September 30, 2014 - Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:BR), the leading provider of investor communications, technology-driven solutions and data and analytics, today announced the findings of a global survey of more than 400 executives assessing recent operational changes among financial institutions. The survey, sponsored by Broadridge and conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit, found a majority of institutions (77 percent) are altering their business models as a result of recent changes in regulation and market structure; this has also elevated the status of chief operating officers (COO) within the C-suite.
September 30, 2014 - Financial services firms will be able to use '.bank' domains from next year after a collection of industry organisations struck a deal with Icann.
September 29, 2014 - Some 324 restaurants across the United States have had card data swiped following a breach at POS manufacturer Signature Systems.
September 29, 2014 - Swift will give free access to its new KYC Registry throughout 2015 to banks that contribute their own data to the service.
September 29, 2014 - MSCI Inc. (MSCI), a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, announced today that following a rigorous selection process RBS (Luxembourg) S.A ("RBSL"), has chosen MSCI as its vendor for regulatory risk reporting.
September 25, 2014 - The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston is to set up a working group to tackle the interoperability and technology challenges of using digital account tokens to replace card numbers for online and mobile purchasing.
September 25, 2014 - The US Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) and the Depository Trust and Clearing Company (DTCC) have developed a centalised utility for financial firms to post and share information related to cyber-attacks and security threats.
September 24, 2014 - SIX Exchange Regulation, which is charged by SIX Swiss Exchange Ltd with the monitoring and enforcement of issuer obligations, has by means of a sanction notice imposed a fine of CHF 10'000 on Credit Suisse Funds AG, Zurich, for breaching the rules governing the regular reporting obligations. In January 2014, Credit Suisse Funds AG sent a notification regarding a distribution relating to certain Exchange Traded Funds (ETFS) too late.
