Posts Tagged ‘Regulation’
Spanish CFD Barbie-Clients and Fundamental EU Rights
A guest editorial for FX News Group as published 14th August 2023 Spanish Barbie-Clients In the 2023 movie “Barbie” (spoilers ahead), Barbie’s perennial male counterparty Ken “imports” Patriarchy into Barbie-Land, and, using nothing more than beer and horse-related imagery, manages to make (almost) all the Barbies abandon their positions of power and accept submissive, Ken-serving…
Read MoreAsk the Expert: Gary Youinou, Managing Director, KnowYourCountry Limited
Tell us about yourself and your organisation Back in 2006, after many years working in the offshore finance industry, and experiencing the massive changes in compliance and risk assessment that came into force in the late 90s and early 2000s, I decided to establish a research tool based on country AML risk. Initially, the focus…
Read MoreThe Days of Regulatory Arbitrage Are Numbered….Will Brokers Be Forced to Shut Down?
OpEd by Remonda Kirketerp-Møller, Founder & CEO, Muinmos As published in Finance Magnates on 13 February 2022. Imaginary borders If the pandemic has taught us anything, it is that borders are imaginary. A virus that appears in China today can be in the US tomorrow; and a “South-African” variant can infect people all over Europe.…
Read MoreHow to Select the Right KYC Onboarding Solution
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say there are hundreds of KYC onboarding solutions in the market. Literally hundreds. From algorithmic forgery detectors to specialists who corroborate one’s identity via a video call using nothing more than their eyes; from tailored-to-the-client to off-the-shelf solutions; from the very cheap to the extremely expensive; the market offers…
Read MoreThe ‘Data Finder’ and the ‘Workflow’ – What to Look for in a KYC/AML Solution?
There are a lot of companies out there offering KYC/AML solutions but they aren’t all offering the same thing. In fact, KYC/AML solutions generally fall into two distinct categories – ‘the data finder’ KYC/AML solution and ‘the workflow’ KYC/AML solution. And then Muinmos came along and we added a category all of our own ‘the…
Read MoreWhat will Brexit mean for UK FinTech?
The UK is home to one of the world’s most thriving FinTech and RegTech communities, but Brexit has raised concerns about whether the future of the ecosystem is at risk. Brexit is still happening. With the contentious US presidential election having just been settled and the coronavirus pandemic still raging, the UK’s exodus from the…
Read MoreTaking the fight: What do RegTech companies think about the EU potentially setting up a new authority to fight money laundering?
European finance ministers are expected to urge the European Commission to set up a new anti-money laundering authority. Whilst optimistic, RegTech stakeholders expect challenges to come. The EU is taking off the kid gloves against money laundering. European finance ministers have flagged that they intend to urge the European Commission to establish an anti-money laundering (AML)…
Read MoreExclusive: muinmos selected to participate in the FCA Regulatory Sandbox
LeapRate has learned that automated regulatory compliance specialist muinmos has been selected to participate in the fifth cohort of the FCA’s Regulatory Sandbox. The Danish RegTech organisation uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to help financial institutions to categorise and validate regulatory compatibility for a range of financial products and services on a national and cross border basis. Its…
Read MoreMuinmos offers MiFID Compliant Cloud based regtech solution
Muinmos Founder, Remonda Z. Kirketerp-Møller speaks to Vedant Sangit on the issues related to Regtech. Muinmos is Denmark based Regtech Company. Muinmos co-founder, Remonda Z. Kirketerp-Møller speaks of her innovative MiFID compliant cloud-based platform RegtechPASS with Vedant Sangit. How do you define the term RegTech? “Automation of regulation via technology. It is a new field…
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