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F10 Launches New FinTech Accelerator In Madrid – Seven Promising Startups Selected From The WealthTech And RegTech Space

Date 25/08/2021

F10 Spain announces seven growth-stage WealthTech and RegTech startups selected from over 150 national and international applications, joining the first cohort of its newly designed Acceleration Programs. The goal of this 3-month program is to accelerate post-revenue startups and to enable them to build successful collaborations with our strategic partners, BME and Renta 4 Banco in Spain, and with the support of our innovation partners, R3  and Julius Baer.

EGX Discusses With Leaders Of Growing Businesses Growth Opportunities Through Egyptian Capital Market

Date 25/08/2021

The Egyptian Exchange’s Management met with promising businesses; Egypt Ventures company, Fatura and PayNas, to discuss growth opportunities through EGX.

NGX Transitions X-FactBook To Digital Publication, Releases 2021 Edition

Date 25/08/2021

Nigerian Exchange (NGX) Limited is pleased to announce the release of the digital-only version of the 2021 edition of its annual Factbook (X-Factbook) on Thursday, 26 August 2021, after 41 years in print.

Moscow Exchange: Risk Parameters Change For The Securities

Date 25/08/2021

The following risk parameters will be changed:

Students In Northern Ireland Achieve Outstanding Results In Collaborative Programme With Derry And Strabane District Council, FinTrU And CISI

Date 25/08/2021

Students in a pilot programme in years 13 and 14 from Derry and Strabane have been encouraged to consider financial services as a career, after 17 out of 18 passed the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) level 2 Fundamentals of Financial Services exam – a pass rate of 94%.

Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board Reprimands Auditor For Non-Compliance With International Standards On Auditing

Date 25/08/2021

The Securities Commission Malaysia’s Audit Oversight Board (AOB) has publicly reprimanded Sharinah binti Mohamed Iqbal, a partner of PKF, for breaching section 31Z(1)(b) of the Securities Commission Malaysia Act 1993 (SCMA) when she failed to comply with the International Standards on Auditing when auditing a public interest entity (PIE). Compliance with these auditing standards is a condition of registration for all AOB registrants.

UK Financial Conduct Authority Warns Insurance Firms Over Product Governance Rules Deadline

Date 25/08/2021

Insurance firms may not be ready to implement new product governance rules there to ensure insurance provides fair value, according to a review published today by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Clearstream Achieves Full CSDR Compliance Across Its CSDs

Date 25/08/2021

• Banking licence for its German CSD marks final CSDR licence for Clearstream
• CSDR represents major step towards a harmonised European post-trade space

Thailand Focus 2021 Virtual Conference Uplifts Thai Capital Market’s Potential, Attracting 192 Global Investors

Date 25/08/2021

The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) today kicks off “Thailand Focus 2021: Thriving in the Next Normal” conference to present the resilience and potential of the Thai capital market to foreign institutional investors, presided over by Finance Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith with highlights on Thailand’s economic stimulus packages. Significantly, top executives of 102 Thai listed companies will provide valuable market insights to 192 institutional investors from 105 financial institutions worldwide, setting the Thai capital market on the radar of foreign investors continuously.

Backbase Announces Partnership With eToro To Enable Continued Global Growth & Enhance Digital Onboarding Experience for Customers

Date 25/08/2021

Backbase, an Engagement Banking technology provider, announces today that it has partnered with eToro, a multi-asset investment platform that empowers people to grow their knowledge and wealth, to enhance eToro’s digital onboarding capabilities and back-end compliance infrastructure. The collaboration will see eToro adopting Backbase’s Digital Sales solution to deploy a fully digital and seamless account opening experience across its global user base, as well as a new Know Your Customer (KYC) architecture to better support the platform’s growth and compliance across the full customer lifecycle.