Canada, UK and Singapore prep for blockchain-powered payments
Central banks and regulator reveal heightened interest and assesses alternative models.
Regulation
Swiss watchdog investigates Credit Suisse and UBS over Apple payments boycott
Alleged boycott of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay in favour of TWINT.
Sandbox Express steams into Singapore’s fintech station
Monetary Authority of Singapore quickly thinks up pre-defined sandbox concept.
UK challenger CivilisedBank tries again for banking licence
Bank gets more funding for this attempt.
Pay.UK seeks better data for New Payments Architecture
Calling for fintech to contribute to its “Enhanced Data” project.
Arizona’s regulatory sandbox programme puts US on competitive fintech ground
Offering a competitive operating cost environment and one of the easiest to navigate for regulations.
A question of compatibility: blockchain and the GDPR
Is the relationship – or lack of one – between GDPR and blockchain something of concern?
Bank of England calls for payments messaging panel applicants
The panel will input into the implementation of ISO 20022.
What a meanie! £20m compensation promise broken by UK lender Cash Genie
The failed firm fails again.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Singapore’s AI fairest of them all?
Regulator wants fairness, ethics, accountability and transparency.
South African Reserve Bank fines HSBC $1m for AML fails
There were “certain weaknesses” in its detection of money laundering.
Bank of England tests financial sector’s cyber strength
Readying for resilience in a risky world.
UBS ferociously fights DoJ fraud claims
Swiss bank says the claims aren’t supported by law.
EC gets cross with Malta over AML supervision
Don’t forget the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
Openbank picks AxiomSL for regtech reporting
Includes central bank, trade and transaction reporting.
Webinar: Customer-centric transformation in digital account opening
Join us on 27 November for a live webinar with OneSpan!
Top fintech stories this week – 2 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
European Banking Federation calls for reporting regulation review
Current regulation makes reporting inefficient and discourages communication, EBF says.
Deutsche Börse and RegTek.Solutions join forces for regtech initiative
Certified testing and pre-validation service for clients of Deutsche Börse’s Regulatory Reporting Hub.
Sibos 2018 video: Thomas Nielsen, Deutsche Bank
Open Banking benefits for corporate clients, PSD2 and future trends in finance industry.
Sibos 2018 video: Roland Brandli, SmartStream
TLM Aurora, challenges with Open Banking, the potential of data and the biggest issues facing fintech.
Sibos 2018 video: challenges ahead
Sibos 2018 participants share their views and experiences.
First National Bank of Lebanon centralises compliance systems with FICO
FNB has migrated to the FICO Tonbeller Siron anti financial crimes suite.
Playing nice: why credit scoring and blockchain could be keys to a working US sandbox
The key is to find areas of common ground and construct the sandbox – and its mission – around those topics.
Sibos 2018: is a cyber 9/11 event inevitable?
A conversation with Bi.zone’s Dmitry Samarstev.
APIs and the customer journey to Open Banking
How a truly seamless customer experience can be created.
Daily News at Sibos 2018 – Day 3
All the latest news and analysis from Swift’s premier event of the year.
Daily News at Sibos 2018 – Day 2
All the latest news and analysis from Swift’s premier event of the year.
UK regulator launches Green Fintech Challenge
Aimed at firms developing green solutions that need regulatory support to bring their proposition to market.
Daily News at Sibos 2018 – Day 1
All the latest news and analysis from Swift’s premier event of the year.
Banking Technology Awards 2018: shortlist announced!
Winners will be unveiled on 13 December in London!
Malaysian MoneyMatch completes first Ripple-based transaction
Establishing the Malaysia-Spain blockchain channel.
Bank of Beirut hits IFRS 9 goals with Wolters Kluwer
Bank of Beirut opts for Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX regtech.
bpost bank turns to Wolters Kluwer for regtech
Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX to support bpost bank’s reg reporting and AnaCredit.
Denmark’s regulators investigated over Danske Bank €200bn AML breach
European Banking Authority is taking money laundering more and more seriously.
WB21 bank boss faces lawsuit by US regulator
WB21 bank boss faces lawsuit by US regulator
Top fintech stories this week – 5 October 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Bitcoin rally has started… can regulations keep up with it?
A quick review on ICO and cryptocurrency regulations around the world.
Danske Bank talking to US over €200bn money laundering case
Department of Justice would like to ask some questions.
Arachnys gets $10m funding in its web
The regtech’s funding was led by QED.
