FSA
Unification of Financial Sector Regulators: The Case of Kazakhstan
White Paper In January 2004, the Republic of Kazakhstan established the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Regulation and Supervision of Financial Markets and Financial Organisations (commonly termed, the "Financial Supervision Agency", or... [25 Jun 2009]
Formal Methods for Intrusion Detection of Windows NT Attacks
White Paper This study develops a method to build Finite State Automaton (FSA) that models the dependencies between the Operating-System (OS)-level events recorded in the audit logs of a Windows NT machine. The FSA... [20 Jun 2009]
Real-world business intelligence
Comment B&B uses its BI systems for a variety of information management tasks ranging from calculating risks on mortgage lending to providing regulatory reporting to authorities such as the FSA and the Bank of England. [05 Jun 2009]
Data Management Software Helps Australian Debt-Solutions Firm Streamline IT, Cut Costs
White Paper FSA Group serves Australians who need help controlling their debt. To address this challenge, FSA Group worked with CommVault - a Microsoft Gold Certified Partner - to deploy CommVault Simpana software... [30 May 2009]
The Impact of NEWCOB on Complaints Handling
White Paper The FSA has consulted on a new complaints rulebook for firms (new DISP), as part of its shift towards principle-based regulation, alongside the general rewrite of its Conduct of Business rules. This paper assesses the... [01 May 2009]
Bradford & Bingley Drives Continuous Improvement With CDC Respond
White Paper Customer feedback is used as a means to drive improvements to the business and to cement the company's ongoing commitment to the FSA's Treating Customers Fairly (TCF) guidelines. Bradford & Bingley is a UK-based... [30 Apr 2009]
FSA: £1bn needed to fix financial IT
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) on Wednesday called for substantial investment in banking IT, as part of proposals to speed up the time it takes for customers to get their money back when a bank fails. [09 Jan 2009]
Gabriel's more angelic these days, promises FSA
News The Financial Services Authority's (FSA) new strategic reporting system has drawn the ire of its users despite having its budget increased to the tune of £5m. However, the FSA admits the system has... [10 Dec 2008]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News The website currently only offers financial spread betting - and a high low betting game based on movements of the FTSE 100 - as it awaits authorisation from the FSA, expected in early 2009. Online betting exchange... [10 Nov 2008]
Kiln builds a bigger insurance data pot
Case Study Locke said the industry as a whole has been put on alert by the FSA to review its data security protocols. It's not hard to see that the UK financial services landscape is changing in quite fundamental ways. [09 Oct 2008]
Regulators cracking down on outsourcers
Comment In December 2007 the FSA fined Norwich Union Life £1.26m for various shortcomings in information security and fraud prevention. In the UK the FSA is clear that the ultimate responsibility for a control... [09 Sep 2008]
Financial advisors digitise docs to please FSA
News Independent financial advisor group Independent Financial Services (IFS) has signed a deal to implement scanners in 100 offices, to keep client documents safe in light of FSA regulation. The decision to digitise the... [01 Sep 2008]
FSA warns banks to wise up on security
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned the banking industry to shape up their attitudes to securing sensitive data and customer information. One of the recommendations the FSA made as a result... [25 Apr 2008]
Vendors hype up compliance fears
Comment The Nationwide's £980,000 fine by the FSA in February last year following the theft of a laptop with unencrypted data highlights that. Compliance. The word strikes fear into the heart of even the hardened executive. [08 Apr 2008]
HSBC loses 370,000 customers' details
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has been informed about the loss and the bank faces a possible investigation, with the risk of a fine if a lapse in security is found. A spokesman for the FSA said:... [07 Apr 2008]