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Brexit, Passporting for Financial Firms and what all the fuss is about

When talking about Brexit, the UK’s decision to leave the European Union in a way and at a point in time yet to be determined, one of the key discussion points is that financial firms fear to loose their passporting rights. As with many Brexit discussions before and after the vote, there always seems to …

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US Regulator shifts focus to FinTech, issues Responsible Innovation Framework

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) today announced it will establish an office dedicated to responsible innovation and implement a formal framework to improve the agency’s ability to identify, understand, and respond to financial innovation affecting the federal banking system. “The OCC supports responsible innovation that enhances the safety and soundness of …

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Canadian Regulator launches FinTech sandbox

The Ontario Securities Commission today unveiled OSC LaunchPad, the first dedicated team by a securities regulator in Canada to help fintech businesses navigate securities law requirements and accelerate time-to-market. OSC LaunchPad will provide direct support to eligible new and early-stage fintech businesses that provide innovative services, products and applications of benefit to investors. The support …

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Blockchain in Financial Services – Compliance and Regulatory Challenges

The common consensus seems to be that it is not a question of if but rather when Blockchain technology will become mainstream in Financial Services. The industry appears to be caught in a race to develop solutions based on distributed ledger technology that could make business faster, safer and cheaper. A recent report by the …

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The disruption of Wealth Management or what are Robo-Advisors?

It must be tough to be in wealth management these days: first, the fund industry came under a lot of pressure from Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF) that are significantly cheaper than traditional investment funds who in turn often struggled to even generate better returns for the extra charge than the ETF’s that simply track an index. …

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