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Leveraging Digital Identity Verification to Stay On Top of New AML Regulations

Coping with the rapid pace at which new Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations are enacted poses quite a challenge to enterprises worldwide. If you take the case of financial institutions, this entai...

15 Sep 2016
Financial Services Regulation
A Finextra Member

Banks risk missing red tape deadlines

The Financial Stability Board (FSB), chaired by the Bank of England’s Mark Carney, recently warned that banks have flagged their concerns about missing regulatory deadlines, with Basel III being highl...

15 Sep 2016
Tom Hay

PSD2 and instant payments: are they a threat to cards?

Autonomous Research recently held a forum to update their customers from the investment and asset management community on recent developments and trends in payments. I was invited to speak, and shared...

15 Sep 2016
Christoffer Hernæs

PSD2 - opportunities, threats and strategic options for banks

PSD2 will force banks to open up their infrastructure to third parties by offering APIs under the XS2A (access to account) rule. The directive has the potential to fundamentally alter the payment land...

15 Sep 2016
A Finextra Member

Data Analytics: the next move for transaction banking cont....

Business Analytics in Transaction Banking Customer Analytics Product Offering Risk Assessment and Mitigation plan Regulatory Needs Customer Analytics - Financial Institution who offered T...

15 Sep 2016
Shailendra Malik

Adding to the chaos, Singapore Fintech Festival

Those who follow the Fintech Sector closely in Singapore are surely having the time of their life. It’s that time of the year approaching where the craze and euphoria for a particular sector is at its...

15 Sep 2016
A Finextra Member

How advanced data analytics empowers banks to better service customers

A recent study by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that banks were turning away or closing the accounts of customers deemed to be high risk, which includes foreign nationals and students. I...

14 Sep 2016
Innovation in Financial Services
Jim Steven

Three things smaller, evolving companies should consider in the event of a data breach

With government figures showing that 9 out of 10 organisations suffered some form of a data breach last year, it's a near certainty that it will happen, no matter what the size of the organisation. Th...

14 Sep 2016
Nigel Farmer

CFTC Rules: Preventing the Rise of the Cybermen

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) recently finalized a set of cyber security rules, designed to help safeguard its systems from breaches; but worries about hacking and possible terrori...

14 Sep 2016
Christoffer Hernæs

Are challenger banks a challenge for incumbent banks?

Earlier this year, I was part of the panel discussion on the role of challenger banks at the European Fintech Awards, and one of the main questions was whether the challenger banks were to lead to a ...

14 Sep 2016
A Finextra Member

Momentum Ignition: Arson for Financial Markets

ESMA has defined momentum ignition as a case of prohibited market manipulation. ICE Canada considers this to be disruptive, and so does the CME Group. One UK government report stated that momentum ig...

13 Sep 2016
MiFID
Carlo R.W. De Meijer

Blockchain and Hyperledger Project: beyond the hype

Who is not yet convinced of the potential of blockchain? Here is another example showing blockchain is beyond the hype. Early September, the Hyperledger Project, a collaborative cross-industry effort ...

12 Sep 2016

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