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Compliance Automation Provider Ascent Technologies Acquired by Edgewater Equity Partners
Ascent Technologies, a Chicago-based provider of AI-driven compliance automation, has been acquired by Edgewater Equity Partners, a private equity firm in Boston. The acquisition aims to accelerate development of Ascent’s compliance automation platform and enhance its value proposition to customers. The acquisition is a strategic move for Edgewater Equity Partners, which acknowledges Ascent’s capability in…
Firms in the US Prepare to Meet Compliance Date for UPI in Regulatory Reporting
The Derivatives Service Bureau (DSB) has released figures indicating industry readiness for the first jurisdictional compliance date for the inclusion of the Unique Product Identifier (UPI) in regulatory reporting in the US on 29 January 2024. The US is the first jurisdiction to start UPI reporting in G20 derivatives markets with EU EMIR Refit regulations…
Encompass Plans Corporate Digital Identity Platform Following Acquisition of CoorpID and Blacksmith KYC
Encompass Corporation, a provider of real-time digital Know Your Customer (KYC) profiles, has acquired CoorpID and Blacksmith KYC from ING to develop a platform that solves the critical challenge of identification and verification of corporate and institutional clients. ING will be a stakeholder and development partner to Encompass and will use the platform in the…
Quantexa Partners Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative
Quantexa, a provider of decision intelligence solutions, has announced corporate sponsorship and advisory council membership of the Anti-Human Trafficking Intelligence Initiative (ATII). The ATII is a US-based non-profit organisation with a mission to fight human trafficking and child exploitation by providing data to advance the prevention, detection, investigation, and reporting mechanisms required to identify potential…
Broadridge and Boring Money Collaborate on Consumer Duty Solution for Asset Managers
Boring Money, a financial data and insights business, and Broadridge Financial Solutions have collaborated to help asset managers address the requirements of the UK’s Consumer Duty regulation. The duty applies to all new financial services products, and to all products and services currently available to retail customers. Among others, consumer duty affects regulated firms, and…
Refinitiv Releases Sub-Saharan Africa Financial Crime Report
Refinitiv, a London Stock Exchange Group business, has released the results of its second financial crime report for Sub-Saharan Africa. This year, the survey highlights trends including low awareness of third-party exposure, high demand for advanced compliance technology, emerging supply chain risks, and lack of digital identity solutions in Know Your Customer protocols. According to…
New Year’s Resolutions: Get OTC Derivatives Reporting Fit for EMIR Refit
By Thomas Steimann, Head of Regis-TR at SIX. The OTC derivatives markets have faced a slew of new regulations since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, to which the market has continued to adapt. 2024 will be no different. The EMIR Refit is the latest in a wave of regulatory change for the derivatives markets, with…
Stephan Wolf Steps Down from Role of GLEIF CEO in June 2024
Stephan Wolf, CEO of the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF), will step down from the role on 24 June 2024 after a decade of leading the foundation from its start-up phase to the growing organisation it is today. In a post on LinkedIn, Wolf writes: “After a decade of incredible experiences and achievements, I…
Regulated Firms that Don’t Trust Electronic Identification Verification Risk Financial Crime
More than 36% of people in regulated firms who ‘can’t trust’ electronic identity verification technology and instead rely on manual checks are leaving their doors open to financial crime, according to research by anti-money laundering specialist SmartSearch. This statistic, from SmartSearch’s 2023 annual survey of 500 compliance stakeholders across financial, accountancy, property and legal services,…
WhatsApp Update Could Spell Unhappy New Year for Compliance Teams
By Oliver Blower, CEO of VoxSmart. While many of us will be making tough lifestyle changes this January, from adopting strict fitness regimes to cutting down on calories, there are other changes afoot in the realm of WhatsApp that could impact many of us over the coming days. For regulatory compliance teams at financial institutions…