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The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published details of how it intends to apply all of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority’s (EIOPA) guidelines and d...
Finding the right balance between innovation and regulation is no easy task. The past four to five years have seen the banking sector try to adapt to a more tightly controlled environment, as the fall...
Security flaw(s) and other related issues apart, Bitcoin has one fundamental problem - its proponents position it as digital currency. Sure, some of the high-profile VCs do highlight BTC's potential...
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published details of the changes brought into effect with the implementation of CRD IV for European Banks. The expert article details: ...
In Will The Sad State Of Logistics Hurt eCommerce? (hyperlink removed but this post will come up on top of the Google SERP), I’d alluded to how DHL, FedEx and other multinational courier companies are...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a further set of questions and answers (Q&As) on the single rulebook requirements under the Capital Requirements Directive and associated Regulat...
The eagerly awaited final MiFID II text potentially includes regulation around circuit breakers. Yesterday Eurex saw trading in the FDAX drop by 2% within minutes of an ECB announcement, only to reco...
The answer is in the palm of your hand. The US retail giant, Target, has recently been in the press for all the wrong reasons. It's estimated that 110m of its customers have been left open to identit...
The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has published details of the reporting obligations under EMIR that requires that counterparties and central counterparties must use a trade r...
Progress and change in financial services businesses come from a stirred mix of regulation, technology and creativity — with powerful interests in the status quo usually dragging on the spoon. The f...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published a final report on technical advice on the procedural rules for imposing fines and periodic penalty payments on trade repositories (TR...
Turning down money from a potential customer who fails a test, is expensive. Building profiles of all of your customers is costly in both cash and resources. In fact, until HSBC and Standard Charter...