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HM Treasury consults UK reporting requirements under CRD IV

Following consultation on country-by-country reporting under the fourth Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV) HM Treasury is seeking final views on the country-by-country reporting draft legislation and draft guidance. The regulations require each institution to publicly disclose annually on a consolidated basis, by country of establishment: the...

Financial Services Regulation

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Is PayPal talking to a lighthouse?

Aircraft carrier is an awesome sight: it's huge, full of energy, impressive in all respects. It's worth a lot of money too. However, when you see an aircraft carrier on the horizon heading towards you at full speed, that means one certain thing - it is going to crash, due to its maneuvering capabilities (stopping distance, turning circle, etc.) Go...

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Evolution and the exchange

Just as with humans, evolution is essential to exchanges and depositories. Competition in the exchange space has increased over the last few years, in part due to MiFID. Some exchanges (like NYSE and ICE) have reacted to change by joining forces. In order to stay independent and profitable, exchanges must find other revenue streams. In emerging m...

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Smoke-free markets

In recent months regulators have increased their focus on detecting and reporting possible incidents of market abuse. In Europe trading firms are expected to check for potential offences and report their suspicions to the regulator. As part of the MAD Review, the current list of indicators for market abuse will be promoted from a Level 3 document ...

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Rock Ballads We Could Learn from

“So here I go again…walking down the only road I’ve ever known.” Yes, it’s the lyrics from a Whitesnake song! But I kept singing it whilst reading about recent moves in the UK lending market. And then there’s the definition of insanity: "doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results." Are we in danger of doi...

/regulation /retail

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2014 Will Be Marked By a Weeding Out of the mPoS Market

The number of vendors serving the mobile point-of-sale (mPoS) market has increased by more than threefold in the past year. A combination of razor-thin margins, market maturity and the upcoming EMV liability shift will begin to pull the rug out from under newcomers and established players alike. In the coming year I expect a number of mergers and ...

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Legacy systems holding banks back

The RBS story last week was the latest in a long line of banking tech failures. year. So why do they happen and is there a solution? Many insiders believe there has been a gross under investment in banking technology in the last ten years. Well, banks have been busy ploughing resources into compliance to keep on the front foot with burgeoning regul...

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New FCA webpage on CRD III rules

The FCA has published a new webpage containing information about investment firms which may continue to comply with CRD III (i.e. firms subject to the BIPRU prudential sourcebook for Banks, Building Societies and Investment Firms) rules from 1 January 2014, rather than moving to CRD IV (IFPRU the prudential sourcebook for investment firms and the C...

Financial Services Regulation

Enrico Camerinelli

Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group

Tungsten Bought OB10: Now What?

After the drumming and roaring of the acquisition announcement I haven’t seen or heard anything significant so far. True is that the companies are now working out the hard task of integrating cultures and objectives. However something more substantial should be made clear by now. While waiting for things to happen I want to share a few thoughts on...

Financial Supply Chain

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Brazil Nota Fiscal version 3.1 - Onpremise software or Cloud

Top 5 Reasons Why Companies are Using Brazil version 3.1 to Transition off of on-premise solutions Brazil came out with their latest changes in July 2013 – version 3.1 of the Nota Fiscal process. And for the local and corporate ERP teams, this is the latest (and largest) challenge for maintaining compliance with the laws and legislation for elect...

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