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On-demand software can help banks avoid fines
Comment Cheat Sheets ¦ Basel II ¦ MiFID ¦ Sarbanes-Oxley The crackdown on financial crime has opened up opportunities for vendors to produce applications that automatically keep banks compliant with changing regulations. [01 Nov 2007]
Admiral digitises supplier payments
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Basel II ¦ MiFID ¦ Sarbanes-Oxley Insurance specialist Admiral Group has implemented an £80,000 document management system from Version One to automate its purchase-to-pay processes. [29 Oct 2007]
Financial institutions hurt by homegrown tech?
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley The survey authors suggest complying with regulations such as Itil, Basel II and MiFID may well have caused these homegrown systems to have become over-complex. [23 Oct 2007]
LSE invests in network monitoring
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley The London Stock Exchange (LSE) has rolled out a monitoring application for its TradeElect electronic trading system to make sure it is running at optimal levels. [23 Oct 2007]
Bigger is not always better
Comment Regulations such as Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa), Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID), Basel II and International Accounting Standards (IAS) are all enforcing the lawmakers' desire to increase banking accountability. [02 Oct 2007]
Implementing Basel II: The Practical Implications
White Paper 180 risk professionals gathered in London to discuss the practical implications of implementing Basel II. Are banks ready for Basel II and all the policy, systems and cultural changes that it entails? [17 Sep 2007]
Nationwide Deploys SQL Server 2005 on EMC Storage Infrastructure
White Paper As a European banking operation, Nationwide is obliged to comply with The Basel II Accord, which came into force as an EU directive from 1st January 2007. It requires a comprehensive review of data and business processes to assess risk, intervene... [06 Sep 2007]
Bank Improves Risk Analysis and Efficiency With an Intelligent Single View of Customer
White Paper It wanted to create a single view of the customer that would help provide information required for risk analysis, compliance with Basel II regulation, and for making insightful business decisions. Sasfin Bank is a South African bank providing... [31 Aug 2007]
Outsourcing deals face EC competition scrutiny
News Cheat Sheets ¦ Basel II ¦ MiFID ¦ Sarbanes-Oxley New competition guidelines are set to put outsourcing deals under greater scrutiny from European Commission regulators. The EC's latest updated guidelines, and interpretation of the 1990... [29 Aug 2007]
Skills Survey 2007: Banks hardest hit by staff crisis
News The non-IT skill in shortest supply in the FS sector is project management, followed by 'knowledge of the sector' - perhaps owing to the need to comply with heavyweight industry-specific regulations such as MiFID and Basel II. [28 Aug 2007]
The tech requirements of private equity funds
Comment Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley Private equity has had a high, if mixed profile but its technology requirements are seldom discussed and reviewed. Towergroup's Bob McDowall addresses some of them. [20 Aug 2007]
Mortgage lender banks on finance software
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley Irish mortgage lender OneLife has implemented an accounting system from CODA Group that will give executives a better view of costs.silicon.com Financial Services [16 Aug 2007]
RBS, NatWest customers get to go mobile
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBSG) will launch a mobile banking service in September for 13 million debit card-holding RBS and NatWest customers.silicon.com Financial Services [15 Aug 2007]
Are ATMs punching holes in customer confidence?
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley One in three bank customers would switch their account based on the condition of the bank's ATM network, research claims. According to a study sponsored by ATM software company... [13 Aug 2007]
Lloyds TSB offshores IT jobs
News Cheat Sheets Basel II MiFID Sarbanes-Oxley Following a review which started in May of this year, Lloyds TSB is to outsource up to 110 IT roles, both staff and contractors, to offshore locations. [09 Aug 2007]
