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DTCC Trade Reporting Analytics Aims to Help Firms Facing Rule Rewrites

DTCC has launched Trade Reporting Analytics and UTI Exchange as part of its DTCC Report Hub pre- and post-trade reporting platform. The new capabilities are aimed at helping firms as they prepare for a series of rewrites to various trade reporting regulations globally. Report Hub is a cloud-based reporting facility that helps firms meet derivatives…

Unlocking the Potential of AI in AML

By Steve Marshall, Director of Advisory Services, FinScan. AI has been increasingly used over the last few years to combat financial crime and money laundering. While it may not have lived up to its original billing as a silver bullet, some key lessons have been learned since those early days. Firstly, while AI has many…

FinScan Combines Data Quality Experience with Technological Expertise to Deliver Agile AML Solution

FinScan has combined experience in data quality with technological expertise in screening to provide an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) solution designed to help financial institutions develop more efficient AML programmes that generate fewer false positives and support better detection of true alerts. The company is part of Pittsburgh-based Innovative Systems, which was founded in 1968 and…

Recorded Webinar: Proactive RegTech approaches to fighting financial crime

Financial crime is a global problem that costs the economy trillions of dollars a year, despite best efforts by financial services firms, regulators, and governments to stem the flow. As criminals become more sophisticated in how they commit financial crime, so too must capital markets participants working to challenge criminality and secure the global financial…

Corlytics Clausematch Teams with Braithwate for MiCA Compliance

Corlytics Clausematch has partnered with Braithwate, a regulatory consultancy focused on digital assets, to address the growing need for automated, transparent, and efficient regulatory compliance procedures among firms active in cryptocurrency markets. The alliance follows ESMA’s recent release of the second consultation package for the EU’s upcoming Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA) regulation. The partners…

Derivatives Service Bureau Hits Deadline of 16 October 2023 with Go-Live of UPI Service

The Derivatives Service Bureau’s (DSB’s) Unique Product Identifier (UPI) Service went live as planned on Monday 16 October 2023, enabling firms to create and search for UPIs. UPI reporting starts in major derivatives markets in 2024, with US rules applying from 29 January 2024, the EU EMIR Refit regulations from 29 April 2024, followed by…

Data Products: Transforming Fraud Detection in Financial Services

By Suki Dhuphar, Head of EMEA, Tamr. Cybercrime assumes many shapes and forms. As a result, it’s often challenging to identify fraudulent behaviour and subsequently address it. Traditional methods frequently fail to detect and combat illicit activities, leading to financial losses and eroded trust. Yet, even today, one of the most prevalent solutions to enhance…

The Long and Winding Road to T+1 – A 20+ Year Journey

By Adrian Sharp, Principal, Fairfield Insights. What a long, strange trip it’s been. (Weir, Garcia et al, 1970) Earlier this year, the SEC published the final rules shortening the settlement cycle for US securities from T+2 to T+1 with a target compliance date of May 28, 2024. The case for a shortened settlement cycle remains…

Recorded Webinar: How to develop a reporting framework for ESG disclosure regulation

ESG reporting is a challenge and additional burden for many financial institutions as regulations continue to evolve, ESG data management is complex, and global standards remain elusive. Helpful solutions include reporting frameworks that support the collection, understanding, and management of ESG data for disclosure. This webinar will provide practical guidance on how to build a…

The Potential and Practicalities of Implementing Generative AI for Compliance

While AI has been around for 20 years or so, its time has come in capital markets with Generative AI and large language models (LLMs) able to handle vast volumes of compliance data and achieve outcomes that cannot be reached by humans. GenAI apps are not, however, a silver bullet, and compliance teams are not…