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LPA Group Acquires RegTech Acarda
Capital markets technology specialist the LPA Group has acquired the Acarda Group, a provider of RegTech solutions for asset managers, fund administrators, insurance companies and banks focusing on the automation of regulatory reporting and automated data management. The accretive, add-on acquisition was preceded by a successful collaboration and test phase starting in April 2020. Acarda’s...
RoZetta Teams with GreenBirch to Help Firms Deploy Managed Analytical Services
Australia-based RoZetta Technology has partnered with London cloud implementation consultancy GreenBirch Group to help financial institutions design and deploy capital markets technology solutions drawing upon their combined expertise in data science, analytics and managed data services. RoZetta specialises in the use of data science and analytics for trading and other financial markets applications; GreenBirch helps...
Nice Actimize Moves Financial Crime Fighting to the Cloud
Financial crime and compliance giant Nice Actimize this month launched its brand new Xceed AI cloud-native platform, which it claims will revolutionise AML and fraud prevention for financial services by accelerating their cloud and digital transformations. The new solution integrates AI, data intelligence, behavioural analytics, and insights within a unified cloud platform designed for a...
OneTrust Launches Schrems II Solutions After Landmark EU Judgement
The landmark decision in July from the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Schrems II has changed the way that organisations must manage personal data transfers – creating a whole raft of new challenges that firms must urgently address. To legally transfer personal data from the EU to a third country, it...
ComplyAdvantage Partners with sync. On Financial Crime Compliance
Screening specialist ComplyAdvantage has won a new mandate with fast-growing digital banking app sync. to improve the latter’s AML and anti-fraud capabilities using the RegTech’s AI-driven platform. The partnership will allow the open banking app to run its compliance and risk management processes more smoothly, and to better monitor its customers’ activity; while the relationship...
ESMA Yet Again Postpones CSDR Settlement Discipline
In the wake of the UK’s Chancellor Rishi Sunak rejecting the EU’s Central Securities Depositories Regulation (CSDR) settlement discipline regime as part of its adoption of EU regulations post-Brexit, it looks as if the European regulator too is now having second thoughts. Last week, ESMA published a final report on the draft technical standards of...
Big Data Technology for Regulatory Reporting Is Getting Lots of Publicity: It Might Have Real Star Quality
By Vlad Etkin, CTO, AxiomSL. It has only been a few years since the concept of big data was first heard in association with regulatory reporting, and while there are still questions about what it really is and its applicability to regulatory reporting, it’s obviously here to stay. However, as with all new concepts, it...
A Well-Designed Intraday Data Research Environment Can Help Traders Outsmart the Competition
By Scott Mayster, Global Product Manager of Tick Data, a subsidiary of OneMarketData. Today’s financial markets have been roiled by volatility, global economic turmoil, and the pressure of continued regulatory obligations. To navigate these dynamic conditions, remain compliant, and drive competitive advantage, traders need fast and efficient access to quality market data and the ability...
Archax’s FCA Approval Paves Way for Institutional Trading of Digital Assets
London-based Archax last week received long-awaited regulatory approval for its digital securities exchange for tokenised assets. The development makes Archax the first FCA-regulated digital exchange, paving the way for institutional market participants to trade in tokenised assets when the exchange launches sometime in 2021. Archax was founded by a group of market practitioners to offer...
Mphasis Partners with iMeta on AI-Driven KYC Model
Cloud and cognitive specialist Mphasis has launched a brand new strategic partnership with the UK’s iMeta Technologies, a provider of onboarding, client lifecycle and master data management software and services, to deliver a next generation onboarding model for the UK and Europe that aims to disrupt the traditional KYC market through the use of AI....