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Swift Targets Interbank Balances with Expanded Blockchain Pilot
Swift expands participants in project to examine blockchain's potential for making interbank payments more transparent
StanChart to Join Thomson Reuters African KYC Service
Standard Chartered is the fourth bank operating in South Africa to sign up for Thomson Reuters' regional KYC service, which the vendor launched last year.
Wolters Kluwer Adds Finance, Risk Market Manager in APAC
Officials say Ahmed's experience in addressing IFRS 9 will support the vendor's growing business in the region.
AxiomSL Appoints Andrew Wood Australia Country Manager
Wood has more than 20 years of experience in transformational change management teams in Macquarie Bank and Deutsche Bank
Reporting for Duty: The Growing Reporting Burden of MiFID II
MiFID II expands the scope of trade and transaction reporting requirements, leaving some firms struggling to comply.
Webcast: MiFID II reporting──The data management challenge
Panelists tackle the transaction reporting aspects of the upcoming MiFID II regulations and field questions from a live audience.
Singapore Central Bank Fines Firms for 1MDB-Related AML Breaches
The fines are part of ongoing efforts to unravel a litany of failures by firms associated with the 1Malaysia Development Bhd fund.
Balancing Adaptability with Consistency
Defining a singular version of financial data information is being weighed against adaptability for diverse users, risk data experts are saying. Michael Shashoua hears the implications for BCBS 239 compliance
Australia Considers Utility Model for AML/KYC
A centralized utility for AML/KYC data could help financial institutions and regulators monitor fraudulent activities.
How to Succeed at Knowing Your Customer
Australian market's new platform sets an example for management of key data for anti-money laundering efforts. Wei-Shen Wong reports.
Australian Data Managers Debate Quality Concerns
Variations in definitions for processes intended to improve quality require thought about strategy and targeted attention
Standard Chartered Hires Symantec's McGuire as Group CISO
Cheri McGuire appointed as new chief information security officer, information protection and cyber security are “top priorities."
Standard Chartered Takes Stake in Chinese Datacenter Operator Chayora
The funding will provide long-term support for its datacenter construction projects in China.
KYC Data Utility Execs: ‘Convince Compliance’
Bank execs say concerns from their compliance departments are hampering their ability to leverage utilities.
KYC Data Utility Managers: "It's Compliance that Needs Convincing"
Internal teams' concerns around data security hinders adoption, Sibos attendees told
Users Demand New Data Usage Models
Firms want new ways to subscribe to and pay for data.
Operational Risk Groups Tackle Data Governance as Regulations Rise
Panel at OpRisk North America discusses how regulations like Basel have forced banks to take another look at their approach to data.
StanChart CIO Set to Retire
Verplancke to stay on until replacement found, amid wider changes at bank.
AFPIC 2014: Data Managers Highlight Need for Standards, Compliance
Lack of contract standards hinders firms' ability to switch to cheaper providers, panelists say.
Clearstream, StanChart Debut Singaporean Collateral Partnership
Firms move forward on collateral pool.
StanChart Goes Live with Collateral Highway
Bank joins Euroclear's financial network.
Sibos 2014: Forget Bitcoin; the Blockchain's the Thing
This year's Sibos event in Boston featured a notable number of panels and speakers on the topic of cryptocurrencies. Though Bitcoin expectedly got its fair share of attention, applications of its underlying technologies may hold the greater potential.
Singapore Exchange Upgrades Reporting
The exchange, working with a market practice group, is requiring completion of structured data fields to better support corporate actions reporting
Opening Cross: Testing Times? Consider Lifelong Data Learning
From the day we are born until the day we die, there are always opportunities to learn something new. Once upon a time, your learning largely ended whenever you left school, and training meant learning how not to get killed or maimed by whatever…