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Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?

Comment Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley But a ruthless overhaul of poor banking systems is crucial to putting rogue traders out of business, argues Steve Boyle. By their very nature, financial markets encourage and...

Tags: fraud, societe generale, rogue trader

[15 Apr 2008]

Secure File Transfer In the Era of Regulatory Compliance

whitepaper Increasing regulatory compliance mandates such as HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, PCI DSS, BASEL II and J-SOX are compelling companies to establish a management strategy that includes the file transfer process, integrates it into existing processes, and...

Tags: ip technologies, transfer, person, compliance

[03 Apr 2008]

Basel II: Impact on IT Systems & Testing

whitepaper BASEL II (as it is known) is an update to the original Accord. This white paper gives an overview of the impact of the BASEL II accord on IT systems for international and national banks and illustrates the approach that needs to be taken to ensure...

Tags: infrastructure management

[24 Feb 2008]

London Stock Exchange injects competition into post-trade costs

News Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley The London Stock Exchange (LSE) plans to introduce a post-trade router to open up clearing services, improve stock liquidity and make algorithmic trading more viable.

Tags: lse, crest, settlement, router

[04 Feb 2008]

Commerzbank gets ready for Sepa

News Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley Commerzbank is using filtering technology to flag up suspicious payments as part of its preparations for the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa), due to come into force on 28 January.

Tags: sepa, money laundering, commerzbank, transactions

[15 Jan 2008]

Banking can execute change in real-time

Comment Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley Not so, says Steve Boyle. The latest thinking in information processing could save the banks billions every year. Information is the basis of the banking system.

Tags: change management, banking, legacy, accuracy

[02 Jan 2008]

European payment issues will top 2008 agenda

Comment Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley Complex and far-reaching compliance regulations around the world are putting payment operations under intense scrutiny. But Gareth Lodge argues that it is the changes in Europe...

Tags: sepa, banking, payments, financial services

[20 Dec 2007]

Top 10 financial services stories of the year

News Demand was weighted by the need to comply with directives such as MiFID and Basel II. As the year draws to a close, the UK's financial organisations are struggling to fend off economic downturn. This is after a major regulatory reform has been...

Tags: mifid, apacs, lloyds, gartner

[17 Dec 2007]

IBM's Banking Data Warehouse and Basel II

whitepaper These include Basel II and IFRS/IAS. This white paper will outline the components of the Banking Data Warehouse (BDW) and how they assist financial institutions to address the data modeling and data consolidation issues relating to the Basel II...

Tags: knowledge and data management, capital, economic, compliance

[12 Dec 2007]

Information Security Best Practices: Understanding Government & Industry Guidelines

whitepaper This RSA Security webcast, recorded in March 2005 and now available on demand, features presentations by Rich Mogull, Research Director for Gartner, and Laura Robinson, Compliance Analyst for RSA Security, on topics related the regulatory...

Tags: security management, sarbanes oxley, rsa security, laws

[12 Dec 2007]

Cheques gone by 2018?

News Cheat Sheets  Basel II  MiFID  Sarbanes-Oxley A banking industry consultation on the future of payment mechanisms in the UK is calling for cheques to be completely phased out by 2018.

Tags: cheques, payments, banks, banking

[27 Nov 2007]

Banca Alpi Marittime Solves Critical Document Retrieval Problems With CM/R&B Solution From Sowre, Powered by IBM Content Manager Enterprise Edition

whitepaper They needed a solution that would not only provide superior customer service, but would also have to integrate seamlessly into the bank's regulated work-flow process and satisfy the perpetual data storage demands of BASEL II compliance.

Tags: web content management

[16 Nov 2007]

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.

Tags: money laundering, regulation, saas, hosted

[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.

Tags: apacs, insurance, document, suppliers

[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.

Tags: management, outage, financial services

[23 Oct 2007]

LSE invests in network monitoring

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.

Tags: latency, network, algorithmic trading, lse

[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.

Tags: mifid, basel ii, sepa, banks

[02 Oct 2007]

Implementing Basel II: The Practical Implications

whitepaper 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?

Tags: knowledge and data management, bank, event, basel ii

[17 Sep 2007]

Nationwide Deploys SQL Server 2005 on EMC Storage Infrastructure

whitepaper 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...

Tags: infrastructure management, comply, operation, basel ii accord

[06 Sep 2007]

Bank Improves Risk Analysis and Efficiency With an Intelligent Single View of Customer

whitepaper 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...

Tags: xml, bank, regulation, basel ii

[31 Aug 2007]

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