Banking Tech Awards 2020 Winners Supplement out now
Showcasing the most impactful and innovative projects, products, services and people in fintech in 2020.
RegTech
Lombard Odier picks NetGuardians for AI-based risk tech
Swiss private bank wants “cutting edge” fraud prevention.
Regtech insights from Accuity
Featuring Dalbir Sahota, VP Bankers Almanac KYC at Accuity.
Banking Technology February 2021 issue out now
The roaring 20s.
Webinar: How to stop massive mobile banking fraud with app security and risk-based authentication
Approaches to eliminate the impact of fraud threats and strategies to protect mobile device users.
Ant plans for IPO as it reaches restructure deal with regulators
Ant has until November 2021 to register a new financial holding.
Cashplus lands full banking licence after 15 years as an EMI
The ability to lend on its deposits pits Cashplus directly against Starling.
Why the financial industry needs Redis Enterprise
Use cases in risk modelling, apps for banking and brokerage, and solutions for buy-side institutions.
SimCorp SFTR solution goes live at Denmark’s ATP
Danish pensions fund goes live in time for the third phase of SFTR.
Three new security strategies for financial services
Continuous compliance remains a challenge because many organisations lack contextual data.
Biden reshuffles US financial regulators to reign in corporates
Consumer protection fines against financial corporates have declined under Trump.
Ant sets up working group to overcome Chinese regulatory requirements
Companies like Ant have until November 2021 to register a new financial holding.
Capital One’s “wilful” AML failures land the bank a $290m penalty
Some $16 billion in reportable transactions passed through the bank’s platform.
Fintech funding deals globally 11-17 January 2021
Featuring Checkout.com, MX, Blend, Creditas, and Enfusion.
Saudi Arabia’s central bank plans open banking go-live for 2022
SAMA has already “collected the local financial market participants’ feedback”.
New Zealand’s central bank victim of Accellion’s cyberattack
New Zealand Stock Exchange was also the victim of a cyberattack in August.
Tackling mobile fraud in 2021
Mobile numbers and associated SIM information have become even higher prized targets for fraudsters.
UK Treasury calls for input on planned regulation of cryptoassets and stablecoins
UK’s finance ministry says “the landscape has changed” in a short time.
Mizuho Americas deploys Fenergo tech for automated client onboarding
Mizuho plans a global rollout of Fenergo systems afterwards.
HSBC signs multi-year AML partnership with Polish fintech Silent Eight
The bank’s global compliance division will deploy the Silent Eight’s resolution alert system.
Calls for change to LSE in bid to attract more multinational tech firms
The UK’s Investment Association (IA) is asking for the LSE to undergo a “rebranding”.
China’s central bank issues Ant Group ultimatum after blocked IPO
The Peoples’ Bank of China wants Ant to overhaul its business or face the consequences.
Jamaican central bank plans electronic payments regulation revamp
Jamaicans sent $4 billion in electronic payments in 2019.
2020 has been the year of change, including EMTs
European MiFID Template (EMT) 1.0 is moving to EMT 3.0.
Banks and bad actors: the race to digitally adapt
Financial services are far from reaching a “new normal”.
2020 review: Top five cyberattacks this year
Cybercriminals haven’t stopped their activities in 2020.
US state regulator says Robinhood is “aggressively marketing” to novices
The regulator calls out Robinhood’s approach of “gamifying” trading.
Swift calls for collaboration to help build the future of global transactions
Swift’s ambitious new strategy to reinvent global financial transactions.
Aussie neobank Xinja crumbles under unfeasible interest rates
The neobank landed a full banking licence last year.
Banking Tech Awards 2020 winners unveiled!
Watch Tom Ward perform his stand-up and unveil the winning projects, companies and people of Banking Tech Awards 2020.
Banking Technology December 2020 / January 2021 issue out now
Ready to take 2021 by the horns.
Mastercard faces UK’s largest ever £14bn class action lawsuit
“Businesses and consumers simply cannot afford to continue paying sky-high rates.”
Former ING CEO Ralph Hamers faces probe over historic AML failures
Hamers moved to Zurich in September to become CEO of UBS.
UK CBDC researcher: We should be further along than we are
A UK CBDC won’t happen anytime soon if the Bank of England takes an iterative approach.
The Fintech Review: 2020
We cover embedded finance, competition, open banking, and CBDCs.
Fear of enforcement uptick just compliance theatre, says AML panel
“Compliance doesn’t solve financial crime,” says Fenergo’s Rachel Woolley.
Don’t turn a blind eye to spreadsheet vulnerabilities
Introducing PrizmDoc Cells, a secure solution in an intuitive, Excel-like web interface.
Regulation 2.0: the AI tech revolution is here and now
How do we reimagine the regulatory framework?
E-book: Migration to cloud – your guide to delivering an intuitive customer experience
Learn how to transform the entire organisation with the migration to the cloud.
Singapore issues digital bank licences to Grab, Ant & Sea
The regulator has issued four licences, rather than five.
