European lawmakers agree revised Payments Services Directive
May 5, 2015 - European lawmakers have reached an informal agreement on a revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) designed to boost competition and innovation while improving consumer protections.
SAS rolls out model-governance technology
April 27, 2015 - Banks continue to juggle growing demands to aggregate and analyze risks, stress test overall balance sheets, and assess the capital adequacy and variety of performance and regulatory measures.
BNY Mellon fined £126 million for FCA over Cass compliance failings
April 15, 2015 - BNY Mellon (NYSE: BK) today issued the following statement regarding the findings of a U.K. Financial Conduct Authority ("FCA") investigation into compliance with relevant FCA Principles and U.K. Client Asset Sourcebook ("CASS") rules during the period from November 2007 to August 2013:
FCA fines Clydesdale £20 million for PPI complaints mishandling
April 14, 2015 - The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has today fined Clydesdale Bank Plc (Clydesdale) £20,678,300 for serious failings in its Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complaint handling processes between May 2011 and July 2013.
Bank for International Settlements cast as digital currency regulator
April 7, 2015 - Regulatory intervention in the digital currency marketplace would need to be co-ordinated by an international body such as the Basle-based Bank for International Settlements, according to the Reserve Bank of Australia.
Corporate banks must adapt in wake of disruptors - BCG report
March 23, 2015 - Corporate banks, a majority of which are plagued by declining economic profit, must take bold steps to adapt their business models or potentially suffer prolonged, painful periods of underperformance, according to a new report by The Boston Consulting Group (BCG).
Regulation is a top priority for investment management community - Swift research
March 17, 2015 - New independent research commissioned by SWIFT reveals that regulation, automation and financial crime compliance initiatives are top priorities for the investment management community in 2015.
ISACA Issues 9 Action Items to Improve IT Governance
March 16, 2015 - Global IT association ISACA has issued nine key action items to help companies reduce costs, improve communication and operate more efficiently by improving the governance over their information and technology. In a new free guide titled “Getting Started With Governance of Enterprise IT (GEIT),” ISACA recommends a three-phased plan:
