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Private digital currencies need regulation to flourish - Bank of Canada research

Digital currencies such as Bitcoin will not be safe without government intervention and are likely to be counterfeited, according to a Bank of Canada report drawing on the lessons off private bank notes in the 1800s.

20 February 2017

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The Clearing House calls for overhaul of AML practices

US bank lobby group The Clearing House has called for an overhaul of how its members deal with AML requirements, arguing that they should spend less time and money on submitting suspicious activity reports and instead concentrate on using more innovative methods to thwart money laundering and terrorist financing.

17 February 2017

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The fintech effect: Banks buy in to benefits of boosting financial well-being

Fintech startups are setting new standards for customer control and experience, forcing high street banks to up their game, says UK charity the Fairbanking Foundation.

15 February 2017

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Global LEI initiative struggles for momentum

US regulators have been slammed for their part in the stalling of the Legal Entity Identifier project, which last year saw more lapsed LEIs than new ones.

09 February 2017

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Global cash withdrawals jumps 10% in 2015

Research from RBR shows the number of ATM cash withdrawals worldwide grew by 10% in 2015, the fastest rate since 2011.

03 February 2017

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Fed publishes faster payments report

The Federal Reserve says it is on track to hit "significant milestones" this year in its long journey towards finally bringing faster payments to America.

27 January 2017

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China's fintech dragons roar

2016 was the year that China's fintech dragons roared, dominating VC spending while investment in some previously feted leaders in other parts of the world wilted, according to a report from Citi.

26 January 2017

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EU watchdog tells FS firms to focus on blockchain security risks

Financial services firms rushing to adopt blockchain need to make sure that they address the security challenges associated with the technology, the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (Enisa) has warned.

23 January 2017

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Number of US data breaches jumps 40% in 2016

The number of US data breaches tracked in 2016 hit an all-time record high of 1093, up 40% on the previous year, according to a new report from the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout.

20 January 2017

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Finra paper explores implications of blockchain for securities industry

Finra (the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) has become the latest organisation to give its two cents on distributed ledger technology, publishing a paper on blockchain's implications for the securities industry.

19 January 2017

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Blockchain could slash investment banks' costs by 30%

Blockchain technology could reduce infrastructure costs for eight of the world’s 10 largest investment banks by an average of 30%, saving them billions of dollars every year, new research from Accenture and McLagan suggests.

17 January 2017

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Efama talks up automation rates of fund orders

The European Fund and Asset Management Association (Efama), in cooperation with Swift, published a new report about the evolution of automation and standardisation rates of fund orders received by transfer agents (TAs) in the cross-border fund centres of Luxembourg and Ireland during the first half of 2016.

15 December 2016

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Cash to account for less than a quarter of US transactions by 2026 - research

The rise of mobile and contactless payments means that by 2026 cash will account for less than a quarter of all transactions in the US, according to research from law firm Paul Hastings and the Centre for Economics & Business Research (Cebr).

15 December 2016

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ECB and Bank of Japan research DLT for market infrastructure

The European Central Bank and Bank of Japan are embarking on a research project looking into the use of distributed ledger technologies for market infrastructure.

07 December 2016

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Mobile-only bank Pepper goes interactive to win over millennials

Israel's Bank Leumi is hoping to win over millennials to its new mobile-only offshoot Pepper by teaming up with digital authoring platform Playbuzz to bring personalised, interactive content to its app.

01 December 2016

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A third of London's City workers could face relocation in wake of Brexit - survey

Almost one in three workers in London face an uncertain future over their employer's plans to relocate the business.

25 November 2016

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UK stays top of European e-commerce market - Ken Research

Ken Research declared its latest production on “Online Retailing in Europe, 2015-2020; Market Dynamics, Retail Trends and Competitive Landscape,” which offers vast information on the changing trends and significant issues involved in the Europe Online Retail market.

25 November 2016

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Rising risk appetite among UK investors says Syndicate Room survey

SyndicateRoom, the online investment platform which allows individuals to invest alongside the professionals, today launches its study Rise of the Growth Hunters to support UK investors who are looking for faster growth in 2017.

25 November 2016

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77% of POS terminals to be NFC-ready by 2020

With contactless payments becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world, more than 16 million NFC-ready POS terminals will ship this year, according to Berg Insight.

16 November 2016

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Capital markets expect blockchain to go mainstream within six years

Distributed ledger technology will be widely used in capital markets within six years, completely changing the settlement model for securities, according to a Deutsche Bank survey of industry players.

14 November 2016