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The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has updated its table showing the progress by national regulators in concluding Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) between EU national supervisors wi...
I came across an interesting blog post recently about how the untrained human brain is disadvantaged when it comes to recognising or thinking about big numbers. These limitations, and reliance on g...
In recent years many investment banks have suffered significant losses due to unauthorised and / or poorly monitored trader activity. High-profile instances such as the USD $6 Billion London ‘Whale’ l...
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has updated the questions and answers (Q&As) on the guidelines by adding Q&As 26 to 29 which include the reporting of assets ...
After the scramble to meet the 12th February ‘go-live’ for European Markets Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR) trade reporting, you may feel that your work on this is now done. However, I think that the...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) online set of questions and answers (Q&As) on the single rulebook, which relate to the CRD IV Directive and the Capital Requirements Regulation (together CRD I...
Hot on the back of the recent news of Europe’s largest department store group El Corte Inglés taking the plunge towards contactless, yesterday’s Finextra report highlights new figures from WorldPay s...
According to our recent research, over half of banking consumers (58%) now avoid calling their bank’s customer services team, preferring to use social media instead. This revelation clearly highlights...
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has published a timetable of its activity relating to Solvency II into May 2014. This sets out key activities that the PRA considers may be helpful to firms a...
Prosumer is a portmanteau originally formed by contracting producer with the word consumer. In a commercial environment, it describes a market segment between professional and consumer. (Wikipedia) Po...
We all know that administrative processes will be fully automated in the future and continue their march towards real time. Still far too many of us continue to sit on our hands - perhaps not hoping t...
Social media is permeating every facet of our lives. It is extremely important to understand security and privacy settings with so much personal information becoming so accessible. Here is the definit...