November 27, 2012 - SWIFT, the financial messaging provider for more than 10,000 banking organisations, securities institutions and corporate customers in 212 countries and territories, has released a white paper on the operational challenge of sanctions compliance.
November 26, 2012 - The European Banking Federation (EBF) is lobbying the European Commission to postpone the introduction of the Basel III global bank capital adequacy regime by a year to 2014, after US regulators earlier delayed application of the new requirements.
November 23, 2012 - The UK Government-sponsored Technology Strategy Board has earmarked £1.5 million in funding for new projects aimed at stimulating mobile commerce and countering the threat of theft and fraud.
November 21, 2012 - The new regulatory regime in the UK's banking industry is potentially more complicated than the previous structure, an expert believes.
November 15, 2012 - Over the past year, the Securities and Exchange Commission received more than 3,000 whistleblower tips from all 50 states and from 49 countries, according to the agency's 2012 Annual Report on the Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program released today.
November 6, 2012 - Worldwide banking reforms are unlikely to be completed on time, a new report has indicated. The Basel III regulations have been designed in order to prevent any repeat of the recent financial crisis whereby many lenders required state-funded bailouts by compelling companies to boost their reserve capital ratios.
November 6, 2012 - The ever-increasing investment and growing reliance on IT at banks and other large companies around the world is not being reflected in a thorough enough IT audit to check that systems are being optimised, says a new survey from consulting firm Protiviti which questioned 300 firms.
November 5, 2012 - Compliance and risk regulations will be the main drivers of technology spending in 2013, says Ovum in its assessment of the '2013 Trends to Watch in Financial Markets Technology'.
