By Joseph Paice | communications, Compliance, FinTech, News, regtech | 0 Comments
Setting the landscape Like many industries, technology has completely transformed the financial services industry. The explosion of FinTech is an already widely discussed topic, and one that I do not wish to exhaust here. However, what is interesting is how this new breed is being serviced in terms of their compliance needs – and yes, […]
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The European Parliament publishes draft report on Crypto-assets regulation The European Parliament has published a draft report on the European Commission’s proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on markets in crypto-assets and amending Directive (EU) 2019/1937 (COM(2020)0593 – C9-0306/2020 – 2020/0265(COD)) Suggested amendments to the Regulation include: Amendment 1 – Authorisation […]
Read MoreBy Kyte Ekstrom | Compliance, FCA Regulation, FinTech, News | 0 Comments
There is an old compliance joke. Yes, there are actually some jokes in compliance. No, they aren’t all funny! Some of them are the regulations themselves. In any case, there is a compliance joke which dips its toes into also poking fun at our dear departed friends, the EU. Although it has since been found […]
Read MoreBy Kyte Ekstrom | E Money, FCA Regulation, FinTech, News, Uncategorized | 0 Comments
If you are thinking what the hell is an SCA or a RTS, and do I really need to care or read this? The answer is, on this rollercoaster ride through the horror hall of Covid-19 and the ever changing landscape of fintech, with fraudsters waiting in the shadows to jump out at anytime, can […]
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After the accounting scandals at Carillion PLC and Patisserie Valerie in 2018 and 2019, individual company directors are set to face potential fines and bans for major failures under proposals to overhaul corporate governance and audit oversight. Accounting errors which previously may have incurred a slap on the wrist for company board members will be […]
Read MoreBy Kyte Ekstrom | Brexit, communications, Compliance, FCA Regulation, Financial Industries, FinTech, News | 0 Comments
The idea of working from home; not having to drag yourself out of bed at the crack of dawn and foregoing the drudgery of the daily commute, seemed like an unattainable pipe dream less than a year ago. Now, ten months since the first lockdown, working from home looks set to be the norm for […]
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