April 22, 2015 - CounterpartyLink (CPL), an independent provider of evidence-based legal entity intelligence for buy- and sell-side institutions and law enforcement agencies, today announced it has been named Best Compliance Product in the Sell Side Technology Awards 2015. The awards are to recognise the leading institutions, teams, products, services and third-party vendors in their area of expertise through an auditable and transparent methodology, and underpinned by the input and experience of eight judges.
April 21, 2015 - RFA, the trusted technology partner to investment management clients for more than two decades, today announced that it has released a data governance solution as a service for the alternative asset sector. The data governance service extends the full functionality previously only offered by enterprise level data governance services to the alternative asset industry at a significantly lower price point.
April 21, 2015 - With businesses facing increasing pressure from customers, regulators and auditors to demonstrate better compliance, manage operational risk and provide assurance, Acuity has announced a new release of its popular STREAM Integrated Risk Manager software. STREAM Version 4 provides users with a more configurable, scalable and easier-to-use approach to Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) and delivers improved visibility and control over business risks.
April 21, 2015 - Financial messaging network Swift has introduced an automated data look-up service that identifies and validates payments reference data in real-time, reducing the time spent by bank back offices in correcting errors resulting from manual repairs and investigations.
April 17, 2015 - IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and MasterCard today signed an agreement to establish a risk-sharing facility, which is expected to provide millions of people in emerging markets access to electronic payments, a crucial next step in their ongoing collaboration to increase universal financial access by 2020.
April 17, 2015 - In 2014, ACH volume grew to almost 23 billion electronic payments[1], an increase of almost 5 percent, or 1 billion transactions, over 2013 volume, according to new statistics released today by NACHA — The Electronic Payments Association®.
April 16, 2015 - HSBC in the US has begun notifying an undisclosed number of customers that their mortgage account data may have been inadvertently published on the Internet.
April 16, 2015 - Today, the PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published PCI Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Version 3.1 and supporting guidance.
