1246 Results from 2014
Retired Member
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has published updated guidance notes that reflect contributions from UK businesses and advisors on the HMRC webpage for the implementation of the International Tax Compliance (United States of America) Regulations 2013. The updated guidance notes supersede the version published on 14 August 2013. Further amendments ...
12 March 2014 Financial Services Regulation
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) has updated its questions and answers (Q&As) on the submission of information to national competent authorities (NCAs) in connection with the Solvency II Directive. Q&A 30 has been added. Related link: https://eiopa.europa.eu/publications/eiopa-guidelines/qa-on-eiopa-guidel...
The use of "he" throughout this blog is only for the author's convenience. "He/she" is intended because there is no distinction in performance as far as the author is concerned. This opinion is based on 56 years of casual observations in the IT industry. No survey had to tell me that. First, allow me to come clean and sta
11 March 2014
Marc Murphy CEO at Fenergo
At a recent AML event, a speaker from a global financial institution claimed that regulatory coverage of documentation was a hugely problematic and thorny issue for his organisation. In fact, judging by the nodding heads in the audience, it’s a problem for most financial institutions. Documentation is required to show evidence of compliance and do...
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has published a decision setting out the procedural rules to regulate the establishment and functioning of an independent panel to facilitate the impartial settlement of cross-border disagreements between competent authorities. The EBA decision includes rules on: the composition and appointment of the panel (Ar...
11 March 2014 Financial Services Regulation
Neil Crammond risk education & real time market abuse at DIVENTO FINANCIALS
sadly at last the Bank of england have accepted that manipulation and market abuse has played a significant part in our markets . Sadly the market supervision departments at regulators and exchanges failed in providing "fair and orderly markets " . BUT WHY ? They were told by many trading establishments of manipu...
Steve Wilcockson Technical Product Marketing at Quantexa
”Big data” in the Financial Services industry has amplified the need for professionals capable of deriving value from it. In 2012, our research explored the impact of poor modelling; specifically how imperfect implementation of models can negatively affect institutions. The report found that in financial institutions, the real value of data is bei...
Daniel Eckstein CEO at Abrantix AG
Not many credit card acquirers are aware of the fact that their customers might have a problem with the reconciliation of their transactions. Very few acquirers offer a decent solution that really helps the merchant to get control of his financial flows. A lot of acquirers actually do think they have a valuable solution and offer some transaction ...
11 March 2014 /retail
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has updated its webpage on the supervisory reporting framework under the Capital Requirements Directive (CRD IV). All firms affected by CRD IV can now register with the FCA to take advantage of the test environment for their report. The aim is to ensure that both the technical construction and the software f...
Mobile payments. HCE. Mobile wallets. Wearables. This launch, that announcement. Blah, blah, blah... There is so much overlapping noise, confusion and lack of any clear direction in the market right now. Apple has been flying below the radar lately, on all fronts. Yet, anyone who is active in mobile payments should not forget how disruptive Apple c...
10 March 2014 /payments Innovation in Financial Services
Welcome to Finextra. We use cookies to help us to deliver our services. You may change your preferences at our Cookie Centre.
Please read our Privacy Policy.