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Hugo Chamberlain

The Evolution of KYC to KYX: Understanding Your Counterparties

In the realm of financial services and beyond, ‘Know Your Customer’ (KYC) has long been a foundational principle. Initially implemented as a means of combating money laundering, terrorist financing, a...

24 Jan 2024
RegTech
Saloni Ramakrishna

COP commitments, Climate finance and Climate Risk – A Connected Continuum

The recently concluded COP 28 has, once again, flood lighted the need for focused and positive action to facilitate movement towards a low carbon ecosystem and therefore a sustainable future for all. ...

22 Jan 2024
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Francesco Fulcoli

EU Agrees on Stricter Anti-Money Laundering Rules

Francesco Fulcoli - Chief Compliance Officer The Council of the European Union and the European Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on reforms to strengthen the EU's anti-money laundering ...

19 Jan 2024
Fintech
Fatemeh Nikayin

The Next Phase for LLMs for RegTech and Payments

The integration of large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4 in regulatory technology (RegTech) and payment systems marks a new era in the financial sector. With their advanced language processing capab...

17 Jan 2024
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
James Whybrow

One year to go on DORA! Why financial services should get ready now

It’s one year down and one to go for European financial organisations to get their houses in order. These institutions will have until January 2025 to ensure their compliance with the Digital Operatio...

17 Jan 2024
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Anusha Sivaramakrishnan

AI regulations – a global round up

Artificial Intelligence is advancing at an exponential rate and rapidly changing the world around us in all sectors. Being cognizant of the risks associated, the countries around the world have starte...

17 Jan 2024
Capital Markets Technology
Shahzaib Muhammad Feroz

Predicting the Unpredictable: AI Models Identify Unusual Trade Patterns Before They Happen

In the ever-evolving landscape of global trade, Artificial Intelligence (AI) models emerge as prescient fortune-tellers, predicting the unpredictable by identifying unusual trade patterns before they ...

12 Jan 2024
RegTech
Boris Bialek

Transforming Financial Institutions for Quicker Settlement Cycles

On the 28th of May, 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the United States will implement a pivotal change in the securities trading sector: moving to a T+1 settlement cycle. Thi...

11 Jan 2024
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Ken Wan

Harnessing the Power of Monetary Oversight to Tackle Sophisticated Financial Fraud

Thank you to technological advances, it is becoming increasingly convenient for consumers to carry out online transactions, such as online purchases and money transfers by clicking on a link or using ...

11 Jan 2024
Banking
Steve Marshall

AML in 2024: Geopolitics, Regulation, and Data

Increasing geopolitical instability, regulatory developments, and technological advances are set to contribute to a rapidly changing anti-money laundering (AML) landscape in 2024. Here, we look at eac...

10 Jan 2024
RegTech
Ravishankar Poonjolai

Alternative Investments for Retail Investors – Current Status

Alternative investments such as private equity, private debt, and real estate are long term in nature with higher fund management charges and a complex structure. So, they are more suitable for instit...

10 Jan 2024
Alternative Investments
Aviel Erdis

Will catching APP fraud be enough for banks?

A thought on the PSR’s recent statement on APP reimbursement policy: Under the Consumer Standard of Caution, “consumers should have regard to interventions made by their sending PSP […] those interve...

09 Jan 2024
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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