Data manager Hazelcast gets new cast of customers
New faces include Lloyds, UBS, and National Australia Bank.
Risk Management
AI is a buzzy word, but how can banks put it to work?
What is AI and how can financial services companies leverage it to their advantage?
Baker Hill brings cloud lending thrills to First Bank
North Carolina-based bank will use online loan application solution.
TD launches TD Ready Challenge to open industry to humanitarian initiatives
Canada’s TD bank opens its Ready Challenge to “world-changing” solutions.
PaySend adds KYC and risk management tech from 4Stop
Moving money with international money transfer platform PaySend just got a lot more secure.
Infographic: GDPR Article 30 – where to start and how automation can help
Compliance and risk management solutions provider Opus offers help.
Appian and KPMG expand AI alliance
All in the name of the “intelligent automation” game.
The evolution of regtech
The industry has proven itself to be resilient and, as always, it will find a way to adapt.
Equiniti Riskfactor gains foothold in Canada
Equiniti Riskfactor has gained its first client in Canada – Baron Finance.
IBM finds firm blockchain ground with Marsh proof of insurance pilot
Applying blockchain technology for first commercial proof of insurance.
Fintech funding round-up: 10 April 2018
Stars JP Morgan, Access Fintech, SenseTime, Alibaba, Kaleidofin and CloudMargin.
Vermeg buys regtech firm Lombard Risk for £52m
Vermeg takes over risk management and regtech firm Lombard Risk.
Cisco, Apple, Aon and Allianz unveil cyber risk management solution
Combines evaluation services, technology, and options for cyber insurance coverage.
ION acquires treasury management tech vendor Openlink
ION heading for a clean sweep of the treasury management software market?
Fenergo and Arachnys forge strategic partnership
Client lifecycle management tech specialist Fenergo has formed a strategic partnership with regtech provider Arachnys.
Blackstone buys Thomson Reuters’ financial business for $17bn
Gets data business, risk and compliance solutions and wealth management software.
Commerzbank to implement Ideagen’s audit tech
Ideagen’s Pentana Audit will be used for Commerzbank’s internal audit operations.
Magazine: RiskMinds International 2017
Welcome to the first RiskMinds International magazine!
UBS seeks global finance and risk tech CTO
UBS is looking for a chief technology officer (CTO) for finance and risk technology.
Jaywing the Archetype with new AI risk tech launch
Risk and data science firm Jaywing has unveiled Archetype, a new risk technology product that uses artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and deep neural nets to help lenders generate statistical models.
BNP Paribas in “global transformation” with Fenergo’s client lifecycle management tech
Fenergo says its flagship Client Lifecycle Management (CLM) solution has been selected by BNP Paribas “as part of its global transformation project”.
RiskMinds Live: streamed sessions from RiskMinds International
We’re live streaming from RiskMinds International 2017!
Aegon opts for Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for operational risk
Pension, insurance and investment management firm Aegon is replacing its local risk systems with Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for operational risk management. Charles Garthwaite, global head of operational and conduct risk at Aegon, says his company needed “a global solution” that could “comprehensively manage Aegon’s requirements”. Following local implementations in the UK and within its asset […]
Implementing derivatives clearing on distributed ledger technology platforms
Clearing houses and central clearing counterparties (CCPs) play a pivotal role in managing collateral and counterparty risk, in increasing standardisation and transparency of financial markets, and in the credit enhancement process for clearing banks. For such systemically critical functions, how appropriate are innovative new technologies such as distributed ledger technology (DLT)?
Banking Technology Awards 2017 shortlist unveiled
We are happy to announce the 2017 Banking Technology Awards shortlisted candidates!
SIBOS Interview: Deutsche Bank – impact of regulations
Christian Westerhaus, Global Head of Clearing Products, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, talks about the impact of regulations on the correspondent banking business.
De-risking in trade finance: time to act
As financial authorities express concern about de-risking in correspondent banking, a similar phenomenon is emerging in trade finance, driven by the high costs of KYC compliance.
Securities markets: standing at the crossroads
Financial technology has the potential to radically transform the securities industry. The fast pace of change could lead to disintermediation, according to an Iosco study.
Regtech to the rescue
Regulatory technology (regtech) is often cited as the answer to the rising cost of compliance, risk and reporting duties at banks. Will it help financial institutions escape IT silos and enhance control over data?
E-book: Principles of data wrangling
Through the last decades of the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, data was largely a medium for bottom-line accounting: making sure that the books were balanced, the rules were followed, and the right numbers could be rolled up for executive decision-making. Attitudes toward data have changed radically in the past decade, as new people, […]
National Bank Investments signs for FactSet’s risk management tech
National Bank Investments (NBI), a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada, has opted for FactSet’s multi-asset class risk model, workstation, and analytics suite as its investment risk management and manager due diligence system.
Cybersecurity progress will require speaking the right language
Elizabeth Denham, the UK’s information commissioner, made an astute point when she recently called for senior bank executives to get the same cybersecurity training as front-line staff, following the global WannaCry ransomware attack. But implementing the kind of comprehensive cyber defence strategy which includes such training will require a monumental culture shift at the top.
Regtech Supplier Performance Report: ignorance is no longer bliss, it’s now criminal offence
The second edition of Regtech Supplier Performance Report, featuring some 50 regtech suppliers, published by Market Fintech Limited and supported by Banking Technology, says that with over 50,000 regulatory documents published across the G20 since 2009, and an average of 45 new documents every week, we must assume that the future of banking will be driven by technological developments.
BioCatch partners with LexisNexis to leverage data and analytics for better risk management
Behavioural authentication and threat detection company BioCatch teamed up with risk management company LexisNexis Risk Solutions in an effort to reduce losses caused by fraud.
Kantox pulls in $6m from existing investors
Currency and risk management solutions company Kantox recently reeled in $6 million in funding.
Brief: How to accelerate compliance reporting with data wrangling
Join the world’s largest banks and cut compliance reporting budgets up to 60%. In this brief, Trifacta takes a closer look at how financial services companies are leveraging data wrangling to accelerate their regulatory reporting.
Banking Technology Awards: how to write a winning entry?
With less than one month left to nominate for the Banking Technology Awards, now is the time to polish up on your entry. The question we get asked often is how to write a winning entry. Well wonder no more, we have a few tips for you on what to include. The more detail the better! Dates […]
Banking Technology Awards: celebrating people that make things happen
This year’s Banking Technology Awards will be taking place on 13 December in London and once again we will be celebrating people that make things happen! The Leadership Awards will recognise individuals and teams that made a considerable contribution to our industry. What are the categories you can nominate in? Woman in Technology (W.I.T.) Award, in partnership with FemTechGlobal, will […]
The Bancorp Strengthens Operations, Risk Management with New Leadership Team
The Bancorp Inc. has created a new senior-level team, it says, will strengthen its operations and risk management functions by developing a more productive and efficient operating environment.
OCC Report Highlights Strategic Risks from Fintech, Operational Risk from Third Parties
The OCC’s latest risk report for banks highlights competitive pressure from fintech companies, loosening of credit underwriting standards, operational risks associated with third-party service providers, and compliance risks around Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and AML monitoring.
