10/20/2022
IQ-EQ shortlisted in the PICCASO Privacy Awards 2022
IQ-EQ has established a strong and effective Privacy and Data Protection team over the past year and achieved tangible results
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10/20/2022
Data modernisation: financial regulators explore technology’s possibilities
Challenges include the variable quality of data available to regulators and ‘analysis paralysis’, as well as hiring and retaining people with the right skills
10/20/2022
Hong Kong Soon To Launch Its CBDC
The Monetary Authority of Hong Kong has begun preparatory work on the Digital Hong Kong Dollar.
10/19/2022
Bunq wins AML case against Dutch Central Bank
The court has subsequently sided with Bunq.
10/19/2022
SS&C Europe sings for Napier compliance tech
SS&C Europe will now benefit from increased visibility over transactions moving through its systems
10/18/2022
New European Fintech Regulations Affecting ICT Providers
Regulators of FS businesses have acknowledged for years that ICT risks pose a challenge to the operational resilience and stability of financial systems
10/14/2022
State Street's TradeNeXus platform partners Capitolis on integrated portfolio optimisation
Firms can then decide which optimization opportunities to pursue using Capitolis’ technology based on the expected savings and initiate those optimizations
10/12/2022
Temenos Launches Self-Service Financial Crime Mitigation on Temenos Banking Cloud
New Temenos FCM SaaS allows banks to compose and manage financial crime mitigation in a secure, continually evolving, self-service platform
10/11/2022
UAE fintech Mamo receives regulatory approval in DIFC
Mamo has built a reputation for being radically customer-centric, with incredibly fast product development times - often launching and announcing multiple new features in a matter of weeks - a refreshing approach from a regional start-up. Presently
10/11/2022
Orange Bank deploys real-time sanctions screening with SAS and Neterium
To meet these modern-day thresholds, Paris-based Orange Bank teamed with SAS and Neterium to achieve real-time sanctions screening in the cloud.
10/07/2022
Donelan trails Data Protection and Digital Information Bill rethink
“The current draft of the Bill is as complex and ‘one size fits all’ as the regime in force at the moment so, based on Donelan’s comments, more significant carve-outs for small organisations look likely to be proposed,” she s
10/07/2022
Regulation and Readiness Will Go Hand in Hand for European Banks in 2023
Both MiCA and DORA are expected to come to force in 2023.
10/07/2022
Sec. Commission building capacity to oversee ‘big players’ in digital assets sector
Rolle noted that this nation has been able to emerge as a leader in the regulation of digital assets due to its size.
10/05/2022
EBA goes to tender for crypto and blockchain data management platform
The authority has split the tender into two lots, one covering blockchain analytics and forensics data, valued at about EUR240,000, and the other crypto-assets market data, valued at around EUR120,000.
10/03/2022
SEC charges software engineers with insider trading
The SEC’s complaint, filed in the District of New Jersey, charges Saini and Natividad with violating the antifraud provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
10/03/2022
Ndctech and Red Hat collaborate on cloud-native solutions
As part of this collaboration between the two entities, Red Hat recognizes NdcTech as a regional systems integrator in Europe, Middle East, and Africa.
09/29/2022
Quaint Oak Bank chooses Teslar Software to digitise commercial lending
Teslar’s digital customer portal, customers can apply for loans online, securely upload documents, and easily monitor the status of their loans.
09/28/2022
Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, among banks fined $1.1 billion by SEC
Along with the charges, the banks were ordered to cease and desist from further violations of the Act and required to remedy their company policies to integrate the regulation and manage employee digital communications.
09/28/2022
Crypto.com receives regulatory approval in France
“We look forward to continuing to work with the AMF and the ACPR as we introduce our products and services in France, offering users a comprehensive, safe and secure crypto platform.”
09/27/2022
Demystifying wholesale central bank digital currency
Speech by Fabio Panetta, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, at the Symposium on “Payments and Securities Settlement in Europe – today and tomorrow” hosted by the Deutsche Bundesbank