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The Financial Stability Board (FSB) met on 24 June to discuss “vulnerabilities affecting the global financial system and progress in authorities’ work to strengthen global financial regulation.” The
Well I may not have posted for such a long time but I have been receiving my Finextra every day and reading them. One of the good things about being ill is that it gives you time to read and reflect a...
In my previous article concerning Mexico CFDI electronic invoicing, we focused on the logistics and shipping aspects of the CFDI legislation. The lesson learned from that article was: the new laws af...
In the battle for retail banks to reduce costs, services are becoming progressively more automated. Banks are looking to empower customers with the technology to answer their own queries about balance...
European equity brokers face a number of challenges during the current ‘interim’ between the original MiFID Directive of 2007 and its MiFID 2 successor. And the interim period is unfortunately becomin...
Card fraud across the UK and Europe is on the increase. A recent CIFAS report suggests that in the UK alone, card fraud increased by over 26% in 2012. Pair this with other research which claims that ...
Front-running is regarded as a form of market abuse and is banned accordingly. Although it is widely accepted that MiFID II will implement new regulation on algorithmic and high-frequency trading, tha...
In my previous article, we discussed the common issues that are starting to make their way to the operational and finance teams. Many companies are setting themselves up for customer service issues, ...
Last post before the summer break. A mid-year revision of my predictions for 2013 made in December last year: 1. Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) to be on the rise. Tick, tick, tick. Apple is using it (as p...
Many bankers we speak with are interested in enterprise case management software, but some have trouble getting the project funded. Here are seven justifications that we've seen in successful business...
Today innovation in banking has almost become a byword for what the next big use of mobile technology will be in helping people and businesses bank more easily and more flexibly. From m-commerce appli...