Latest Disaster recovery News: Finextra Research

Monzo develops backup bank to cover outages

Engineers at Monzo have developed a fully independent backup bank — covering data, software, and infrastructure — which can be instantly activated during outages.

20 March 2025

Company update/markets

Mexican stock exchange joins witth IPC on deployment of Beeks technology

Grupo Bolsa Mexicana de Valores (BMV), with more than 130 years of experience, and IPC, a leading company in technology and services related to global financial markets, announced the signing of an agreement to launch the advanced Beeks’ technology infrastructure.

18 February 2025

Company update/regulation

Almost a third of financial firms have work to do on operational resilience

Just four months before the deadline for full compliance with the Financial Conduct Authority’s Operational Resilience legislation, research from managed service provider Parseq indicates that almost a third of financial institutions are not fully confident in their ability to meet the new rules.

26 November 2024

Company update/cloud

Apac regulators conduct cloud crisis management exercise

Asia Pacific financial regulators and global cloud service providers (CSPs) in the Financial Sector Cloud Resilience Forum.

18 November 2024

Company update/regulation

MAS conducts business continuity exercise

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and The Association of Banks in Singapore (ABS) jointly conducted today a business continuity exercise with financial institutions to strengthen the financial sector’s crisis management and operational resilience.

16 October 2024

News/inclusion

Economic conditions, energy, cost of living rank highly in ethical risk factors for UK businesses

What is ethical risk? Ethical risk consists of the risks that could impede an organisation’s ability to live up to its ethical values and standards which impact consumer trust, reputation, and financial performance.

26 April 2024

Research/Disaster recoverySurvey

From Cloud to Multicloud, Pathway to Resilience

06 June 2023 373 downloads

Research/Disaster recovery

The Future of Digital Banking in North America 2023

21 October 2022 1154 downloads

Company update/people

Mastercard releases WhereToStay platform to aid Ukrainian refugees

Mastercard launches GdzieZamieszkac.com - an online platform which, basing on data on average housing costs and average wages from Central Statistical Office (Główny Urząd Statystyczny), aggregated with spending trends of everyday purchases, from Mastercard, determine the approximate cost of living in various cities, towns and regions of the country. Thanks to this, Ukrainian refugees looking for a place to live, can find the optimal location in terms of their family situation and budget.

08 July 2022

Company update/regulation

Asic calls on market operators to improve resilience during outages

ASIC is calling on market operators and participants to continue to implement its expectations to improve the resilience of the Australian equity market during outages, including by facilitating trading on alternative markets.

28 June 2022

Research/Disaster recovery

The CIO’s guide to architecture modernisation through portability, resilience, and flexibility

14 June 2022 397 downloads

Company update/regulation

MAS issues updated business continuity guidelines

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) today issued revised Guidelines on Business Continuity Management (BCM) for financial institutions (FIs), to help FIs strengthen their resilience against service disruptions arising from IT outages, pandemic outbreaks, cyber-attacks and physical threats.

06 June 2022

Research/Disaster recovery

The Future of Payments 2022

27 May 2022 1741 downloads

News/crypto

Crypto remains divisive amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine

While the long-lasting effects of the war in Ukraine on cryptocurrency remain unknown, drastic changes across the crypto industry have been felt since Russia’s invasion began eight days ago.

04 March 2022

News/retail

Santander accidentally sends customers £130m

According to The Telegraph, Santander is attempting to claw back from its competitors a sum of £130 million, which was erroneously sent to 75,000 accounts on Christmas day, as the result of a payments duplication.

30 December 2021