The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) has announced a key project in the Philippines to support the country’s compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) requirements.

The CISI is a Royal-Chartered, not-for-profit UK professional body for those who work in the financial services and investment profession worldwide. With 45,000 members globally and qualifications recognised by 61 regulators, its regional headquarters for Asia Pacific are in Manila.

Nigeria’s leading digital financial services company, Carbon (https://GetCarbon.co) in an effort to improve the experience of its customers, has launched Carbon Express - A keyboard extension that allows customers to access Carbon services from within whatever app the

Eventus Systems, Inc., a leading global trade surveillance and risk management software platform provider, was named Best Trade Surveillance Solution for the Dodd-Frank Act at the unveiling of the 2020 RegTech Insight Awards today. The award is the second regulatory technology honor the firm has received within the past week for its Validus platform and marks the second consecutive year it won the category.

Nearly one of three consumers (27%) is past due on at least one bill and nearly 50 percent will need up to a year to catch up on bills due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study from YouGov and ACI Worldwide (NASDAQ: ACIW), a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions.

SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has been recognised as the Best Solution for Records Retention in the RegTech Insight Awards 2020. These awards highlight the work of leading RegTech firms in the form of solutions, services and consultancy, with winners selected via a two-step process in which a judging panel selects a shortlist before polls are opened for market participants to vote for their preferred suppliers.

Colt Technology Services has today announced the appointment of Keri Gilder as the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO).

Gilder replaces current CEO Carl Grivner, who after five years with Colt, has decided to step down.

Financial IT interview with Sunil Pandit, Strategic Partnerships and Alliances Manager of Sidetrade

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Moorwand, which aims to transform compliance into an enabler of innovation, has been selected by TWIGA Wallet for issuing, acquiring and BIN Sponsorship services ahead of the launch of TWIGA Card. The TWIGA Card is the companion to the TWIGA Wallet and will be available either as a debit or full IBAN account to consumers across Europe. 

Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions is continuing to prove its industry leadership, through its ongoing customer educational series designed to help the market navigate the complexities of the U.S. Paycheck Protection Program.

Tradeteq, the London-based provider of technology and software solutions to the trade finance industry, has today published a whitepaper titled Trade Finance in 2020: Asset Distribution – A Macro-economic Necessity. The paper highlights the need for a greater distribution of trade finance assets to non-bank investors to help SMEs in the Covid-19 pandemic.