RegTech research from Lombard Risk, conducted last month at its Regulatory Reporting Conference showed banks operating in the UK are looking to accelerate the use of automated regulatory reporting in the face of increasing compliance requirements and regulation, and to make better use of regulatory data for analytical purposes.

The FinTech Association of Hong Kong (FTAHK) has announced that Syed Musheer Ahmed has been appointed as its Interim General Manager.

Musheer has an extensive background in financial services and technology. He is a global markets trading and strategy consulting professional with cross-functional, multi-asset, international experience in financial services, with a strong understanding of financial technology and digital innovation. 

Today Mastercard announced that it will be opening up access to its blockchain technology via its API published on Mastercard Developers.

Banco BNI Europa and Parcela Já, Portuguese Fintech, have entered into a partnership to launch an innovative solution for the Portuguese market, which aims to enable any retailer to offer its customers the instalment of any purchase without costs to the consumer. 

Alipay, the world’s leading third-party payment platform, today announced they are working with JPMorgan Chase, a global financial leader, toward a relationship by which Chinese consumers traveling in North America would be enabled to pay using their Alipay Mobile Wallet at Chase merchant clients. 

Rarely do lenders focus their attention on applicants to whom they have declined credit. This is a mistake, says Sarah Jackson, Director, Equiniti Credit Services. With the right technologies, an attractive and affordable alternative product can be quickly found, so both customer and lender can walk away happy.

Opus, the leading provider of global compliance and risk management solutions, today announced the launch of its new Third Party GDPR Compliance solution, developed specifically to identify and manage General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) risk in third-party relationships.

Quantum Tech Events is the new brainchild of Andrew Chester, who served his apprenticeship over seven years, with top UK Technology conference organiser Whitehall Media.  After a 25 year tenure in the music business, releasing two nationwide critically acclaimed albums in the UK and signing to Universal Music Publishing until 2026, at the age of 35 Andrew walked away from the music business and went into corporate sales.  After five years at the consulting coalface and eighteen months at Whitehall Media, Andrew left the UK for a new sales challenge in Singapore and then on to Hong Kong to w

MYPINPAD, a global leader in payments software authentication solutions, today released its eBook highlighting the Company’s capability to service the emerging PIN on Mobile (PoM) market. PoM is the latest innovation in payment acceptance for in-store transactions and is set to revolutionise the industry.