FDIC Tools Available to Help Community Banks Manage Regulatory Responsibilities
July 29, 2014 - "Alternatives to Consultants: Meeting Regulatory Expectations with Internal Resources," which appears in the Summer 2014 issue of Supervisory Insights released today, highlights tools and information available from the FDIC to assist community banks in managing their regulatory responsibilities. The article describes how making use of available technical assistance and maintaining a dialogue with FDIC staff to clarify regulatory expectations may help institutions economize on the use of outside consulting services. The article also describes ways that institutions may be able to conduct required independent reviews of key bank functions using internal resources.
SocGen Private Banking selects Wolters Kluwer risk-management and reporting tech
July 28, 2014 - Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced today that one of the largest European financial services groups, Société Générale Private Banking, has selected its Risk Management and Regulatory Reporting solution to help facilitate compliance with the Capital Requirements Directive IV in Belgium.
MidCountry Financial selects MetricStream for risk management and compliance
July 25, 2014 - Leading diversified financial services provider, MidCountry Financial Corp., has selected MetricStream to enhance its risk management and strengthen regulatory compliance across the enterprise.
Vendor risk management is rapidly emerging as a critical component of firms' operational-risk-mitigation activity
July 25, 2014 - A three part report from Aite Group, Vendor Risk Management: Strength in Warning by Denise Valentine, looks at the topic of vendor risk management among commercial banks and the institutional buy-side asset management community. Vendor risk on areas like technology is a serious operational, financial, and reputational risk to the financial institution. Firms are tapping third parties to accomplish a multitude of business goals, particularly as they focus on core competencies to achieve growth and improved profitability.
European Banking Authority (EBA) Reporting - "What's on the horizon?" Lombard Risk online polling results
July 23, 2014 - Event summary and results of live online poll from recent webinar: European Banking Authority (EBA) regulatory reporting "What's on the horizon?"
Rabobank extends agreement with INFORM GmbH for world-wide fraud prevention and risk management solution
July 15, 2014 - INFORM, the leading fraud prevention and risk management software provider, announces Rabobank Group, one of the world's leading financial institutions has signed a full site RiskShield license to conduct transaction monitoring and fraud prevention across its business units and international network.
Rabobank signs for Inform RiskShield
July 15, 2014 - Inform, the leading fraud prevention and risk management software provider, announces Rabobank Group, one of the world's leading financial institutions has signed a full site RiskShield license to conduct transaction monitoring and fraud prevention across its business units and international network.
More spending required by Life Insurers on risk and performance analytics
July 14, 2014 - According to a paper published by Financial Risk Solutions (FRS), a provider of unit-pricing and investment administration software to the life insurance industry, Life Insurers need to spend more money on performance analytics to support the risk management function of their business and meet the oversight requirements of pending Solvency II.
