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Cooperative and community banks enjoy a special place in the hearts of the people, often giving them special regulatory status too. However in an age that has debunked many of the theories of capitali...
Biometric identification isn’t a new phenomenon, just ask the Babylonians. They inked their contracts with a fingerprint. Perhaps the scanning technology wasn’t invented yet but the basic premise was ...
The European Securities and Markets Authority has published a list of central counterparties (CCPs) established in non-EEA countries which have applied for recognition under article 25 of the European...
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has now approved the registrations of the first four trade repositories (TRs) under the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR). The four...
As football/soccer pundits will be well aware, “Tiki-Taka” is a style of play popularized by both FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team. Characterized by speed, accuracy and control, it’s already...
The Prudential Regulatory Authority has also issued its consultation on regulated fees and levies. This includes continuing the Special Project Fee in connection with the work required to implement S...
One of the advantage of the financial crisis is that banking regulators focus more on liquidity then capital. Hence Basel Committee's focussed in Basel III to strengthen global capital and liquidity r...
Open innovation, the process of encouraging ideation across all stakeholders to drive enterprise innovation, is gaining traction in a diverse range of business applications - from automotive design to...
It's been stop-start, but there are signs of growth. Reading Simon Strong's Finextra blog post about growing overheads as P2P lenders mature and become more regulated, and Dan Barnes' post about the ...
There was a collective sigh of relief in Brussels from policymakers earlier this month as a final version of Solvency II was agreed upon following lengthy negotiations spanning years. However, it was ...
It is still probably too early to derive meaningful conclusions from the impact of Swap Execution Facilities (SEF) on trading behavior. However, European regulators and counterparties can learn from t...
CMSpi is concerned that a decision on the introduction of polymer banknotes in the United Kingdom might be made without a suitable understanding of the costs and benefits of the change. We would like ...