RegTech Insight Brief
IHS Markit Partners With Cappitech
IHS Markit has partnered with regulatory reporting and intelligence solutions provider Cappitech to deliver its SFTR solution via Cappitech’s reporting platform Capptivate. The alliance aims to automate and streamline transaction reporting to trade repositories for all securities finance instruments. It will also support out-of-the-box MiFID II reporting for additional instruments that will be in scope when SFTR goes live.
ESMA to Hold Hearing on SFTR Reporting
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will hold an open hearing on its consultation paper published on May 27, 2019 on draft Guidelines for the reporting under the Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The hearing will take place on July 15, 2019 at the ESMA headquarters in Paris.
SIX FinTech Ventures Takes Stake in PXL Vision
SIX FinTech Ventures has acquired a stake in PXL Vision, a Zurich-based start-up offering solutions for online user verification. The company’s Daego solution supports the automatic creation and administration of secure digital identities. It is designed to help companies avoid physical verification processes when onboarding customers, reduce costs and provide a positive experience. The company has established itself in the Swiss market and is focusing on going global.
DTCC Sets SFTR Testing Date
DTCC is scheduled to launch its first phase of SFTR testing for third-party partners in August, ahead of the regulation’s go-live date of April 2020.
Broadridge Introduces Change Management Service for SFTR
Broadridge Financial Solutions has introduced a change management service to help companies design target operating models that are compliant with Securities Financing Transactions Regulation (SFTR). The service provides a blueprint for front-to-back changes to overall architecture, organisational structure, business processes and location strategy. The company is also offering project management, business analysis and testing support to augment internal project teams. Broadridge says the time is now to define operating models to meet reporting deadlines and avoid increases in costs and operational risk. Firms must also resolve questions around areas such as data sources, exception management and reporting vendor services.
Fenergo Enters Taiwanese Market in Tie Up with TUNG-I
Fenergo has entered the Taiwanese market through a partnership with TUNG-I Information Services (TUNG-I), a provider of solutions powered by artificial intelligence (AI) in finance, information security, private cloud implementation and smart retail. As an exclusive client lifecycle management partner (CLM), Fenergo will provide TUNG-I’s current and prospective Taiwanese clients access to Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti-Money-Laundering (AML) capabilities. TUNG-I will provide local support, maintenance and implementation of Fenergo’s CLM solutions. The partnership is a response to recent evaluations by the Asia/Pacific Group, an inter-governmental organisation, which aims to prevent money laundering related crimes in the region.
eXate enables ‘Privacy by Design’ in OpenFin OS
Desktop interoperability platform OpenFin has added eXate’s data privacy capabilities to its operating system to ensure compliance with the EU’s GDPR, which came into force a year ago and requires that new applications are designed with privacy considerations factored in from the outset, a so-called ‘privacy by design’ approach. eXate restricts data only to authorised users based on customisable policies set by compliance and legal teams. Says eXate CEO Peter Lancos: “Application developers building on OpenFin now have a central ‘out of the box’ utility to manage end-to-end data privacy and protection, allowing them to focus their efforts on delivering business value instead of needing to become regulatory experts.”
Colt Deploys ADVA to Add Encryption for GDPR Compliance
High-performance trading connectivity specialist Colt Technology Services has added an Ethernet Line Encryption service to help organisations comply with new data privacy rules, particularly the EU’s GDPR, as firms seek to protect their data during transport from cyberattacks. The new Colt solution uses the ADVA FSP 150 with ConnectGuard security technology, which provides end-to-end data protection for low-latency high-speed performance of up to 10Gbits per second. Ethernet Line Encryption is now available in Europe, North America and Asia on metro, national and international Ethernet line circuits.
LCH RepoClear Selects UnaVista as Trade Repository for SFTR Reporting
LCH RepoClear has selected UnaVista as its trade repository for reporting under Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR). LCH Group’s collateral and liquidity management function will also use UnaVista for SFTR reporting. The regulation is scheduled to go live in April 2020 and will require firms to report details of their Securities Financing Transactions (SFTs) to an approved trade repository. The regulation is designed to increase transparency, allowing regulatory authorities to assess the risks associated with these transactions. UnaVista will offer assisted reporting to LCH RepoClear members.
Red Box Partners Theta Lake to Detect Voice Compliance Risks
Red Box, a voice specialist, has partnered Theta Lake, a provider of compliance artificial intelligence (AI) for video, voice, and unified digital communication. The partnership allows Red Box customers to use Theta’s purpose-built AI and deep learning powered software to automatically detect compliance risks in their recordings and reduce the cost and complexity of managing corporate compliance and regulatory requirements to retain and review digital content. Red Box voice capture across all telephony systems enables Theta’s platform to leverage enterprise wide recordings and apply natural language processing and deep learning to automate detection of regulatory and corporate compliance risks.