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KYC Focus: Top Tech Tips for 2020 with WorldWatch Plus
The financial markets are a tricky place to be these days, buffeted by winds of change coming from multiple directions. With social, economic, and political pressures piling on top of an already onerous regulatory burden, firms might be forgiven for feeling a little overwhelmed. The good news is that technology is keeping pace, providing new…
Ascent Achieves $19.3m in Funding Round
Chicago-based RegTech provider Ascent has won $19.3 million in Series B funding from a group of investors led by Wells Fargo and ING, with US venture capital firm Drive Capital and the University of Chicago also taking part. The fundraising follows a Series A round in 2018 which raised $6 million. The company will use…
FCA Highlights ‘Underserviced’ RegTech Sector in Latest Innovation Initiative
RegTech is the “sleeping giant” of the financial services world, according to FCA Director of Innovation Nick Cook, who notes that while investments in the sector more than doubled between 2017 (in excess of £1.4 billion) and 2018 (in excess of £3.4 billion), several key challenges are still inhibiting the industry from reaching its full…
CFTE Launches RegTech Book, Online Course
The UK-based Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), a platform providing online learning for the FinTech space, has announced the launch of a targeted new online RegTech course providing a “thorough foundation of regulatory technologies” through eight hours of video content, curated readings and online assessment. The announcement was made at the London launch…
SteelEye Launches RegTech Glossary
London-based regulatory compliance and data analytics firm SteelEye has published a new RegTech glossary that aims to demystify the complex language of the RegTech sector. The online guide aims to assist professionals to navigate the most common terminology, abbreviations and jargon across the evolving regulatory landscape.
SM&CR: The Countdown Begins
This weekend marks just one month to go until SM&CR goes live for all solo-regulated firms, replacing the FCA’s previous Approved Persons Regime (APR) and bringing with it a host of new data management requirements and challenges. A survey published by ACA Compliance in August this year warned that less 2% of firms had completed…
EU Benchmarks Regulation: An Opportunity in Disguise?
The switch from Libor to new benchmarks under the EU’s Benchmarks Regulation has been heralded as one of the most significant changes to the financial markets in recent years. With wide-ranging implications for multiple functions across financial institutions, the reform poses substantial compliance challenges – but could also create new opportunities, specifically around the necessary…
Clausematch Partners with Aberdeen Standard for Compliance Solution
Clausematch, a software-as-a-service provider for smart document management, has teamed up with Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) in Singapore to develop a buy-side solution for the asset management industry under a Digital Accelerator Program run by the Investment Management Association of Singapore (IMAS). The AI and machine-learning-enabled platform developed by Clausematch enabled ASI to test a…
Blockchain in the Fund management and Audit Industries: Could it Restore Trust?
By Nish Kotecha, Chairman and Co-founder of Finboot, and Bryan Foss, Independent Director and Visiting Professor at Bristol Business School. Not too long ago, Neil Woodford was still regularly heralded as a “superstar” manager and the “Oracle of Oxford”. How different the story is today. In mid-October, Neil Woodford announced that his Woodford Investment Management…
Bank of England: Machine Learning set to Double in Financial Services
The Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have published a new report on ‘Machine Learning in UK Financial Services’ that predicts live machine learning (ML) applications will more than double within the next three years. The report is the result of a joint 2019 survey between the two regulators covering over 300…