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Turning Technology Against Financial Crime - Speech By Megan Butler, Executive Director Of Supervision – Investment, Wholesale And Specialists At The FCA, Delivered At The Royal United Services Institute, London

Date 23/10/2019

Highlights:

• Financial crime and the criminal activity it facilitates cause incalculable damage to society – our joint endeavour is to monitor entry, devise controls and erect barriers powerful enough to stop criminals from causing further harm.
• New technologies give us unprecedented access to innovative products and services, and flexibility in how we use them. But they also give criminals sophisticated tools to bend the financial system to their own ends.
• Used to the right ends, these technologies can be gamechangers in the fight against financial crime – both for industry and the regulator.

The Federation Of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges Elects Three New Board Members, Audit Committee Members And Vice-Chair, And Working Committee Vice-Chair

Date 23/10/2019

Today, the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) announces the 28th General Assembly and Working Committee Meeting in Muscat, Oman.

EBA Publishes Opinion On The Regulatory Treatment Of Non-Performing Exposure Securitisations

Date 23/10/2019

The European Banking Authority (EBA) published today an Opinion on the regulatory treatment of securitisations of non-performing exposures (NPE). Securitisations can play an instrumental role in reducing NPE stocks in credit institutions’ balance sheets but such a role may be hindered by certain provisions in the EU law securitisation framework. This Opinion recommends various amendments to the Capital Requirements Regulation (CRR) as well as to the Securitisation Regulation to remove the identified constraints. The Opinion is addressed at the European Commission and contributes to the objectives of the Council of the EU’s “Action plan to tackle non-performing loans in Europe”. A copy of the Opinion has been sent to the European Parliament and the Council.

Innovation, Disruption And Global Expansion Takes Centre Stage At FinTech Abu Dhabi

Date 23/10/2019

The growth of the FinTech industry and its success in transforming the way we live were top of the agenda today, as the second day of FinTech Abu Dhabi welcomed more than 5,000 local and international delegates.

Commerzbank, Deutsche Börse And MEAG To Reach Further Step In Post-Trade Services Using Distributed Ledger Technology

Date 23/10/2019

• Settlement via securities and cash tokens and further use as collateral at Eurex Clearing as Central Counterparty – within a binding legal framework
• Joint use cases confirm a potential founding stone for multiple comprehensive distributed ledger services

Moscow Exchange Trading Schedule For November Public Holidays

Date 23/10/2019

Moscow Exchange announces the trading schedule for its markets over the November public holiday period.

ACER Invites Stakeholders To Provide Input For The Agency’s 2021 Work Programme

Date 23/10/2019

The Agency has begun the preparation of its Draft Work Programme for 2021, which it must submit to the EU institutions by the end of January 2020. Interested parties are invited to provide their comments on the draft outline of the tasks foreseen in the 2021 Work Programme, which is published today on the Agency’s website.

Nasdaq Dubai Welcomes Listing Of USD 750 Million Sukuk By Emirate Of Sharjah

Date 23/10/2019

Nasdaq Dubai today welcomed the listing of a 750 million US dollar Sukuk issued by the Emirate of Sharjah.

Management Team Appointed For Deutsche Börse Buy-In Agent Service - Smooth Transition At Eurex Repo

Date 23/10/2019

Marcel Naas and Marcus Addison have taken on new responsibilities within Deutsche Börse Group. As Managing Directors, both will be driving the setting up of the Deutsche Börse Buy-in Agent Service. Matthias Graulich will take over the management of Eurex Repo GmbH from Marcel Naas.

ING Introduces Zero Knowledge Proof Notary - ING Innovation Solves Privacy-Security Trade-Offs In Blockchain Transactions

Date 23/10/2019

Today, ING’s distributed ledger technology (DLT) team introduced its zero knowledge proof notary service, a blockchain breakthrough that improves the privacy and security of transactions on Corda, an open source blockchain platform. The service evaluates the validity of a transaction without revealing anything about it, except that it’s valid.