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  • Tadawul: Announcement Of The Issuance Of The Board Of The Authority Resolution To Adopt The Financial Technology Experimental Permit Instructions

    Date 23/01/2018

    Reference made to the Press Release titled “Capital Market Authority adopts new initiative namely (FinTech Lab)” published on 23/3/1439H corresponding to 11/12/2017G and as part of the Capital Market Authority's ("Authority") continuous efforts to develop the capital market in the Kingdom and regulate and monitor the works and activities of parties subject to the control and supervision of the Authority and based on the Capital Market Law issued by the Royal Decree Number (M/30) Dated 2/6/1424 H, the Authority Board has issued its Resolution dated 23/04/1439H corresponding to 10/01/2018G approving The Financial Technology Experimental Permit Instructions that shall become effective upon their publication.

  • UK Launches New Anti-Money Laundering Watchdog

    Date 23/01/2018

    A new watchdog launches today to strengthen the UK’s defences against money laundering and terrorist financing.

  • ESAs Publish Opinion On The Use Of Innovative Solutions In The Customer Due Diligence Process

    Date 23/01/2018

    The Joint Committee of the three European Supervisory Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA - ESAs) published today an Opinion on the use of innovative solutions by credit and financial institutions  when complying with their customer due diligence (CDD) obligations. This Opinion is part of the ESAs' wider work on creating a common understanding on the responsible and effective use of innovation by credit and financial institutions, which can enhance their Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) controls. 
     

  • Federal Reserve Board Announces Termination Of Enforcement Action With Heartland Bank And Denies Motion To Void Fine And Permanent Ban On Former Foreign Exchange (FX) Trader

    Date 23/01/2018

    The Federal Reserve Board on Tuesday announced the termination of the enforcement action listed below:

     

    Heartland Bank, Little Rock, Arkansas,
    PCA Directive dated August 15, 2017
    Terminated January 18, 2018

    The enforcement action from August 2017 can be found here and other enforcement actions can be searched for here.

    The Board on Tuesday also announced that it had denied a motion to void the $1.2 million fine and permanent ban on employment in the banking industry against Christopher Ashton, the former Global Head of Foreign Exchange (FX) Spot Trading at Barclays Bank PLC, in connection with the manipulation of FX pricing benchmarks. In May 2017, the Board banned and fined Ashton.

  • Hanweck Introduces Borrow Intensity Indicator - First Product To Offer Real-Time Transparency Into Securities Lending Rates

    Date 23/01/2018

    Hanweck, a leading provider of real-time risk analytics on global derivatives markets, today announced the launch of the Hanweck Borrow Intensity IndicatorTM. This new product mines data from the equity options market to derive stock borrow rates and term curves in real time. Hanweck Borrow Intensity Indicators rely upon proprietary calculations that transform real-time implied borrow data into time-series with constant maturity characteristics. Indicator data is available for all securities that have listed options.