Enhanced supervisory technology (SupTech) with strong governance and skilled human oversight could well have important benefits for financial regulators around the in efforts to increase economic stability in their nations and around the globe, said a report prepared for the G20. “SupTech could improve oversight, surveillance and analytical capabilities, and generate real-time indicators of risk...
Highly regulated industries like the financial services industry have faced ever-increasing regulatory compliance obligations. Technology, such as artificial intelligence (AI), that can be utilized to innovate the manner in which these organizations operate can lead to additional challenges for regulatory compliance, and the regulatory environment can drastically impact innovation in these sectors. Regulatory compliance is...
When the calendar turned to 2020, my first thought was about how futuristic the year sounded and what kind of interesting things it had in store. At that time, no one could possibly have imagined that some of those interesting things would be face masks, working from home, and wearing the same loungewear so often...
The World Bank and the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) at Cambridge Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, have jointly published the results of their Global COVID-19 FinTech Regulatory Rapid Assessment Study, which reveals that the priority of FinTech regulation and the pace of regulatory innovation have increased amid the global pandemic. This research...
TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2020 /CNW/ - SQL Power, the global leader in financial regulatory and advanced analytics technology is proud to announce the implementation of their supervisory platform, the SQL Power Suite, on September 22, 2020 at the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC). According to the TTSEC, the Electronically Advanced Submission interface or EASi platform...
In the same way technology is changing the financial services industry, technology is also changing how the industry and supervisory authorities implement and enforce regulations.Today, an increasing number of supervisory authorities are turning to technology to support their work, leveraging so-called supervisory technology (suptech) applications to digitize report and regulatory processes. What is Suptech?Suptech refers to...
LONDON (Reuters) – Risks related to political developments in the U.S. have emerged as the main economic concern for central banks, alongside trade wars and a global slowdown, according to a UBS survey. Further disruptions of major economies by the COVID-19 crisis, including new shutdowns, were expected by a total of 42% of respondents to...
The majority of financial institutions have or are developing a cloud strategy, and most are already making some use of the cloud. There are a number of reasons why the cloud is an attractive alternative to running your IT in the traditional manner of owning and operating in-house data centres, including: reduced costs, and costs...