Tag: Financial Services

The final deadline for compliance with the UK Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) new Consumer Duty is swiftly approaching in July 2023. The regulatory agency has been actively providing guidance, conducting multi-firm reviews, and sharing specific industry insights in the form of Dear CEO Letters to ensure that firms are adequately prepared for the implementation.

1Kosmos, an innovator in unifying identity proofing and passwordless authentication, today announces the launch of its distributed identity cloud service, BlockID, on NayaOne, a principal FinTech ecosystem platform serving financial service providers.

BBVA, a leading Spanish banking group, has recently unveiled its new global financial crime prevention unit.

Unlocking the potential for commercial success, dynamic financial crime risk assessments offer a multitude of benefits for financial institutions. Acuminor, a RegTech company explained...

ACA has launched a new offering that enables investment firms to outsource their performance measurement and reporting functions.

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners (LLCP), an international private equity firm, has made a significant investment in cleversoft Group, a top-tier provider of regulatory software for the financial services sector.

OneMain, a firm specializing in loans for people with "nonprime" credit histories, has been fined by the New York DFS due to cyber lapses.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has disclosed its findings from a review of 14 fair value frameworks ahead of the Consumer Duty implementation in less than three months. RegTech platform Novatus Advisory has reviewed this and outlined the key takeaways for firms. 

Evaluating the business line of potential clients is a key part of Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures in commercial relationships. However, analysts often spend substantial time utilising search engines and other manual processes to establish a client's Line of Business. This allows them to assess the risk involved in onboarding records or transactions.

Curity, a Stockholm-based cybersecurity company, has announced a sizeable investment, but did not disclose its size.