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Bank of Mauritius’ ADF-XBRL Initiative: Moving Forward at an Impressive Pace.

Bank of Mauritius’ ambitious ADF-XBRL project has started progressing at a rapid clip with Phase 3 returns being made available to banks. Of the 6 phases in BOM’s ADF-XBRL journey, only 4 are targeted at banks, while the remaining 2 would cover reporting by other entities, such as NBFCs. So in a sense, the regulator seems to have covered more than three fourths of the ground in terms of detailing what banks need to report on.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 11:39
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"Here I Go Again:" Foreign Exchange and Economic Development
Mao said it best; "When you point your finger at the moon, the fool sees your finger, the wise man sees the moon."
 
China recently devalued the yuan, its externally traded currency with the U.S. Dollar, the USD. The yuan is a managed currency. It is allowed to vary within a band of + or - 2% against the USD. The People's Bank of China, the PBOC has in fact allowed the yuan to evaluate (increase in value) more than 2% when it is strong against the dollar but does not allow the yuan to devalue more than 2% against the same currency.
Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 11:24
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Financial IT
Intelliflo unites with leading FinTech companies to support UK open API standard

Intelliflo has welcomed the UK government’s commitment to deliver an open Application Program Interface (API) standard that will enable consumers to access apps that bring together financial data across a range of products and from different product providers.

The government published its commitment in the July 2015 budget:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 11:13
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Does anyone really think banks aren't aware of the Fintech challenge?

I find it interesting that so many bloggers on Fintech deride the banks for being slow, clueless or stupid.  So many blogs talk about how banks don’t do this, don’t do that; fail at this, fail at that; have no idea, cannot change; are stuck in the past or have their heads up their arse. 

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 11:06
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SEB Implements Axioma Risk As Its Global Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Platform

 Axioma announced today that Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB), one of the largest financial institutions in northern Europe with more than €180 billion in assets under management, has completed the implementation of Axioma Risk, the innovative multi-asset class risk-management platform launched by Axioma in 2013.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 10:50
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Asset managers choose Markit to support fund launches

Markit (Nasdaq: MRKT), a leading global diversified provider of financial information services, today announced the launch of its Request for Amendment (RFA) service, available through Counterparty Manager and kyc.com.  Working with three of the largest asset management firms including AB (formerly AllianceBernstein), RFA centralises and automates legal onboarding when adding accounts to existing master trading and custody account agreements.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 10:42
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Global banking sector saves half billion pounds with operations performance management

Banks have reclaimed over forty million hours of valuable working capacity that would otherwise have been lost or not used effectively, new figures from the specialist operations performance management firm ActiveOps have revealed. In its ten years working with a growing number of banks around the world, this has resulted in cost savings of over £500m through improved operations productivity while allowing banks to improve customer experience.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 10:39
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Numerex's Board of Directors Appoints Marc Zionts as Chief Executive Officer

Numerex Corp (NASDAQ:NMRX), a leading provider of interactive and on-demand machine-to-machine (M2M) products and technology enabling the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Marc Zionts as its Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2015. In addition to his new position, Mr. Zionts will join the Board of Directors of the Company.  Mr. Zionts will succeed Stratton J. Nicolaides, who will remain CEO until September 1 and then assume the position of Executive Chairman.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 10:33
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Datalink Hires Security Authority Jason Rader to Head New Security Practice

Datalink (NASDAQ:DTLK), a leading provider of data center infrastructure and services, today announced the appointment of 20-year security consultant and practitioner Jason Rader to spearhead the company's new security practice as national practice director, security services.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 - 10:25
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FICO Data Scientists Will Present Analytic Technology Breakthroughs at Edinburgh Scoring Conference

Highlights:

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