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We’re seeing little let up in the volume of fines imposed on firms that fail to meet regulatory requirements. Last month, Finra, the brokerage industry’s self-funded regulator, reported fines of $37....
I have been following the Symphony story with interest and the recent news that Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is looking to invest certainly got my attention. Is this the sound of the mighty Goog...
Sibos 2015 is almost here, and Singapore beckons. Key themes I expect to dominate Sibos are real-time, or immediate payments, PSD2 for the European banks and distributed consensus ledgers, particularl...
Over the past few months, I’ve been reading and interacting with a lot of fintech startups. It is indeed an interesting and fascinating space, with so many innovations and disruptions which have the ...
"Do you still love me ?". As the world goes digital, this is perhaps the question that every bank has in its mind.Innovative technologies and the availability of funding has meant that there...
We at SWIFT would like to hear about your ISO 20022 plans, experiences and questions. Leading up to Sibos, we are publishing a series of weekly blogs on Finextra called "Making ISO 20022 work for...
Apple did pick up a big compartment within the financial services industry that can be potentially revolutionized by a tech innovation almost a year ago when it launched the Apple Pay. At the event Ch...
Trade bankers know that, in a world running at Internet speed, standing still is not an option. The scope and scale of the changes they face is ever-changing, whether in terms of regulations, customer...
If you want to be a pro at privacy, here’s a tip: When it’s time to go online, whether it’s at an airport lounge, coffee house, hotel, or any other public Wi-Fi spot, don’t log into any of your accoun...
It was circa March 1999 and I was working in a small software company (CITIL – Citicorp Information Technology Industries Limited) which was specializing in core banking products. This company went t
The use of online banking and shopping has grown significantly, but so too has the number of security threats targeting such services. According to the latest Breach Level Index report, 888 data brea...
You probably think you know what a “hacker” is, but the images portrayed in the media can be misleading. You may be thinking of a geeky-looking guy who causes peoples’ computers to get infected with v...