November 20, 2015 - San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera is suing American Express Company (NYSE: AXP) in a statewide consumer protection action over anti-competitive and illegal merchant restraints alleged to be "responsible for billions of dollars in excessive and improper costs" borne directly by retailers and, indirectly, by all California consumers.

November 20, 2015 - The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) announced today that it has fined Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. $1.4 million for violating Regulation SHO, FINRA's short interest reporting rule and for related supervisory failures.

November 18, 2015 - Regulatory issues are set to be the biggest hurdles facing financial technology firms over the next year, according to a survey of fintech founders and investors.

November 18, 2015 - Barclays has been slapped with a $150 million fine by New York state's financial regulator and told to fire an employee over an automated system used to reject unprofitable client orders on its electronic foreign exchange trading platform.

November 18, 2015 - The Canadian Payments Association estimates that the cost benefits to businesses of a move to the ISO20022 standard could be as high as $4.5 billion over five years simply from the elimination of cheques.

November 18, 2015 - Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership, and industry solutions, today announced that it has partnered with MetricStream, the market leader in Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Management Apps, to deliver GRC Solutions across multiple verticals such as Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Telecom, Media, Retail, Manufacturing and Energy.

November 11, 2015 - In response to the growing regulatory, risk and compliance burden that is being placed on financial institutions, global capital markets specialist, Hatstand announces the launch of its MiFID II Advisory Service and Control Risk Assessment (CRA).