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November 28, 2016

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Down to the wire: financial regulators get serious about cybersecurity

We’re in the midst of a global storm of activity by financial regulators on cybersecurity. For years there have been some generally...

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November 28, 2016

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Quantifying cybersecurity risk in the absence of data

Companies need to quantify cybersecurity risk for at least three reasons:

They need to buy insurance to cover cyber risk. That means that...

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Peter Jaffe

November 18, 2016

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Who pays for SWIFT hacks? No answer yet, but another question...

A new court filing by Wells Fargo gives a glimpse into how the legal fighting over bank hacks may play out—and raises a novel question.

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Peter Jaffe

November 18, 2016

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Lessons from FINRA's Lincoln Financial cybersecurity fine

Two things struck me about FINRA's $650,000 fine of Lincoln Financial this week: that Lincoln was charged with a failure to have...

Wings Turkington

November 17, 2016

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MAS explores blockchain payment solutions, introduces further Fintech initiatives

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has announced that it is partnering with a blockchain technology company, the Singapore...

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Wings Turkington

November 17, 2016

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MAS finalised regulatory sandbox guidelines

As we reported on 4 November 2016, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) issued in June a consultation paper on proposed regulatory...

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Sheldon Leung

November 16, 2016

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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Fintech Day

Hong Kong Fintech Week drew to a close on Friday 11 November with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) hosting its Fintech Day, an...

Sheldon Leung

November 16, 2016

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Hong Kong Fintech Community Conference 2016

The main event on the third day of Hong Kong Fintech Week was the Hong Kong Fintech Community Conference 2016, during which a variety of...

Claire Harrop

November 16, 2016

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EU Fintech Taskforce

The European Commission has announced that it is launching a Task Force on Financial Technology that aim to assess and make the most of...

Simon Hawkins

November 15, 2016

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Hong Kong whitepaper on distributed ledger technology (slow and steady wins the race?)

On 11 November, Hong Kong's Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI) published its whitepaperon distributed ledger...

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Claire Harrop

November 14, 2016

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Aussie (Fintech) Rules

Many of you will have seen that the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is one of the regulators that is way out in...

Claire Harrop

November 7, 2016

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Project Innovate's second birthday

On the second anniversary of the FCA's Project Innovate, the FCA has announced the firms that were successful in their applications to...

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Wings Turkington

November 4, 2016

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Fintech sandboxes: where are the Asian regulators at?

Following the lead of the UK Financial Conduct Authority, regulators in Asia have begun exploring the use of regulatory sandboxes as a...

Wings Turkington

November 4, 2016

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Hong Kong regulator signals approval of e-signatures for non-face-to-face account opening

In light of proposals from the financial industry that Fintech solutions should be adopted for client onboarding, the Hong Kong...

Sheldon Leung

November 4, 2016

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Hong Kong Fintech Week

The first ever Hong Kong Fintech Week will be held next week from 7-11 November. Not to be outdone by Singapore’s Fintech Festival, HK...

Rachael Annear

November 2, 2016

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UK Government confirms plans to implement GDPR despite Brexit

The government has now confirmed that the UK will be implementing the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The Secretary of State...

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