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Confluence of Historical Trends Puts APAC at Centre of the RegTech Scene
Confirmation of a concept’s validity can come in the most banal of ways. For Claus Cristensen, founder and chief executive of Dublin-based RegTech provider Know Your Customer, such a moment came during a business lunch with colleagues in Shanghai, China. When it came to paying the bill, Christensen reached for his wallet but his locally…
FCA Proposes Tough Anti-Greenwashing Rules for UK
The UK’s financial regulator has issued its toughest set of proposals yet to crack down on greenwashing. The Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) proposed Sustainable Disclosures Requirements contains a list of measures, including rules on labelling of green financial products and restrictions on the language that can be used to describe green investment instruments, that it…
PRA Package of Regulatory and Data Strategy Change Planned for Completion by 2026
The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), which regulates and supervises financial services firms as part of the Bank of England, is planning to complete its RegTech and data integration strategy by 2026, bringing in a package of change including a new ‘look and feel’ to regulation, and refinements to what data is collected, how it is…
Fenergo Perpetual KYC Service Offers Operational Efficiencies, Reduced Costs and Risk
Fenergo has joined early providers of perpetual KYC services with Smart Review, a solution designed to enable financial institutions to streamline periodic KYC review processes and reduce costs through automation. Smart Review automates the continuous monitoring of client profiles for KYC compliance by identifying all changes to relevant entity data, transactions and anti-money laundering (AML)…
FinTech Specialists Retool as Clients Clamour for ESG Services
Growing demand for sustainability disclosures from investors and regulators has seen service providers to financial institutions retool and create new products for their clients. While solutions that enable corporates to identify and report their own ESG metrics have entered the market in large numbers over the past few years, there has been a quieter expansion…
Sustainable Trading Adds Seven New Firms to its Membership Network
Sustainable Trading, the non-profit organisation aiming to transform environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices in the financial markets trading sector, has added seven new firms from across the trading industry to its membership network. Joining the 41 firms already participating in the industry initiative are Barclays, Liquidnet, Mizuho International, Rand Merchant Bank, Schroders, State Street…
CUBE Sets Growth Plans Following First Capital Investment Round from Bregal Milestone
CUBE, a provider of automated regulatory intelligence (ARI), has secured its first institutional capital investment from Bregal Milestone, a technology growth capital firm dedicated to investments in high-growth, market-defining technology companies. CUBE will use the undisclosed investment sum to deepen product capabilities for customers, drive further international expansion, and accelerate overall growth both organically and…
A-Team Group Names Winners of ESG Insight Awards
A-Team Group announced the winners of its inaugural ESG Insight Awards today. The awards recognise both established solution vendors and innovative newcomers providing leading ESG solutions, services and consultancy to capital markets participants. The awards included over 20 categories of ESG solutions ranging from Best ESG risk data provider to Best overall ESG data provider,…
Know Your Customer and HAWK AI Partner to Strengthen Defence Against Financial Crime
Know Your Customer, a provider of modular digital client onboarding solutions, and Hawk AI, a provider of anti-money laundering surveillance technology for financial institutions, payment firms and fintechs, have made a strategic partnership that will build a stronger defence against financial crime. The partnership combines Know Your Customer’s digital onboarding and business KYC solutions with…
Preparing for a Period of Regulatory Change
Murray Campbell, Business Consultant at AutoRek, considers how the compliance regime for UK financial services firms is changing and how outsourcing can help firms manage the regulatory burden. In recent years, the UK financial services industry has found itself with an opportunity to redefine the compliance landscape. Brexit has allowed the UK to break away…