Regulation
Ahead of Test, CAT Faces Hurdles with Reporter Agreement
Sources say broker-dealers have not yet signed an agreement allowing them access to the test environment.
APIs to Help with Regulatory Differences Over Dark Trading
Technologists urged to adopt a more flexible plug-and-play approach using APIs, as concerns grow about the FCA and Esma's differing attitudes toward dark trading.
New York Fed Eyes Machine Learning to Predict Misreporting
The regulator's goal is to decrease the back and forth during reporting and predict misreporting.
Bank of America Using Gamer Tech to Improve Trader Experience
As part of its digitization efforts, the bank is looking to video game technology to allow traders to consume more information.
Exegy Gets Expanded CAT Role Under Finra
The vendor will be providing more data capture and processing services for the CAT than when originally selected as part of Thesys Technologies' failed CAT offering.
Dun & Bradstreet To Introduce Cyber Risk Solutions in 2020
In addition to expanding into cyber risk, the company plans to enhance its focus on ESG and ultimate beneficial ownership (UBO) data.
Regulation by Enforcement: A Worrying Trend
Jo Wright says two recent cases have left industry participants worried that regulators are ruling by enforcement.
The Jitesh Thakkar Case: A Scary Precedent
Jo says that enforcement cases against financial technology developers will have a chilling effect on the industry.
Google Cloud Platform Bends to Regulation at SLA Level
The company has taken a tailored approach to outsourcing contracts as increased scrutiny demands portability and audit rights from cloud service providers.
LSEG Building New Algo-Testing Tool
The exchange group is developing new regtech products while looking to move these offerings to the cloud in 2020.
Universal-Investment Building Amazon-Style Offering For Funds
The Frankfurt-based firm still has to get regulatory approval for the blockchain project, but aims to start beta testing next year.
AFME Calls for pan-European Crypto Asset Taxonomy
The industry body has urged EU lawmakers and stakeholders to become leaders in delivering a common regulatory framework for digital assets.
UBS Taps Machine Learning for KYC
The bank is rolling out a project using machine learning and natural-language processing for KYC and AML activities.
Robo-raters Help Banks Vet Vendors for Cyber Risk
These specialists are touting services for monitoring third parties amid tougher rules on outsourcing risk.
Support Swells for Developer in Spoofing Software Case
Petition for Chicago programmer Jitesh Thakkar nears its goal as industry worries about precedent CFTC enforcement case could set.
Nasdaq's Lessons in Machine Learning Yield New Surveillance Tool
The offering, which took more than a year to build, combines deep, transfer and human-in-the-loop loop learning to find patterns.
SEC Taps MayStreet to Replace Thesys as Midas Operator
MayStreet has taken over the role of market data provider to the SEC's Midas data consolidationand market analysis platform.
Homomorphic Encryption: Banks Take Notice (Part 1)
Banks are showing interest in solutions based on homomorphic encryption, including for sharing information on cybercrime. Jo takes a look at what this technology is, and if these solutions can be commercially viable.
NatWest Rolls Out Personalized Trader-Dealer Chat Bot
The digital assistant is built on Symphony’s open-source technology and integrates with existing trader-dealer workflows.
AI in the Cloud: How the Two are Making for a Perfect Match
As more financial institutions are starting to expand their usage of AI, they are turning to the cloud to help scale up. However, there are things to consider before doing so. Wei-Shen Wong examines.
Lawyer: Don’t Punish the Programmers
Smart contract developers should not be responsible for violations of regulation perpetrated on the blockchain, says Katten special counsel.
Barclays: The Future of Post-Trade is a Common Utility Platform
Financial firms are pushing for a distributed market infrastructure model through efforts like Isda's Common Domain Model and distributed ledger technology.
Commerzbank Pilots DLT Prototypes
The bank's R&D arm, Main Incubator, has piloted blockchain projects, including settlement of commercial paper in T+0.