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.

September 24, 2014 - The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Barclays Capital Inc. with failing to maintain an adequate internal compliance system to ensure the firm did not run afoul of any federal securities laws after its wealth management business in the U.S. acquired the advisory business of Lehman Brothers in September 2008.

September 23, 2014 - The British Banking Association is working with BAE Systems Applied Intelligence to develop a financial crime alert system that will see 12 government and law enforcement agencies warn banks of the latest threats to their integrity.