206 Results from 2012, /regulation
Andy Morris Risk Business Solutions Consultant at ACI Worldwide
For those for you that have been tracking the NFA’s last estimate was £38.4bn, but the rise is really buried in the detail and largely attributed to the NFA casting their net on UK PLC a little wider and completing more granular analysis. There is also some interesting comparative finger point for example UK Government sector at £20.3bn, whilst U...
04 April 2012 /payments /regulation
Manish Jain industry principal at Infosys Ltd
It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you’ll do things differently. - Warren Buffett Since the financial crisis, consumer trust surveys have invariably rated banks near the bottom. For service organizations like banks, reputation is the basic foundation of business. This intangible asset mani...
03 April 2012 /regulation /retail
Retired Member
Flying on the Wings of Curiosity in the Sky of Prosperity… What Determines a Credit Bureau’s Success As published today by The National Association of Credit Managers, the Credit Manager’s Index is now at the highest level seen in over a year. The “New credit application” index has grown from 59.5 up to 60.4 this month. The global economy is recov...
30 March 2012 /regulation Financial Risk Management
It is a time of clichés for banks as they currently find themselves caught in a Catch-22, stuck between a rock and a hard place. In the UK, government initiatives such as ‘Project Merlin’ have been put in place to encourage banks to lend more freely. At the same time, new regulations or initiatives such as Basel III, Recovery and Resolution plans a...
28 March 2012 /regulation
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
It's not often I get to link to Funny or Die on Finextra (well never), but here is Goldman Sachs versus the Anti-Muppet Defamation League.
27 March 2012 /regulation Whatever...
Martin Bailey Technology Product Director at Temenos
Commander Edward John Smith had a reputation as a safe pair of hands. He had been a sailor for over 30 years and had been a captain for nearly a quarter of a century. He was decorated and saw service briefly in the Boer War. Whenever his company had a new high profile assignment, he was the natural choice. He ran his vessels like clockwork. Every ...
26 March 2012 /security /regulation
I have just finished the morning sessions of ISITC in Boston. A great day so far. Lots of concern of expanding regulations, complexity,nchanges from Principles to rules based. All of this makes for the absolute need for ISITC to look at and foster market practice and standards.
26 March 2012 /regulation Innovation in Financial Services
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
You’ve seen barcodes all your life. So you know what they look like: rectangles “boxes” comprised of a series of vertical lines. When a cashier scans a barcode, you hear a familiar beep and you are charged for that item. A QR code looks different and offers more functionality. QR stands for “quick response.” Smartphones can download QR readers that...
Gaurav Handa Director Marketing at Oracle Financial Services
The financial services industry stands on the threshold of a new era for liquidity risk. As seen in recent weeks, the reality of the new financial landscape – currently fueled by lingering debt issues in Europe and this month’s announcement that four “too big to fail” banks had failed the latest round of stress tests – has warranted a laser-like ...
22 March 2012 /regulation
Two completely different news items from across the pond caught my attention last week. The failure of RBS to conduct appropriate due diligence on the ABN Amro takeover was in the spotlight again. It was announced that 17 former directors of RBS, including ex-CEO Fred Goodwin, are being sued by investors for £2.4 billion. In another major sto...
19 March 2012 /security /regulation Financial Services Regulation
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