Fidelity Survey Reveals Regulatory and Political Developments Remain Top Concerns
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Compliance
Financial advisors were most concerned about regulatory and political developments in Q3 2016, according to the latest Fidelity® Advisor Investment Pulse study. More than 28 percent of the advisors surveyed said topics such as the Department of Labor’s (DOL) rule on investment advice and the upcoming general election were top-of-mind, a steady increase from nearly 21 percent in Q2 and 16 percent in Q1.
ABLV Bank Opts for Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Audit and Reporting
ABLV Bank, the Latvia-based private bank, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX to provide its regulatory reporting software for both its Latvian headquarters and its Luxembourg-based subsidiary, including European Banking Authority reporting obligations.
BET Entertainment Technologies Taps Accuity to Strengthen its KYC and AML Compliance Controls
- 8 years 3 months ago
- AML and KYC
BET Entertainment Technologies, a licensed online gambling company based in Portugal, has selected Accuity to boost its KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (anti money laundering) compliance controls to help it meet new regulation imposed on the Portuguese gambling industry by the local regulator, the SRIJ (Serviços de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos). BET Entertainment Technologies worked with its partner SSP, a Portuguese company specializing in... more
LGT Taps BearingPoint’s Regulatory Technology for FinRep Reporting
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Security, Audit and Reporting
LGT, one of the largest private banking groups in the world, has decided on BearingPoint’s proven RegTech software ABACUS/DaVinci as the group-wide solution for the reporting of financial information according to the ECB regulation on reporting of supervisory financial information (FinRep). The Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint ranks among the leading providers of Risk and Regulatory Technology (RiskTech/RegTech). With... more
Modulr Appoints Contego to Carry Out Complex KYB and KYC Checks
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Security, AML and KYC
Contego, the multi-source identity verification and risk-scoring platform, today announced that Modulr, an API platform that simplifies complex payment flows, has selected Contego to carry out checks on companies based in the UK and internationally to help ensure compliance with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) requirements.
Strategic Investment Group Switches to Vermilion for Client Reporting
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Compliance, Audit and Reporting
Vermilion Software (‘Vermilion’), the leading global supplier of client reporting and communications software, announces that it has gone live with leading institutional investment outsourcer Strategic Investment Group (‘Strategic’).
Onfido Boosts Identity Verification Solution to Make KYC for Financial Services Even Easier
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Security, AML and KYC
Onfido, the leading Identity Verification provider, will be showcasing enhancements to its machine-learning solution at Vegas Money 20/20 this week. Onfido’s newly-launched Software Development Kit (SDK) makes it even easier for customers to use its next-generation identity verification platform and verify that their customers are who they claim to be without needing to meet them face-to-face.
Neurensic Reveals New SCORE Surveillance Platform
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Cloud, Compliance
Neurensic, a regtech artificial intelligence (AI) startup headquartered in Chicago, today announced the release of its new SCORE surveillance platform. SCORE is the trading industry’s first compliance solution powered by a cloud-based machine learning architecture that is capable of identifying complex patterns of trading behavior at a vast scale, across multiple markets in near real time.
Join 10th Annual Internal Audit & Governance, Risk and Compliance Forum
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Compliance, Risk Management
The current environment for financial businesses is turbulent, with changing regulations and business models leading to new increased risks. This puts more pressure on compliance, risk management and especially internal audit as a tool to maintain operational quality.
Thomson Reuters Finds 88 Percent of Financial Institutions Work Strategically Across Regulatory Agencies
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Compliance, Regulatory Standards
A Thomson Reuters report reveals that 88 percent of financial institutions will work strategically across regulatory agencies over the next two years. Financial institutions are recognizing the benefits of harmonized approaches to data management, enabling them to leverage data commonalities that exist across multiple global regulations. The major benefit identified by 79 percent of respondents was consistency of data across the business,... more
Vermilion Software Secures Active Equity Specialist Martin Curie for Reporting
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Audit and Reporting
Vermilion Software (‘Vermilion’), the leading global supplier of client reporting and communications software, is delighted to announce that its client reporting suite and pitchbook facility have been selected by active equity specialist Martin Currie.
AI RegTech Firm Raises $8.2m Series A for AML Platform
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Investment, AML and KYC
ComplyAdvantage, which uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to help firms manage compliance obligations and reduce costs, announced today an $8.2 million Series A funding round led by Balderton Capital. The funding will allow the RegTech firm to realise its ambitious growth strategy, and increase product penetration across Europe and North America, with the New York office officially opening this week.
MiFID II Forcing Buyside Firms to Work Harder to Protect their End-investors
- 8 years 3 months ago
- Trading Systems, Compliance
A new report from GreySpark Partners, a leading global capital markets consulting firm, emphasises the importance of investment firms making changes to comply with MiFID II as soon as possible.
BGFI Bank Selects Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Compliance, Regulatory Standards, Audit and Reporting
BGFI Bank, the Gabon-based financial services conglomerate, has chosen Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX to provide its regulatory reporting software for its French and European Banking Authority reporting obligations.
Samsung SDS launches MiFID II-compliant mobile recording solution
- 8 years 4 months ago
- Security, Regulatory Standards
Samsung SDS, a global IT services company, today, unveils Mobile Voice Recording Solution (MVRS) Powered by Samsung SDS EMM, a secure and FCA-compliant communications recording Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) solution.
