Latest Credit risk News: Finextra Research

Climate related risk management is now a ‘must-have’

On day two of the World Conference of Banking Institutes, executive director – business development of the Abu Dhabi Global Market Steve Barnett opened sessions with a focus on sustainability in emerging markets and explored how education is a core pillar when ensuring commitment to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives.

17 September 2019

News/cloud

Why financial institutions are modernising on cloud

For financial institutions (FIs) leveraging the cloud, the earliest adoption was often the high-performance computing grid to support complex modelling. Gone were the days when limited capacity of on-premises grids meant that quants or actuaries had to wait for the compute resources they needed to run their models: across workloads, the cloud allows FIs to immediately scale up compute resources at peak times and scale down when demand dipped, paying only for what they use.

17 September 2019

News/Credit risk

Geopolitics and the impact of political uncertainty on financial services

At Sibos 2019, industry experts will be discussing today’s payments landscape and how banks now need to balance their customer demands for speed with regulatory demands for financial crime and risk controls.

13 September 2019

News/Credit risk

Capital One data breach leaves 100 million vulnerable

Capital One revealed Monday that 100 million credit card applications had been accessed, resulting in thousands of Social Security and bank account numbers being left at risk.

30 July 2019

News/Credit risk

FCA suggests ban on crypto derivatives

The UK's financial services watchdog is proposing a ban on cryptocurrency derivatives for retail investors in order to prevent them incurring large losses in financial instruments they do not understand.

05 July 2019

News/Credit risk

OakNorth wins tech deal with NIBC Bank

OakNorth has signed a five-year deal with Dutch lender NIBC Bank in the first publicised sale by the British lender of its credit decisioning platform.

02 July 2019

News/inclusion

JPMorgan Chase pledges $125m to fintech-focused financial health initiatives

JPMorgan Chase will give $125 million over the next five years to non-profits working around the world to improve the financial health of underserved communities, focusing on the use of fintech tools to help people save, boost their credit and reduce debt.

16 May 2019

News/Credit risk

SoGen issues covered bond as security token on Ethereum

Societe Generale has issued EUR100 million of covered bonds as a security token, directly registered on the Ethereum blockchain.

24 April 2019

News/Credit risk

Automation could displace 40 FS industry job roles - Singapore study

Dozens of financial services job roles will see much of their work taken by data analytics and automation in the next few years, according to a new report from Singapore, which is preparing for the radical workforce shift with a new career training programme focused on emerging technology roles.

24 April 2019

News/Credit risk

Tackling digital transformation in Nordic financial services

SWIFT's Business Forum Nordics event examined how the financial services community in the region can deliver technological innovation while managing emerging risk factors.

04 April 2019

News/inclusion

Money 20/20 Asia: Leveraging data to provide the unbanked with credit

Money 20/20 Asia day three opened with a detailed discussion on reaching the unbanked in South East Asia, following an age in which financial inclusion has been driven by regulatory and policy mandates. Today, the ‘financial inclusion market’ is leveraging data analytics to offer a greater choice for consumers and expand in areas that financial institutions previously avoided because of increased paperwork.

21 March 2019

News/Credit risk

Experian joins $11m funding round for credit scoring startup Aire

Aire, a fintech startup bidding to make credit "fairer" for consumers, has raised $11 million in a Series B funding round led by Crane Venture Partners and joined by Orange Digital Ventures and the venture arm of Experian.

04 February 2019

News/Credit risk

Challenger bank Chetwood gets UK banking licence

Chetwood Financial, which is backed by UK hedge fund Elliott Management, is the latest challenger bank to be granted a full UK banking licence.

07 January 2019

News/ai

ING develops early warning system for credit risk

ING has partnered with Google and PwC to develop an AI-enabled system capable of crunching huge volumes of financial data in search of hidden signals that indicate heightened levels of credit risk.

19 December 2018

News/Credit risk

Switzerland adopts new fintech authorisation rules

The Swiss government has amended its Banking Act to include new authorisation rules for fintechs in its latest bid to boost innovation in the sector.

30 November 2018

News/Credit risk

ECB launches real-time payments system

The European Central Bank has unveiled its response to the rise of digital wallets with the launch of Target Instant Payments Settlement (TIPS), a pan-eurozone instant payments system.

30 November 2018

News/Credit risk

Frankfurt claims $800bn in assets will move from London after Brexit

Between €750-800bn in assets will move from London to Frankfurt as a result of a Brexit-led exodus of banks from the UK.

29 November 2018

News/startups

BBVA-backed startup helps Americans fix inaccurate credit reports

Upturn, a US startup incubated by BBVA, has officially launched, offering a free online tool that simplifies and streamlines the process of disputing inaccuracies on people's credit reports.

15 November 2018

News/security

eBay’s AI algorithm proves good behaviour analysis is key to identifying credit card fraud

A report published by two eBay executives reveals that the online flea market's new AI algorithm can identify 40% of credit card fraud transactions with high precision, a significant finding for a sector relying on tech-based detection techniques.

08 November 2018

News/Credit risk

Trainee trader sues UK broker for £10m over trading platform mix-up

A French day trader is suing UK broker Valbury Capital after it voided the €10m profit he had accrued using what he thought was a demo version of its trading software but which turned out be a live account.

22 June 2018