ICA launches ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk & Compliance in Greece
January 28, 2016 - The ICA International Diploma in Governance, Risk & Compliance is being offered for the first time in Greece in April 2016 in partnership with StudySmart. ICA qualifications are the pre-eminent qualifications for people working in compliance and money laundering prevention all over the world and can now be studied in Athens.
Wendy's investigates possible card data breach
January 27, 2016 - American fast food chain Wendy's is investigating possible fraudulent charges to cards used at some of its restaurants.
Bank of England to develop blueprint for overhaul of UK payments system
January 27, 2016 - The Bank of England is developing a blueprint to modernise the UK's 20-year old real-time gross settlement system to deal with changing payment habits and the emergence of distributed ledger technology.
Mobile payments fuelling data security fears
January 26, 2016 - A global study of 3700 IT security practitioners conducted by the Ponemon Institute shows increasing risks to payment data and a lack of confidence in securing mobile transactions.
MPs round on banks following IT failures
January 25, 2016 - Following a string of high profile technical blackouts, Britain's biggest banks have been urged by the UK's influential Treasury Select Committee to invest more resources to improve their technology infrastructure and to appoint board directors with knowledge of IT.
Global study shows increasing security risks to payment data and lack of confidence in securing mobile payment methods
January 25, 2016 - 54% of surveyed IT professionals said their companies had a data breach involving payment data an average of four times in past two years.
Regulatory overhaul needed to make the Netherlands a fintech hub - report
January 22, 2016 - The Netherlands has the potential to become a fintech hub, but only if the country's regulatory framework is overhauled and banks, startups and government improve cooperation, according to a new report.
Asia-Pacific financial institutions unprepared for FATCA and GATCA compliance
January 21, 2016 - Financial institutions across Asia-Pacific are behind the curve when it comes to being prepared for evolving global tax reporting regulations. That's according to a recent survey by Wolters Kluwer Financial Services and the GRC Institute, which indicates that more than 90% of financial institutions in the region have not started implementing Global Account Tax Compliance Act (GATCA). These firms have no dedicated teams in place and close to 60% have not yet started discussing their strategy internally.
