Author Archives: PlanetCompliance

By PlanetCompliance, March 22, 2019 [The Business Spotlight] What can you tell us about your company and your products & services? Driven by our belief in the value that data holds, our mission is to make data privacy simple by abstracting the complexity …

By PlanetCompliance, March 19, 2019 [Alternative Finance insights , At the Regulators , BaFIN (Germany) , Compliance , Germany , RegTech directory , Risk Management] The German financial regulator BaFin has published the latest edition of its BaFinJournal (in German), its monthly specialist magazine and main news bulletin that consists of expert articles, interviews and reports on key national and …

By PlanetCompliance, March 13, 2019 [Alternative Finance insights , Blockchain , Blockchain & Smart Contracts Insights , Legal , LegalTech Insights , Senior Management] Don’t worry, we’re not going to bore you with some dreadful legal analysis of smart contracts and IoT law. There are plenty of articles available by smart lawyers (no pun intended) on the legal aspects …

By PlanetCompliance, March 11, 2019 [Data Protection&Privacy insights , Insights , IT , Risk Management , Senior Management] Why Cybersecurity needs to be considered a competitive advantage rather than just damage control. The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a nonprofit policy research organization, last year together with McAfee published a report …

By PlanetCompliance, March 6, 2019 [Alternative Finance insights , Angel Investing, Venture Capital and Private Equity insights , Blockchain , Blockchain & Smart Contracts Insights , Compliance , Crowdfunding insights , Cryptocurrencies , Insights] One of the things that got me thinking early in my career in financial services was the realisation that many financial instruments are not registered. Or, as I should better say, their beneficial owner is …

By PlanetCompliance, March 2, 2019 [Alternative Finance insights , Angel Investing, Venture Capital and Private Equity insights , BaFIN (Germany) , Blockchain , Blockchain & Smart Contracts Insights , Cryptocurrencies , Germany , Insights] BaFin has issued another warning against ICOs. What doesn’t seem to be a big deal, is also a testament to the lack of proactivity and symbolises the German difficulties in the FinTech race. Some time …

By PlanetCompliance, February 27, 2019 [Compliance , Insights , IT , RegTech directory , Risk Management , Senior Management , The Business Spotlight] What can you tell us about your company and your products & services? kompany helps financial institutions and corporations turn the burden of regulatory risk and compliance requirements into a competitive advantage by enabling significant …

By PlanetCompliance, February 22, 2019 [Compliance , Insights , Operations , Risk Management , Senior Management , Thought Leadership] Be it the recent surge in cyber-attacks on financial institutions, the technical glitches that lead to flash crashes on trading venues, high numbers of fraudulent behaviour or simply the complexity of todays systems that comes …

By PlanetCompliance, February 18, 2019 [Alternative Finance insights , Angel Investing, Venture Capital and Private Equity insights , Compliance , Insights , Investment Banking , IT , RegTech directory , Senior Management] A word of warning about RegTech Investment analytics Before we dive into a presentation and analysis of investment activity in the RegTech sector, we need to issue a word of warning or two: the numbers …

By PlanetCompliance, February 15, 2019 [Compliance , RegTech directory] Not long now and we will publish the latest edition of the PlanetCompliance RegTech Directory- the most comprehensive guide to the industry! Make sure you’re company is included and learn how you can contribute by …

By PlanetCompliance, February 13, 2019 [Compliance , IT , Senior Management , The Business Spotlight] What can you tell us about your company and your products & services? Founded in 2011, CUBE is an international RegTech firm that captures global financial services regulatory intelligence, and solves the problem of managing …

By PlanetCompliance, February 6, 2019 [Alternative Finance insights , Compliance , Data Protection&Privacy insights , IT , Risk Management , Senior Management] Open Source is one of the key drivers of FinTech innovation, but it comes with a number of risks though and an effective Open Source Software Compliance framework is a must for all companies employing …

By PlanetCompliance, February 1, 2019 [Compliance , IT , MiFID insights , Risk Management , Senior Management] On Thursday, the German financial watchdog BaFin announced that it would conduct another review into compliance o financial institutions with the rules introduced by MiFID II one year ago. In a first review, which was …