UK watchdog investigating Nasdaq’s $190m bid for Cinnober
Competition and Markets Authority checking things out.
Regulation
Asseco SEE joins NISP to facilitate PSD2 projects
The NextGenPSD2 Implementation Support Programme (NISP) now has over 20 member organisations.
The PSD2 compliance clock is ticking, but help is at hand
For those banks struggling with the complexities of PSD2 help is at hand.
Move beyond the electronic payment: how well do you know E-Sign?
E-Sign can save you the cost of many hundreds of thousands of first-class mail stamps.
PSR pushes for payee confirmation paradise
UK’s Payment Systems Regulator wants your views for a fair CoP.
Top fintech stories this week – 23 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange first in world to acquire full licence
Granted by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC).
FCA’s crypto force looking into limiting exchange tokens
It used the word “prohibition”!
BBVA and Santander join launch of EU blockchain platform
Get ready for the International Association for Trusted Blockchain Applications.
Fenbushi’s Dispatch-ed for blockchain building in Asia
San Francisco-based Dispatch offers DLT app creation.
No fun for Yes Bank over forced CEO exit
Three board members resign in India.
CreditLadder receives FCA approval for payments
As well as approval for account information services.
Oz banking royal commission not a mellow brick road
We reach day 62 and it’s been downbeat for the big four banks Down Under.
Deutsche Bank shares plummet over Danske money laundering mess
The bank’s shares have fallen 48% this year.
Finca Impact Finance picks Finastra for IFRS9 needs
Takes no risks in regulatory compliance with Fusion Risk.
FCA moves to cloud with Sopra Steria
A long-standing collaboration just got cloud-ier.
US regulator plays hardball over ICO securities
Yo fintech! Don’t mess with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Poland’s at the Heart of fintech sandbox action
Polish Financial Supervision Authority joins the sandbox craze.
New legislation puts motor insurers in the driver’s seat of autonomous cars
The next few years will be transformative for the motor insurance industry.
Singapore regulator makes payments top Bill-ing
Monetary Authority of Singapore finalises its Payment Services Bill.
US Faster Payments Council alive and kicking
FPC plans pacey paytech for all.
Top fintech stories this week – 16 November 2018
Catch up on FinTech Futures’ top five fintech stories of the week – all in one place!
The emerging landscape of fintech regulation
Just passing laws will not work to control fintech. Regulators will have to be much more pro-active.
UK’s Brexit deal gets some fintech love
Conservative MPs may be resigning, but some in fintech seem happier.
Canada, UK and Singapore prep for blockchain-powered payments
Central banks and regulator reveal heightened interest and assesses alternative models.
Swiss watchdog investigates Credit Suisse and UBS over Apple payments boycott
Alleged boycott of Apple Pay and Samsung Pay in favour of TWINT.
Sandbox Express steams into Singapore’s fintech station
Monetary Authority of Singapore quickly thinks up pre-defined sandbox concept.
UK challenger CivilisedBank tries again for banking licence
Bank gets more funding for this attempt.
Pay.UK seeks better data for New Payments Architecture
Calling for fintech to contribute to its “Enhanced Data” project.
Arizona’s regulatory sandbox programme puts US on competitive fintech ground
Offering a competitive operating cost environment and one of the easiest to navigate for regulations.
A question of compatibility: blockchain and the GDPR
Is the relationship – or lack of one – between GDPR and blockchain something of concern?
Bank of England calls for payments messaging panel applicants
The panel will input into the implementation of ISO 20022.
What a meanie! £20m compensation promise broken by UK lender Cash Genie
The failed firm fails again.
Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Singapore’s AI fairest of them all?
Regulator wants fairness, ethics, accountability and transparency.
South African Reserve Bank fines HSBC $1m for AML fails
There were “certain weaknesses” in its detection of money laundering.
Bank of England tests financial sector’s cyber strength
Readying for resilience in a risky world.
UBS ferociously fights DoJ fraud claims
Swiss bank says the claims aren’t supported by law.
EC gets cross with Malta over AML supervision
Don’t forget the fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive.
Openbank picks AxiomSL for regtech reporting
Includes central bank, trade and transaction reporting.
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