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Arachnys Adds Cloud-Native Version of Customer Risk Intelligence Platform
Arachnys, a provider of customer risk intelligence solutions for client onboarding, Know Your Customer (KYC), customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), and Anti-Money Laundering (AML), has introduced a cloud-native version of its platform. The capabilities of the platform address changing market dynamics that are leading financial institutions to focus on five initiatives: real-time…
Main Capital Buys Stake in German RegTech Start-up cleversoft
Main Capital Partners, an investment manager focused solely on the software industry in Benelux, Germany and Scandinavia, has acquired a stake in Munich-based regtech software-as-a-service specialist cleversoft for an undisclosed sum. Founded in 2004, cleversoft provides cloud-based regulatory reporting services for regulatory regimes including PRIIPs, MiFID II, PIB, FIDLEG and AML, underpinned by lifecycle management…
Getting Ready for the Consolidated Audit Trail
One of the most detailed discussions of the recent A-Team Group RegTech Summit in New York centred around the arduous ongoing journey towards implementation of the long-delayed Consolidated Audit Trail (CAT). Approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission two years ago to the day (November 15, 2016), the CAT aims to create a single…
Panelists Agree that Regulatory Ambiguity Hampers Regulatory Reporting Efficiency
In a panel moderated by Robin Doyle, Managing Director of the Office of Regulatory Affairs at J.P. Morgan, regtech practitioners discussed potential solutions for regulatory reporting efficiency—and the challenges surrounding them. Doyle addressed some of these challenges when she kicked off the panel, citing the lack of consistency in the manner in which data is…
Recorded Webinar: How to find common ground for data management across multiple regulations
We’ve asked over many years how financial institutions can find common ground for data management processes to meet the requirements of multiple regulations, such as MiFID II, MiFIR, EMIR, MAR and BCBS 239. While this is a goal most firms have aspired to, the reality of pressing deadlines for regulation after regulation meant firms had…
RegTech By Numbers: Statistics From the A-Team Group RegTech Summit 2018
With 53,000 new regulations in 2017 alone, the sheer volume of numbers in the regtech industry is overwhelming. Taken from the highly successful second annual RegTech Summit 2018 held in London in October 2018, the following graphic pulls out the most compelling facts, figures, quotes and costs to come out of the day’s discussions –…
BearingPoint Partners with IBM for Regulatory Reporting
Management and technology consultancy BearingPoint last week confirmed a new regulatory reporting partnership with IBM Services. The joint venture will allow financial institutions to outsource their regulatory reporting processes, and covers both the business processes and technical operation as well as software maintenance and further development. The offering will target small to medium-sized clients, who…
Fintech Advisor Amar Rajani Joins VTFinTech Board
VTFinTech, a provider of index management and research evaluation services, has named Amar Rajani as a member of its board with immediate effect. Rajani is the founder and managing director of Argella, an advisory firm specialising in fintech and with specialist knowledge in research, data and analytics. Prior to founding Argella, Rajani spent 17 years…
Bloomberg PolarLake Upgrade Allows CDOs to Extract More Value from Data
Bloomberg PolarLake has upgraded its data management utility to Version 8.0 with a view to giving chief data officers (CDOs) increased control, quality and insight into their organisation’s data universe. The vendor describes v8.0 as a ‘major update’ that allows users to extract more value and deliver better insights from their data. Current users of…
SteelEye Wins £5.7 million Seed Funding
Compliance technology and data analytics firm SteelEye this week confirmed the successful close of a £2.9 million fundraising extension led by fintech-focused venture capital firm Illuminate Financial, bringing the total seed funding raised to £5.7 million. SteelEye offers cloud-based solutions to assist clients with MiFID II, MAR, EMIR, Dodd Frank and other international regulatory compliance…