New SAS® stress test technology preps banks for regulatory “exams” and “pop quizzes”
October 28, 2015 - Financial institutions must balance the rigours of prepping for "major exams" – such as the scheduled stress tests overseen by the US Federal Reserve, European Banking Authority and Bank of England – with readiness for a "pop quiz" – meaning any ad-hoc risk scenario regulators, the market or executive management may raise. Financial institutions that want to be fully prepared for all scenarios can turn to the new SAS® Stress Testing solution suite.
GFT Partners With Enterprise Data Management Council to Help Firms Adopt Data Management Best Practices
October 21, 2015 - Today, GFT, the leading business, design and technology consultancy working with the top 10 global investment banks, announces their partnership with the Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Council to support firms in the adoption of best practices for data management. Part of the service is the offer of a health check for banks to assess their data quality best practice.
Poor quality data impairing bank regulatory reporting capabilities
October 14, 2015 - Regulatory reporting requirements in the financial services industry are proliferating.
SWIFT eases data industry challenges with new analytics tool
October 13, 2015 - New service provides customers with a deeper analysis of their payments and trade finance traffic over SWIFT.
Blancco Technology Group and Kroll Ontrack Study Finds Lingering Data After Used Electronics Are Resold Online
October 7, 2015 - 57 Percent of Used Mobile Devices and 75 Percent of Used Drives Purchased from Amazon, eBay and Gazelle Have Unsuccessful Deletion Attempts Previously Made.
Big banks team on reference data utility
October 6, 2015 - Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase and Morgan Stanley are teaming with SmartStream to create a new reference data utility, providing validation across all asset classes while sharing operations and technology costs.
Datactics launches DQ Metrics to help achieve regulatory data compliance
October 1, 2015 - Datactics Ltd, a market leader in data quality and matching software, today announces the launch of DQ Metrics, a powerful data monitoring and measurement application that offers financial institutions the ability to measure their data compliance against evolving regulations and industry standards.
Survey Reveals Urgency of Data Governance Projects Among Financial Services Firms
September 22, 2015 - New research from Eagle Investment Systems and WatersTechnology benchmarks progress in implementing formal data governance policies across financial services and offers best practices in successfully moving these initiatives forward.
