Fintech / Regtech

Fintech / Regtech

Regulatory Reporting: An Approach for Smaller Banks

By Irene Liu | 25/09/2019

Banks are starting to gain real business value from investments into better data governance and architecture, say Irene Liu, David Yakowitz and Catherine Lee at PwC.

Big Picture

DTCC Calls on Industry to Prioritise Business Resilience Efforts

By Editors | 24/09/2019

Firms must establish resilience as a business-owned strategic initiative, and be willing to prioritise business resilience over efficiency in some cases, says a new DTCC whitepaper.

Fintech / Regtech

RBI Orders Banks, NBFCs to Restrict Access to Credit Data

By Editors | 24/09/2019

Financial institutions in India are known to be giving fintech firms and institutional agents direct access to data from credit bureaus, without customer consent.

Big Picture

Automating Regulatory Compliance in DLT-based Markets: BIS Paper

By Manesh Samtani | 23/09/2019

The paper makes the case for a “embedded supervision”, a regulatory framework that automates compliance monitoring using the information in a distributed ledger.

Fintech / Regtech

Tencent, Alibaba Refuse to Share Data to National Credit Database

By Editors | 20/09/2019

Tencent Credit and Alibaba’s Sesame Credit hold more customer data than any of their online lending peers, but they are not providing the data to the national credit database.

Fintech / Regtech

FSC Korea to Provide Funding Support to Fintechs

By Editors | 19/09/2019

FSC chairman Eun Sung-soo told fintech executives that a 300 billion won fund will be set up to invest in the sector and regulations will be eased to promote fintech development.

Fintech / Regtech

HKMA Signs Operational Agreement for BIS Innovation Hub

By Editors | 18/09/2019

The Hub will foster collaboration between central banks and scale up the application of innovative technologies globally, says the HKMA’s Norman Chan.

Enforcement

Philippines Moves to End Abusive Practices by Fintech Lenders

By Editors | 18/09/2019

A code of ethics and code of conduct have been adopted by members of FinTechAlliance.ph prohibiting the harassment and shaming of delinquent borrowers.

Fintech / Regtech

Big Data: Who’s Writing the Rules of the Game?

By CorporateTreasurer | 17/09/2019

A recent whitepaper commissioned by Deutsche Bank looks at the need for effective regulations for cross-border data sharing and the ethical use of artificial intelligence.