The cloud journey for market infrastructures
Some steps to ensure cloud-based is successful and meets the approval of regulators.
Risk Management
Accenture acquires financial risk advisor Parker Fitzgerald
Accenture responds to the evolving risk landscape in financial services.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 August 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
ECB discovers data breach in bank newsletter
It is the second time in five years.
Desjardins spends CAD 70m related to data breach
It’s offered the affected accounts a credit monitoring plan and identity theft insurance.
FinApps slaps $100m lawsuit on Envestnet Yodlee
It claims that the platform ripped off its code to release their own product.
EBA Outsourcing Guidelines or Operational Resilience – which to prioritise?
Operational resilience (OpRes) is the new, grown up way of regulating the financial sector.
Top fintech stories this week – 9 August 2019
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
UK regulations push SVB further towards automation
SVB exec comments on Brexit and the UK’s supportive fintech environment.
Daily News at Sibos: be at the heart of the biggest fintech event of the year
London calling: explore opportunities with Daily News at Sibos 2019.
Fraud fighting platform secures additional $2.5m funding
Eftsure will be expanding the product suite to cover international payment verification.
Elevator Ventures invest in RegTech platform kompany.com
kompany combines AI, robotic process automation and blockchain technology.
Nasdaq uses AI to root out stock-market abuse
It detects irregular trading patterns and alerts officials according to machine-learning.
Almost half a million Monzo customers affected by data breach
The data leak allowed staff engineers access to PINs stored in encrypted log files.
SVS Securities enters administration
The FCA has opened an investigation into the company.
Insurwave onboards Xceptor to digitise insurance documents
Xceptor uses AI to to extract and transform any type of data from any source.
Are non-bank payment service providers doing enough to protect customers’ funds?
Some heady advice for non-bank PSPs to avoid regulatory action.
The importance of specialised standard software for MAD/MAR compliance
Experience and insights from three years of practical use.
FIs choose Cloudera for digital transformation
Cloudera enables digital transformation for global financial services institutions.
AcadiaSoft announces technology partnership with CloudMargin
The firms collaborate to provide an industry solution for uncleared margin rules.
Friday the 13th is coming – is banking ready?
The deadline for PSD2 compliance is rapidly approaching – will your firm be ready?
Dos and don’ts of sanction screening
Regulators seek to send a strong message to financials if they drop the ball on sanctions screening.
Equifax to pay up to $700m to settle data breach
The records of at least 147 million people were exposed in the incident.
Borgun adopts TruNarrative MLM platform
The solution will reduce onboarding time for new clients.
MLP chooses Aixigo’s risk engine
The aim is to supplement personal advice with digital support.
AdviceRobo launches PSD2 robot for credit decisions
The AI-prediction model uses transactional data.
The Win 10 Rush: How financial institutions can beat the clock to upgrade their PCs
Kevin Flaherty, CEO at BLM Tech reveals the key to carrying off large-scale IT projects.
F-Secure Countercept wins €2m deal
The deal enables it to defend a major European enterprise customer.
Worldpay teams with ACI to power APM acceptance
Offering Alternative Payment Methods can increase merchants’ conversion rates.
Intrum picks Qualco software to streamline debt collection
The deal follows a 15-month analysis phase.
Banking Technology July/August 2019 issue out now
Drawing the curtains on a bright tomorrow.
Metro Bank selects Artesian’s KYC solution
Data-driven automation of KYC and risk, aims to improve onboarding processes.
White paper: Keeping secrets secret – how to protect confidential documents in a global bank
How a global bank leveraged Sinequa’s AI-powered search & analytics platform.
Desjardins announces internal security breach
The personal information of 2.9 million members was disclosed.
Artesian introduces customers to ARCH
The tool has been in development for two years.
Moneyou selects Konsentus for PSD2 capabilities
Konsentus will provide Moneyou with third party provider (TPP) identity & regulatory checking.
SecurityScorecard continues growth with $50m funding
The company has raised a total of $110 million to date.
Brex raises $100m to reach $2.6bn valuation
In an extension to a Series C round launched in October.
World Bank picks Murex for treasury
It is understood to be replacing Finastra’s treasury system.
Fintechs: partnerships don’t mean you can be passive when it comes to compliance
Protecting the fintechs’ own well-being as well as that of their customers.
