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Mobile banking is something that many in the UK banking sector have been resolutely sticking their heads in the sand about. Latest figures from industry analysts show that the UK lags well behind
The rumours about iPhone and NFC are being circulated again. That caused a new wave of excitement within the NFC community where NFC-enabled iPhone is seen as the white knight. Yet, if (IF!) Apple in...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has published its technical findings on the long-term guarantee package, a set of potential measures aimed at facilitating the provis...
July’s ‘Wired Money’ event saw a range of innovators, entrepreneurs and start-ups pitching their new financial technology business ideas. One topic that really captured my interest was firms addressi...
When companies merge, combining IT systems is always a headache for IT departments, but migrating data to the Cloud adds a further level of complexity. In these instances, there are three main issues ...
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has published a consultation paper - “Best Practice Principles for Improving Regulatory Enforcement and Inspections”. The consultatio...
One of the trends in the payments world today is the move to ‘real time’ payments. A good example of this move is the Faster Payments Service in the United Kingdom. The Faster Payments Service, launc...
The Australian Treasury Department has issued an exposure draft of the regulations and related press release to facilitate the operation of derivatives trade reporting regime. Reporting obligations w...
A culture of compliance…for technology Regulators and FATCA teams alike are currently focused on ensuring that institutions can start doing their jobs when deadlines like 1 January 2014 for new accoun...
HM Treasury have announced that the UK Government had signed an agreement with the United States to improve international tax compliance and implement the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)...
Offshore investors have bought nearly $2 billion of yuan-denominated bonds so far in 2013, up by over 70% on 2012. These RMB bonds, known as “dim-sums” are really starting to add up. Is your firm alre...
The International Swaps Dealers Association (ISDA) and the Futures and Options Association (FOA) have jointly published the Client Cleared OTC Derivatives Addendum. This is a template for use by clea...