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SmartStream Launches New Artificial Intelligence Module
Transaction Lifecycle Manager solutions provider SmartStream Technologies has completed the proof of concept for its new artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning module, to operate within its existing TLM Cash and Liquidity Management solution for receipts and payments and assist businesses with liquidity risk management and regulatory reporting. Hitherto, the firm has focused on developing…
Legal Compliance Planning Q&A: What Should Your Top AML Priorities Be for 2020?
Every bank needs a law firm, and the legal department is often the silent partner in the compliance dialogue – but their expertise is nonetheless essential. With 2020 on the horizon and regulations such as the EU’s Fifth Money Laundering Directive (5MLD) front and centre when it comes to compliance, many law firms will be…
Asset Control Adds PaSSPort, a Low-cost, Managed Data Service for Specific Use Cases
Asset Control has extended its managed services capability with the release of PaSSPort, a managed data service designed to augment infrastructure with specific use cases quickly and at a relatively low price point. PaSSPort builds on the company’s AC PaSS managed services that were introduced as enterprise solutions early this year and have gained traction…
ASG Technologies Accelerates Automation Processes with Zenith Platform
ASG Technologies has released ASG-Zenith, a digital automation platform designed to increase competitiveness by accelerating and simplifying automation processes using technologies and services that are integrated through the company’s visual design environment, ASG-Studio. The platform’s low-code/no-code approach means business users and IT can work together using their knowledge to accelerate delivery of automated processes. ASG-Zenith…
ANNA Forms Technology Taskforce to Look at Standard Identifiers for Digital Assets
The Association of National Numbering Agencies (ANNA) has formed a Technology Taskforce (TF-22) on digital assets to look at how standard International Securities Identification Numbers (ISINs) could be used to identify assets such as tokens and cryptocurrencies. This push for standards harmonisation reflects ANNA’s aim to support a transparent, compliant and efficient financial markets structure,…
EBA to Prioritise AML in 2020 Work Programme, ESMA to Focus on EMIR 2.2
The European Banking Authority (EBA) has released its Work Programme for 2020, with a focus on prioritising anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, moving towards an integrated EU data hub, and delivering the new ‘Basel IV’ banking package. The authority plans to work “intensively” on the mandates from the Risk Reduction Measures (RRM) package with a view…
TISA’s MiFID II Technical Solution Gathers Pace, Vendor to be Confirmed by November
TISA, the investing and saving membership alliance, has reported a high-quality response from suppliers to its Request for Information phase towards developing an industry-sponsored technical solution for MiFID II reporting. Part of TISA’s MiFID II Costs & Charges and Target Market reporting project, which is setting standards and developing a governance framework, the technical solution…
QuantHouse Offers Historical Data on-Demand to Algo Traders
QuantHouse has released Historical Data on-Demand, a service designed to speed up the research, development and back-testing phase of any trading strategy, and allow clients to implement new trading ideas within days rather than weeks or months. The company is offering up to 10 years of historical data on-demand for the US, European and Asia-Pacific…
Moody’s Analytics Upgrades RiskAuthority Solution to Help Banks Address Final Basel III Rules
Financial intelligence provider Moody’s Analytics has added extra functionality to its RiskAuthority solution to help banks prepare for the final Basel III regulatory framework. The new features are designed to address a number of changes in the final Basel rules, including calculations for Credit Risk, the standardized approach for measuring Counterparty Credit Risk (SA-CCR), and…
Virtu Financial Offers Outsourced Trading Solution with Execution Concierge Service
Virtu Financial, a provider of liquidity, execution services, data, analytics and connectivity, has extended its capabilities to meet growing market interest in outsourcing elements of trading. The resulting Execution Concierge Service (ECS) is initially available in the US. The service builds on the company’s acquisition of ITG in March 2019, which added agency solutions and…