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Asia-Pacific Practitioners Gear Up for A-Team’s RegTech APAC Conference This Week
This week sees the first ever A-Team RegTech Summit for the Asia-Pacific region. Building on the success of A-Team’s RegTech Summit conferences in London and New York over the past four years, this virtual event is the first of what’s expected to be a series of events in the region, including in-person conferences when appropriate. RegTech…
BoE and FCA Plan Report on Impact of AI in Financial Services
The Bank of England (BoE) and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have completed a one-year exploration into the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) by financial institutions, and what implications this may have on the financial system, including the potential need for additional regulatory standards. The findings – from four quarterly meetings and a series of…
Clausematch Reaches 90,000-User Milestone at Early Adopter Barclays
Barclays has completed the rollout of Clausematch’s Policy Portal across the bank, reaching almost 90,000 employees globally, having adopted Clausematch as part of its inaugural Barclays Accelerator programme in 2014. The use-case may be seen as a benchmark for RegTech adoption, as many early-stage innovators struggle to gain a foothold at large enterprises like Barclays….
Recorded Webinar: Meeting the requirements of the EU’s ESG Disclosure Regulation
The EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is central to the European drive towards a sustainable financial market. As such, it is complicated and multi-faceted, and makes rigorous demands on financial firms to source large volumes of ESG data and meet numerous reporting obligations. Key elements of disclosure include sustainability risk, principle adverse impacts, and…
US Regulatory Reporting: The Data Management Response
Given the rapid pace of change in the US regulatory reporting landscape in recent years, the banking sector is increasingly required to focus on its data management capabilities in order to meet these requirements effectively. At A-Team Group’s Data Management Summit USA virtual conference last month, Kenneth Lamar, Principal Partner at Lamar Associates, moderated a…
Countdown to Operational Resilience Deadline Adds Pressure to UK Firms
UK financial services institutions and firms now have less than six months to identify their ‘important business services’, set impact tolerances and carry out mapping and testing ahead of the new UK Regulatory Operational Resilience Requirements coming into force on March 31, 2022. The new requirements are being ushered in by the Bank of England,…
MCO Acquires Governor Software, Adds Founder Pike to Payroll
MyComplianceOffice (MCO) has acquired Governor Software, adding the company’s visual mapping of global regulations to its lineup of regulatory data collection and work flow capabilities. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed, but it’s understood that Governor was for sale for some time after a planned funding round never materialised due to the global Covid pandemic….
Recorded Webinar: Adverse media screening – how to cut exposure to criminal activity, from money laundering to human trafficking
Screening for adverse media coverage of counterparties presents an incredible opportunity for financial institutions to limit risk exposures and identify bad actors early. It is required by regulations such as the EU’s sixth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (AML 6), and is one of the most effective ways to steer clear of potential connections with sanctioned activity…
Next-Generation Network and Vendor Management: mitigating operational risk in relationship networks
The complex network of relationships that financial institutions have built with multiple partners has created a huge operational burden, resulting in significant operational risk as well as financial and compliance risk. Dating back decades, many of these relationships are now managed as a separate business function, costing organisations millions of dollars. Add in regulatory obligations,…
SIX Fintech Ventures Leads $8 Million Funding for Crypto RegTech Coinfirm
SIX Fintech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Swiss exchange operator and data vendor SIX, has co-led an $8 million Series A funding round for Coinfirm, which operates a blockchain-based AML Platform for crypto assets designed to protect against ransomware hacks, human trafficking, sanctions evasion and terrorist financing by risk scoring entities, addresses and transactions. As part of the…