Mark Carney BoE macroprudential measures
June 28, 2017 BY LeapRate Staff

Carney has recourse to macro-prudential measures to cool off inflation in the UK

The following article was written by Ipek Ozkardeskaya, Senior Market Analyst at FCA regulated broker London Capital Group Holdings plc (LON:LCG). The Bank of England’s (BoE) Financial Stability Report revealed that Governor Mark Carney is moving toward macro-prudential measures to temper the UK’s rising inflationary pressures within the ‘Brexit reality’. Mark Carney can no longer…

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Regulation
June 28, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

ASIC disqualifies SMSF auditor

ASIC announced that has disqualified Neil Wilson of Victoria from being an approved self-managed superannuation fund (SMSF) auditor. ASIC determined that Mr Wilson had breached fundamental independence and audit requirements. Given the nature of these breaches, it was considered appropriate to disqualify Mr Wilson. ASIC found that Mr Wilson had breached: Auditor independence requirements of…

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June 27, 2017 BY admin

HTML5 market platform ChartIQ releases native SDKs for iOS and Android

HTML5 market platform ChartIQ in partnership with ROKO Labs announced today it now provides native SDKs for iOS and Android developers who want to add advanced charting capabilities to their mobile applications. These software development kits (SDKs) allow developers to integrate advanced charting while working directly in Swift, ObjectiveC, or Java inside the XCode and…

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June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

FSB issues a report on the financial stability implications from FinTech

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) announced that has been analysing the potential financial stability implications from FinTech with a view to identifying supervisory and regulatory issues that merit authorities’ attention. Ten areas have been identified, of which the following three are seen as priorities for international collaboration: the need to manage operational risk from third-party…

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June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Itiviti delivers multi-protocol automated testing for Canadian Securities Exchange system

Itiviti, a technology provider for the capital markets industry, and the Canadian Securities Exchange (CSE), the alternative for companies looking to access the Canadian public capital markets, announced that has partnered to deliver a state-of-the-art automated testing solution to enable continuous integration testing and defect reporting in the CSE’s multi-protocol trading environment. To deliver the…

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June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Fiserv and GoldBean help financial institutions serve investors with digital education

Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FISV), a global provider of financial services technology solutions, announced that is equipping financial institutions to better serve beginning investors with the addition of tailored digital advice and education to Wealth Management Network from Fiserv. Fiserv is adding these capabilities through an agreement with the financial services startup GoldBean. The agreement resulted…

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mobile payments solactive
June 27, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Earthport chooses Accuity for tailored payments

Accuity is back in the news today as Earthport, the payment provider transforming the future of cross-border payments, has chosen the regtech provider of financial crime compliance, payments and know-your-customer (KYC) solutions, to power its payments platform, giving its clients a faster and more secure international payment service. Accuity has built a tailored solution for…

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