Compliance

The monetary authorities in Hong Kong and China have agreed to create a one-stop sandbox platform to help companies develop cross-border FinTech products quicker.

A recent blogpost by MyDocSafe has detailed how the onboarding process within wealth management is impacting the client experience through its complexity.

The European Security and Markets Authority (ESMA) has invited firms to comment on its consultation paper seeking to make reporting requirements changes under MiFID II.

The European Banking Authority (EBA) has officially repealed its guidelines on the security of internet payments under the former Payments Services Directive (PSD1).

Finance officials from the G7 have endorsed 13 public policy principles for retail central bank digital currencies (CBDCs).

Theta Lake has bolstered its partnership with communications firm RingCentral to include global service provider and cross-industry vertical security and compliance features.

NatWest has pleaded guilty to money laundering failings amounting to £365m from UK-based jeweller Fowler Oldfield.

Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA) has revealed it intends to make climate disclosures mandatory for large Japanese companies from April next year.

Privacy engineering firm Gretel.ai has secured $50m from a Series B funding round led by Anthos Capital.

A huge challenge for companies and consumers alike during the pandemic was the inability for business matters to be conducted in-person. As countries globally entered lockdowns, the possibility for wet signatures – a signature commonly done with pen and paper – become almost impossible.