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In 1995 the average UK customer of HSBC visited the branch just over twice a month; in 2012 they only popped in just over three times a year. This illuminating statistic came from Brett King in an en...
The stories we hear on the recent freeze and confiscation of funds held in bank accounts in Cyprus seems to be more focused on individuals. In the UK we have heard many stories of retirees who had the...
As regulatory reforms accelerate from concepts to a tangible reality, the financial sector is now recognising product control as playing a central role in the end-to-end trading process. The lessons f...
The FSA has published this consultation which will allow it to publish information about the subject matter of a warning notice if it considers appropriate. This is considered “a real departure from ...
Compliance and productivity in retail and investment banking. My colleague Robert Simpson was recently able to bring together a very interesting group of people, to discuss the regulatory environmen...
The Australian regulator, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), has publishedconsultation on draft rules and regulatory guidance to establish a trade repository regime implement...
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While the requirements for SEPA Credit Transfer (SCT) migration are relatively well-understood and straightforward, migration to SEPA Direct Debits (SDD) is a more challenging undertaking. The SDD sch...
We encounter some common concerns when we’re working with companies to implement a payments project. Outsourcing or revising A/P processes can seem daunting, but we can address some of the larger con...
The International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) published a consultation paper on the regulatory issues raised by changes in market structures. The 46 page paper seeks to gather evid...
A Public Sector Bank (for women only)! At the first glance, FY 13-14 Union Budget announcement sounds quite innovative and pro-active scheme on part of Indian Union government, aiming at financial inc...
Interesting last week to see that GFI has applied to the CFTC to become a futures exchange. This follows on from ICAP’s purchase of Plus Markets (now ISDX) and so it surely can’t be too long before th...