Blockchain and RegTech are two of the hottest topics in Financial Services right now. Each of it is by itself already intriguing but applying blockchain technology to improve regulatory technology makes it even more interesting. Some of the use cases are obvious (AML, KYC, Fraud), while others need a little more explanation. Let’s have a …
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final Guidelines on the assessment of the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) risk in the context of the Supervisory Review and Evaluation Process (SREP). These Guidelines are addressed to competent authorities and aim at promoting common procedures and methodologies for the assessment of ICT risk. The growing …
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Bitcoin continues to create all-time highs on daily basis and the underlying technology, Blockchain, is seen by many as the silver bullet for many of the world’s problems, from financial services to insurance to personal identification to the health industry to digital elections and so on. With all the hype that surrounds it, the rise …
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The European Banking Authority (EBA) launched today a consultation on its draft Guidelines on security measures for operational and security risks under the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2). The Guidelines have been developed in close cooperation with the European Central Bank (ECB), and are in support of the objectives of PSD2, such as strengthening the …
The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today its final draft Technical Standards setting out the standardised terminology for services linked to a payment account, and the standardised formats and common symbol of the fee information document (FID) and the Statement of Fees (SoF). These Technical Standards contribute to enhancing comparability of fees, through standardised terminology …
A term you regularly come across when you read about financial markets is quant trading. It all sounds a bit mysterious as people most of the time can’t really explain what it means and the fact that it usually involves people that have a far better understanding of higher mathematics than the rest of us …
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Initial Coin Offerings or ICOs have quickly become a powerful fundraising tool that is both more inclusive that traditional financing models and at the same time disruptive and complementary to them. For Blockchain startups it is a logical alternative and it has been embraced by several initiatives over the last couple of months. We look …
The numbers alone are overwhelming: More than 2 billion people don’t have access to banking across the world. Over three billion people – that is almost half the world – live on less than $2.50 a day and at least 80% of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. And to make matters worse, …
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Banks are faced with the problem how to deal with communications in the digital age. Gone are the days they only had to monitor e-mails and tap their phones. Chats aren’t limited to Bloomberg anymore, instead many new channels can be used to communicate with peers and clients nor do their employees want to be …
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The Joint Committee of the European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA – ESAs) has published its spring 2017 Report on risks and vulnerabilities in the European Union’s financial system. The Report highlights the risks to the stability of the European financial sector in an environment subject to political and economic uncertainties. In particular, the …
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