By PlanetCompliance, January 17, 2019 [The Business Spotlight , Thought Leadership] What can you tell us about your company and your products & services? GRADA provides automated solution for entities who wish to collect, verify, authenticate, rate and monitor’ primarily for financial institution who require AML/CFT …

By PlanetCompliance, January 10, 2019 [At the Regulators , Compliance , EBA , News from the EU] The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today a report on the costs and performance of structured deposits in the European Union (EU). The report is a response to a request the EBA had received from …

By PlanetCompliance, January 10, 2019 [Alternative Finance , Alternative Finance insights , Blockchain , Blockchain & Smart Contracts Insights , Compliance , Cryptocurrencies , European Union , Insights , MLRO , Senior Management] Yesterday brought the publication of two reports by two of the three European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs), ESMA and EBA on the matter of crypto regulation. ESMA provided Advice on Initial Coin Offerings and Crypto-Assets, while …

By PlanetCompliance, January 9, 2019 [At the Regulators , Blockchain , EBA , European Union , MLRO , News from the EU] The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today the results of its assessment of the applicability and suitability of EU law to crypto-assets. Typically, crypto-asset activities do not constitute regulated services within the scope of EU …

By PlanetCompliance, January 9, 2019 [At the Regulators , Compliance , EBA , EIOPA , ESMA , European Union , IT , News from the EU] The European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) published today a joint report on innovation facilitators (regulatory sandboxes and innovation hubs). The report sets out a comparative analysis of the innovation facilitators established to date within the EU. The ESAs …

By PlanetCompliance, January 9, 2019 [At the Regulators , Blockchain , Compliance , Cryptocurrencies , ESMA , European Union , MLRO , News from the EU] The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) today publishes its Advice to the European Union (EU) Institutions – Commission, Council and Parliament – on initial coin offerings and crypto-assets. The Advice clarifies the existing EU rules applicable …

By PlanetCompliance, January 8, 2019 [Compliance , IT , Lists , RegTech directory] Welcome to the RegTech Top 100! Regulatory Technology has made remarkable strides over the last few years. RegTech firms have changed the way we deal with laws and regulations using innovative technology like Artificial Intelligence, …

By PlanetCompliance, January 2, 2019 [Alternative Finance , Blockchain , Crowdfunding , Cryptocurrencies , Microfinance , Social Lending] The FinTech revolution continues to transform the financial industry and related services. Start-ups and incumbents are in a fierce battle for customers. To put it in numbers, in the first half of last year alone, …

By PlanetCompliance, December 27, 2018 [Uncategorized] Influencer list are ten a penny and while the idea behind it – recognising the most influential people in a sector and to find a lead in the noise that is the Internet – is …

By PlanetCompliance, December 21, 2018 [IT , Legal , LegalTech Insights , Senior Management] LegalTech (or LawTech) is transforming the legal industry and introduces technology to various aspects of the daily lives of lawyers. The legal market has generated more than $250 billion in revenue in the US alone. …

By PlanetCompliance, December 18, 2018 [Compliance , Senior Management , The Business Spotlight] 1. What can you tell us about your company and your products & services? Alyne enables highly scalable risk and compliance processes through a library of structured controls and risk information, which is linked to …

By PlanetCompliance, December 12, 2018 [Alternative Finance , Alternative Finance insights , Blockchain , Blockchain & Smart Contracts Insights , Compliance , Cryptocurrencies , Insights , Senior Management] FinTech has been developing at an incredible pace over the last years and often regulators couldn’t keep up. As, for example, the growing number of enforcement actions in the cryptocurrency space show, there is no …

By PlanetCompliance, December 5, 2018 [Compliance , MLRO , RegTech directory , Risk Management , Senior Management] An overview of the Top RegTech Events in 2019 It’s been another great year for RegTech and we at PlanetCompliance had the pleasure of being at several top-notch conferences and events. With the New Year …