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Where is the IT in team?

Whether as the result of mergers, legacy applications or piecemeal solutions, corporate finance teams often have to work across multiple systems and processes. As the systems stack up, transparency,

29 May 2013
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EMIR Trade Reporting implementation now due in November 2013

The European Securities and Markets Authority has updated its website detailing that its best estimate is that the registration of the first Trade Repositories is not likely to take place before Aug

29 May 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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A wake up call to e-procurement

Online shopping is becoming ever more popular and it is clear why: it is easy, transparent, and often much cheaper than walking into a store. We can apply the same rationale to e-procurement. Today’s ...

29 May 2013
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Speech analytics - getting past the hype

It seems like speech analytics has been around forever. Yet mainstream enterprise adoption has remained elusive. This is not for lack of desire. In a survey carried out by Forrester in 2011, the two t...

28 May 2013
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HKMA Updates OTC DerivativeTrade Repository Documents

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has updated its website to post revised information and documents related to the Trade Reporting service. The documents updated are: the Reporting Service R

28 May 2013
Financial Services Regulation
Tushar Chitra

Mobile Payments: Is Your Bank Putting Its Best Foot Forward?

As mobile communication becomes more and more affordable and user-friendly, mobile banking is gaining increasing acceptance globally. With innovations such as Near Field Communications (NFC), mobile

28 May 2013
Future Finance
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EMIR application - EU to provide clarity on approach

The European Commission has required the European Securities and Markets Authority to prepare regulatory technical standards on the application of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR)...

28 May 2013
Financial Services Regulation
Marc Murphy

Beneficial Ownership: A KYC opportunity or data nightmare?

Beneficial ownership is gaining significant exposure at the moment, with the UK intending to use its presidency of the G8 Leaders’ Summit next month to promote the improvement of international co-oper...

28 May 2013
Financial Services Regulation
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Levelling the trading playing field

According to The Economist algorithmic trading and high-frequency trading (HFT), virtually unknown until about six years ago, now account for almost 70% of the flow of orders on the main exchanges. S...

28 May 2013
A Finextra Member

T2S

Like the single European currency and the Channel Tunnel, another ‘euro fantasy’ is now reality. T2S (TARGET2-Securities) is ambitious: a new, bespoke technology solution providing a best-of-breed set...

28 May 2013
Robert Siciliano

What Does it Mean to Have a Connected Home?

The internet-connected TV, PC, mobile and tablet are all connected to the home in ways like never before. All of these appliances are talking to one another in various ways. For example, many of us s...

28 May 2013
Daniel Szmukler

EBAday 2014 - progress update

The preparations for 2014 are well underway. EBA has received ample community feedback on the key topics to be addressed for next year. The Finnish Federation of Financial Services and the Finnish EBA...

27 May 2013
EBAday

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