AI Risk & Governance

    Reporting on regulatory approaches, ethical considerations, and risk management for AI technologies deployed in financial services and markets.

    KYC & CDD

    BOT Launches Digital Account Opening Tests at Six Banks

    By Editors | 07/02/2020

    Six banks will open online deposit accounts digitally, using facial recognition to verify customer identities against information held in the new National Digital ID platform.

    AI Risk & Governance

    HKEX Explores AI Use to Review Issuer Disclosures

    By Manesh Samtani | 03/02/2020

    In the initial stage, HKEX has applied artificial intelligence to identify listed companies’ disclosures as required by some selected rules.

    Trading & Investment

    IOSCO Highlights Debt Market Concerns in Annual Work Programme

    By Editors | 31/01/2020

    The 2020 work programme provides an update on five existing priorities and an overview of planned work on a new priority – corporate debt and leveraged loans.

    Market Abuse

    SEBI to Augment Social Media Monitoring to Fight Manipulation

    By Editors | 24/01/2020

    SEBI is working on a ‘data lake’ project that will use AI, machine learning and NLP tech to analyse unstructured data and augment market surveillance.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    HKMA to Set Up ‘Digitalisation Office’ to Implement Transformation

    By Editors | 22/01/2020

    The progressive development of digitalisation initiatives will bring profound changes to how the HKMA works and further enhance its efficiency, says deputy chief Howard Lee.

    AI Risk & Governance

    EBA Details Roll-out Challenges of Big Data, Advanced Analytics

    By Editors | 16/01/2020

    The EBA has identified four key pillars necessary to support the rollout of advanced analytics in the banking sector, along with a set of ‘elements of trust’.

    KYC & CDD

    RBI Allows Regulated Entities to Use Video-based KYC

    By Editors | 10/01/2020

    Financial services firms can record video and capture photos of customers presenting their identity document for verification. Electronically-submitted and digitally-signed documents can also be accepted.

    AI Risk & Governance

    Technology to Drive Regulatory Agenda in 2020: Thomson Reuters

    By Manesh Samtani | 09/01/2020

    Technology has displaced the 2008 financial crisis as the main issue driving the international regulatory agenda, says a new report from Thomson Reuters.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    China to Enhance Regulatory System for Fintech Development

    By Editors | 09/01/2020

    The PBOC is looking to enhance its digital supervision capabilities and improve risk governance in fintech development across the financial sector.

    Cloud & Infrastructure

    UK Financial Regulators Announce Data Reform Proposals

    By Editors | 09/01/2020

    The FCA has set out a plan to become a ‘highly data-driven regulator’. The BOE has published a discussion paper on transforming data collection.

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