1077 Results from 2016
Retired Member
Twenty years ago the term ‘benchmark’ was still a verb – a term which described the activity of relative performance measurement. Recent regulatory reforms following the 2012 Libor scandal have redefined the term to mean a ‘value’ which is referenced by an instrument, contract or performance measurement. Global regulators have embarked on a broad...
10 March 2016 /regulation
Non-compliance incidents caused by people, system and technology failures are resulting banks incurring a series of ever-increasing fines. A recent Thomson Reuters infographic estimated that $235bn of fines have been imposed since 2008. The scale of oversight continues to grow with one US Senate Permanent Committee Anti Money Laundering investigati...
Money20/20 Europe next month promises to be an inspiring few days of discussion, debate, information sharing and collaboration. With evolving regulation, rising customer expectations and increasing levels of competition, the financial services and payments industry is a challenging one to be in; but innovators are meeting these challenges through ...
10 March 2016
On March 4, 2016 Japan’s Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission filed a recommendation against Blue Sky Capital Management for market manipulation. The complaint describes a classic case of #Spoofing. Reading the text of the complaint you will find out the following interesting facts: The trading happened in Japan. The complaint is aga...
09 March 2016 /regulation Financial Services Regulation
A proposed new law is currently making its way through the Brussels/Strasbourg law-making factory to delay the introduction of MiFID II. There is little doubt that the industry will breathe a sigh of relief when the delay is finally confirmed. However, the proposed new law has also encouraged legislators to consider further changes to the MiFID II...
09 March 2016 /regulation
One of the great things about industrial logic is that it's easy to slice it up in so many different ways. This appears to be exactly what is happening with the DB1 LSE merger and the rumoured counterbids from ICE and possibly others. Reuniting Liffe (now owned by ICE) with its original clearing house (LCH, now majority owned by LSE) would be powe...
I saw a documentary on TV the other day about BMW making Mini's. The production line had 26 basic models but then each car coming off the line was slightly different, according to the specific customer order – 3 door, 5 door, colour, parking assist, tow bar, leather trim etc. The person on the assembly line customised each car in just 68 seconds. ...
09 March 2016 /retail
Sufyan Khan Head of Pre Sales / Solution Consulting - Europe at Oracle
South Africa’s regulatory authorities are taking a proactive approach to the local implementation of new global requirements, such as the changing Basel liquidity and capital rules. This commitment to best practice is increasing pressure on banks in the country, which must also comply with numerous domestic requirements, and is leading many firms ...
NFC mobile payments continue to grab headlines, but to really drive uptake and ensure full market coverage, combining contactless cards with next-gen mobile banking apps is surely the right way to go for 2016’s challenger banks, says Paul Underwood, managing director, Thames Card Technology. Much has already been said about the opportunity for cha...
09 March 2016 /payments
Latin America has long been at the forefront of business-to-government compliance requirements, and nations across the globe have taken note of how countries in this region have successfully cracked down on tax fraud. Now, the U.S. has introduced two new requirements – public sector e-invoicing and country-by-country reporting – with themes parall...
08 March 2016 /regulation Electronic invoicing
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