Philippines brings in new rules on crypto assets
Another regulator gets tough on this rather special sector.
Regulation
Maldives Monetary Authority calls for payment project tenders
Revamp on the way as MMA issues a request for information.
Regulators officially launch Global Financial Innovation Network
Development builds on FCA’s proposal to create a global sandbox.
Is 2019 the year Open Banking comes to life?
What providers can do to ensure its success.
No lonely planet for open banking in OBIE’s latest guide
Open Banking Implementation Entity is an ecosystem warrior.
MiFID II’s unbundling mandate puts data front and centre for traders
A year on, MiFID II is changing the way buy-side firms acquire and produce investment research.
Licence lust lets Lithuania’s fintech sector soar
Sector expanded by 45% in 2018 as Google and Revolut were awarded licences.
Judgement day arrives for payments in India
Nation gets ombudsman to help with users’ complaints.
Nixon knocks PSR job on the head
MD to leave the UK’s Payment Systems Regulator in April.
Video: Banking Technology Awards 2018 highlights
Check out the highlights of our glamorous event which took place on 13 December 2018 in London.
Broadridge partially acquires PivotData and Sol Hedge regtech
Fintech provider is expanding its regulatory capabilities.
WorldFirst closes US operations to save Ant Financial deal
UK currency exchange doesn’t want the acquisition derailed by regulators.
Industry brief: FRTB and XVA – Addressing real-time regulatory and business needs with in-memory computing
Fintech companies have already adopted GridGain in-memory computing. Find out why!
Banking Technology February 2019 issue out now
Superstructures: fintech reaches new heights.
Portuguese Banco CTT gets AML tech from Fiserv
One of the nation’s newest banks will use AML Risk Manager.
China plots Nasdaq-style tech board
China Securities Regulatory Commission outlines its ideas.
New York regulator fines Standard Chartered $40m for forex rigging
Old gits, a den of thieves and the usual suspects.
Saudi Arabia and UAE unite for digital currency dream
Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority and UAE’s central bank unveil Aber project.
Singapore regulator warns of national cryptocurrency scam
Websites falsely claim that Singapore is adopting a cryptocurrency as its official coin.
Credorax turns to Temenos’ T24 Transact for payments push
Running on the Azure cloud.
Personal finance app Fintify gets FCA approval
Can now operate as a registered account information service provider.
Revolut meets its perfect ClauseMatch
The fintech is upping its regulatory game.
Revolut locks in on banking and trading licences
CEO unveils his cunning plan to build a global licensing team.
ACI Worldwide to power Hungarian real-time payments
For a total of 17 banks so far.
Video: fintech news weekly round-up – 28 January 2019
Featuring LatAm, ING, Alipay and Square.
Lendtech Pepper Money looks for UK banking licence
Its ambitions are nothing to be sneezed at.
Age of Konsentus for Mastercard’s open banking
Firm selected by paytech titan to deliver TPP identity and regulatory checking solutions.
UK payments regulator back with card-acquiring services review
PSR sets the final terms of reference for the final stage.
Atom crypto exchange readies for Hong Kong launch
AAX will be powered by tech from London Stock Exchange Group.
Growth Street gets £7.5m funding to grow lendtech business
Round led by Merian Chrysalis Investment.
FCA answers calls for cryptoasset clarity
UK’s Financial Conduct Authority goes consulting again.
Lloyds to cut costs with Thought Machine platform move
Bank wants to transfer data to new core system – and job cuts also loom large.
Bankart to go live with Nets instant payments in Slovenia
It’s late but they now have got final approval from the Slovenian Central Bank.
EC fines Mastercard €570m for anti-competitive antics
Commission says firm obstructed merchants’ access to cross-border card payment services.
BlueCove signs up for Patronas compliance tech
The asset management firm is installing the OPUS system.
Volt first Aussie challenger to get full banking licence
The digital start-up will focus on smartphones.
Dutch regulators call for crypto licensing system
AFM and De Nederlandsche Bank have regularly warned against cryptos and ICOs.
China bosses blockchain and AI patents
Research by UHY reveals that Chinese companies filed 32% of all global blockchain patents in 2017.
Alipay gets European payments licence
Follows on from Google’s licence earlier this month.
AWS releases data back-up services
To help meet compliance requirements and automate processes.
