pershing’s technology platform