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Staying ahead of the regulatory curve in FX

Regulatory reform, including Basel III, Dodd-Frank, Emir, and Mifid II has led to significant changes in market dynamics including the move to-exchange-style trading and centralised clearing for produ...

11 Jul 2016
Aamir Khan

Does PSD2 still matter to UK after Brexit

A lot has been written about Payment Service Directive 2 (PSD2) and there will be more in the coming months. The regulation has been pictured as disruptive. On one hand it paved the way for new entran...

11 Jul 2016
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6 Key Considerations for CRS Implementation

With the CRS compliance process proving to be a little more complicated than just an extension of FATCA compliance, six key considerations need to be taken into account when implementing a best practi...

11 Jul 2016
Luke Trigg

Margin reform for uncleared derivatives: ensure you build on solid foundations

The upcoming regulations for uncleared derivatives have banks with large concentrations of contracts facing a daunting re-papering task. Help is at hand from a number of full-service vendors, law, ...

11 Jul 2016
Brian Slater

The Value of DevOps

IT has long grappled with the question of what value DevOps provides, something we have discussed elsewhere. Methodologies used in IT also bring a similar question, if its more efficient how much, and...

08 Jul 2016
Robert Siciliano

TeamViewer Clients Victims of other Hack Attacks

Get an account with TeamViewer, and you will have a software package that enables remote control, online meetings, desktop sharing and other functions between computers. But recently, customers of Tea...

08 Jul 2016
A Finextra Member

A single digital dashboard approach to tackling debt

According to our latest research, a quarter of 18-24 year olds in the UK are currently in debt. While it’s certainly no secret that young Britons struggle with their finances, it’s clear financial pro...

08 Jul 2016
A Finextra Member

MiFID II’s catch-22

Under MiFID II trading venues are required to provide one of two options in order to support members’ testing efforts (RTS 7, Article 10). So exchanges can choose to offer either a realistic testing e...

08 Jul 2016
A Finextra Member

Creative Ideas for Stress Management

Whether you’ve mastered the trading system or not, stress is an unavoidable yet normal part of a forex trading environment Stress is a natural reaction especially when dealing with worries like moneta...

08 Jul 2016
Robert Schneider

Corporates and compliance - avoid fines and reputational damage

Action against corporates by financial regulators demonstrating they are widening their focus and bringing corporates into the world of financial crime compliance is well documented. Non-compliance c...

08 Jul 2016
A Finextra Member

Banks and Fintech - Journey to the Digital Enterprise

Financial Industry has always been driven by technology. Whether it was advent of ATM machines, Credit Cards or any new innovation, Banks have always adopted to better serve its customers. Recently we...

08 Jul 2016
A Finextra Member

Is Agile facing obstacles it did not create?

My week was going well until I was confronted by a colleague at the office questioning the very purpose of a presentation I had just finished making to a large audience. Having attended an Agile Coffe...

08 Jul 2016

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