FRTB Complexity Necessitates Action, Wolters Kluwer White Paper Finds
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Risk Management
Financial institutions would be well advised to start investigating now whether they need to ensure compliance in line with the proposed Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB). That’s according to a white paper released today by risk and regulatory technology firm Wolters Kluwer Financial Services. In fact, proposed changes may mean firms that currently do not consider they have a trading book actually will do so under the new definition...
Ireland To Cancel 1c and 2c coins
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
The Central Bank welcomes the decision by the Government to rollout the rounding of 1c and 2c coins nationally. This follows a successful trial that was conducted by the National Payments Plan in Wexford in 2013. The Central Bank will now assume responsibility for the project. Details of how rounding will be implemented have yet to be finalised but it is anticipated that it will be rolled out in the next few months. The key features of rounding...
Visa Mobile Contactless Accredited FIME Korea
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Having supported the Korean market with EMVCo Level 1 compliance services for a number of years, FIME’s Korean secure chip test laboratory is now approved to test compliance of mobile handsets, chipsets and near field communication (NFC) antennae to Visa’s Level 1 specifications.
VietinBank Launches Hello Kitty Cards
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Retail Banking
Vietnam Joint Stock Commercial Bank for Industry and Trade (VietinBank) and JCB International Co., Ltd. (JCBI), the international operations subsidiary of JCB Co., Ltd., officially held a magnificent launch event for the VietinBank-JCB Hello Kitty Card with Hello Kitty as theme on June 19 2015.
EMP Launches Online Fraud Prevention Services
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Payments
Emerging Markets Payments (EMP), the leading payments processessing company in Africa and the Middle East, has today launched its EMP Online Fraud Prevention Services.
T2S Platform To Go Live
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Security
T2S, a platform that will enable integrated securities settlement across Europe, has gone live as planned today, the European Central Bank announced.
NICE Actimize Introduces Customer Due Diligence Suite
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Risk Management
NICE Actimize, a NICE Systems (NASDAQ:NICE) business and the largest and broadest provider of financial crime, risk and compliance solutions for the financial services industry, announces the launch of the new Actimize Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) Suite, the first enterprise-ready, out-of-the-box solution that addresses “branch to bank” customer risk, while managing requirements for due diligence and entity monitoring regulations.
Linedata To Expand Lending & Leasing Services in London
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Investment
Linedata, the global solutions provider dedicated to the investment management and credit industries, is to make the “Best in Class” lending management solutions in the world market available to UK loan and leasing professionals as it opens its dedicated Lending & Leasing operations from its existing office in London.
Industry-leaders join forces to install cash recycling functionality in ATMs in North America
- 9 years 6 months ago
- ATMs
Nautilus Hyosung America (Hyosung), the #1 provider of ATMs in the United States and market leader in Branch Transformation solutions, today announced a partnership with Elan Financial Services (Elan), a leader in electronic funds transfer (EFT) processing, to provide banks and their customers with a co
Twenty First Capital Chooses Caceis As Asset Servicing Partner
- 9 years 6 months ago
Asset Management company, Twenty First Capital has selected CACEIS as the Asset Servicing partner for its first Luxembourg UCITS fund, TFC TACTICAL Long/Short Fund, launched on the 22nd of May.
MasterCard Announced The Appointment of Mr. Hiang Choong as Division President, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan
- 9 years 6 months ago
- People Moves
Based in Hong Kong, Mr. Choong assumes responsibility for all aspects of the business including strategy, business development, acceptance expansion, operations, marketing and product introductions for the continued growth and expansion of MasterCard in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
PROFILE Presents Its Solutions at the ComPeer Wealth Management 2015 Conference
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Wealth Management
PROFILE Software, an international financial solutions provider, is sponsoring the annual event of ComPeer for the Wealth Management industry in the UK, taking place on the 24th of June from 08:00 till 13:00 at the Merchant Taylors' Hall, London. The company’s executives will have the opportunity to present its innovative and client-centric solutions that comprehensively cover the operations of Wealth Management Institutions in the country.
CommBank Releases New Tablet Banking App
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Infrastructure
Keeping an eye on your financial position is now a whole lot easier for CommBank customers with the release today of the new CommBank app for tablet. Pete Steel, Chief Information Officer for Retail and Wealth, Commonwealth Bank, said the new tablet app, released initially for Android with iOS to follow, has a refreshed visual display which will give customers a better view of their finances.
Top 100 Asian Stars in UK Tech List Celebrates Diversity in the Digital Sector
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Trade Finance
The list focused on those at Executive Levels within established companies and Founders in startups, with the shortlist process being carried out by a panel of seven judges from different sectors in the tech world.
Colt Refused Fidelity Offer
- 9 years 6 months ago
- Wholesale Banking
The independent directors of Colt Group S.A. ("Colt" or "the Company") note the announcement today of a cash offer for the ordinary shares in Colt not already owned by FMR LLC, FIL Limited and certain affiliated parties (together "Fidelity") at a price of 190 pence per share (the "Offer").
