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By Ming Soong Tham, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ contributor.
“No army can withstand the force of an idea whose time has come.” – Victor Hugo
The technology industry is awash with catch phrases such as big data, on-demand analytics, cloud computing and high performance analytics. Such technology underscores how quickly the world we live in is changing. Computing capacity and data are growing at breakneck speed. Some experts have estimated that by 2020, the amount of data generated would be some 44 times that in 2009. Indeed we have entered an era where we are swamped with a tsunami of information. The challenge is to harness the power of all this information. There is no avoiding this era of Big Data. How will this impact the way the financial services industry will operate? Read the full story »
By Joost Roelin, Director of Product Management, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services.
Over the past few years, the financial services industry has witnessed an influx of new regulations such as CRD IV, COREP, FINREP, FATCA, Solvency II …
Amidst all the change that banks are going through, perhaps the most fundamental is the work they are doing – and are being forced to do by legislators and regulators – to improve their standards …
By Selwyn Parker, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ contributor
For the big-banking community it’s the US$3 trillion headache. That’s how much high-quality liquidity – cash and other eligible assets – the boffins at Basel think the banks …
By Brian Browdie
More than 60% of the banks still remaining in the Troubled Asset Relief Program have been labeled “problem” institutions by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., casting doubt on their ability to repay the …
By Rachel Witkowski, community banking reporter at American Banker
WASHINGTON — A Maryland community bank that was recently cited by regulators for lending policies that allegedly favored minorities and women has become proof for some of …
By Adam Samuel, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ contributor.
Last month’s launch of the FCA brought a number of surprises. Perhaps, the one with the greatest long-term impact was an occasional paper on encouraging consumers to claim …
By Sue Berwick, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Europe
So how was it for you? It felt like we’d been waiting for the advent of the Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and the Financial Conduct Authority (PRA) forever …
By Selwyn Parker, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ contributor.
When no less than four separate departments in China cracked down on the shadow banking system in April 2013, it marked the start of what many believe is …
By Steve Blackbourn, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ contributor.
As part of the European regulatory reforms concerning trades and reporting involving derivatives, central counterparties and clearing houses (CCP’s) and also trade repositories new and changed requirements are …
By Michael Imeson – Founder and Director of Financial & Business Publications and regular Wolters Kluwer Financial Services contributor.
Understanding the Banking Reform Bill
The Government’s Banking Reform Bill now going through Parliament will force the biggest …
By Adam Samuel, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services’ contributor.
The recent announcement about UK interest-only loans suggested that the Financial Conduct Authority was going to take steps of significance to deal with growing concerns about interest only mortgages. …
By David Thetford, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
To paraphrase an old rhyme my mother said to me all my life as I was growing up, “spring is sprung, the grass is ris’; wonder where the rules …