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Regtech: what's in a name?

This week's CSFI (Council for the Study of Financial Innovation) discussion between representatives from the Bank of England, VC Illuminate Financial and Kompli-Global, an intelligent KYC/AML utility, highlighted how elastic a term Regtech still is. But, more usefully, it enabled a set of common views, attitudes and interests to emerge which did mo...

/regulation Financial Services Regulation

Paul Miserez

Paul Miserez Standards Department at SWIFT

Security and compliance through standards

At the occasion of the 2017 Standards Forum to be held at Sibos in Toronto, Canada from 16 to 19 October, I interviewed a number of SWIFT standards experts about the content of this year's programme. During the weeks leading up to Sibos, my posts will offer readers a preview of what people can expect to hear about in Toronto. In the last of our p...

/security /regulation Standards Forum

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Cybersecurity: Getting the basics right

October is Cybersecurity Month – so it’s a good time to step back and consider whether or not your organization is getting the fundamentals right. Many experts believe that ensuring the basics are in place can dramatically reduce cyber risk, and regulators agree – not just in speeches but also in the new rules they are beginning to draft at grea

/security /regulation

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Cyber Security Regulations : Financial Services

We live in an age where the threat of cyberattacks is seemingly imminent. As a result, many firms in the financial services and banking industries have stepped their game up and created specific security teams that can endure the various threats made by individual or organizational assailants. Also, to combat this risk, many regulatory bodies hav

/security /regulation Financial Services Regulation

Anne Plested

Anne Plested Regulation at ION Markets

Bottlenecks ahead

ESMA issued a public statement yesterday recognising that there is just not enough time to review all the pre-trade transparency waivers and position limits before MiFID II comes into force on 3rd January. Rather than create an impasse they have, thankfully, opted for a pragmatic approach to get things moving along. To smooth the path, in the absen...

/regulation

Paul Irvine

Paul Irvine Director, Major Accounts UK&I at Fortinet

The 3 questions the financial services industry needs to ask itself regarding GDPR

Businesses around the globe are becoming increasingly data-driven. This is largely due to the expectation of customisation of the user experience. Financial institutions, in particular have been able to use customer data and customisation in order to offer tailored services to their customers, such as loans or insurance, based on recent purchases ...

/security /regulation Information Security

Freddie McMahon

Freddie McMahon Director Strategy and Innovation at DF2020 Ltd

THE FUTURE OF FINANCIAL SERVICES EMERGES: ANOTHER CHATBOT BECOMES AN ADVISOR AND SELLER OF PERSONAL

The Malaysian RHB Banking Group has launched a chatbot via the RinggitPlus comparison website. The chatbot is a blend of an “advisor” and “salesperson” for consumers applying for a personal loan. During the conversation the chatbot co-ordinates all the necessary information and communicates eligibility via SMS. The RHB Banking Group targeted ...

/ai /regulation Fintech innovation and startups

Bob Lyddon

Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services

PSD2 compliance for leg-out payments difficilitated by the virtual elimination of Cover payments

Banks in the EU/EEA will be obliged – as from January 2018 – to quote all-in prices to their customers for: payments going to or coming from outside the EU/EEA, in any currency; and payments with both endpoints in the EU/EEA but where the currency is a non-EU/EEA one like USD or JPY, and where correspondents in the respective currency centres will...

/payments /regulation SEPA and European Payments

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A position of responsibility

As the MiFID II implementation date draws closer, implications for US firms continue to emerge. One area raising questions in the listed derivatives space is around position reporting and commodity position limits. Under MiFID II, EU investment firms are required to submit position reports to the regulators. Position limits under MiFID II are appl...

/regulation

Darren Thomas

Darren Thomas MD at IHS Markit

Fighting the Paper Tiger: The Challenge with MiFID II Repapering

Getting re-papered under the terms of MiFID II will test the relationships between dealer and asset manager. All the terms of business, policies and procedures that banks and broker dealers have with clients will need to be reassessed and likely repapered under the terms of MiFID II. As the regulation reaches new asset classes, requiring unpreceden...

/regulation MiFID

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