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Lloyds Banking Group to introduce new state of the art fraud prevention technology
October 13th, 2016
Lloyds Banking Group is set to become the first organisation in Europe to introduce new state of the art fraud prevention technology, helping protect its 30 million customers from telephone fraudsters.The patented Phoneprinting™ technology, developed by call centre fraud ...
ICICI Bank executes India’s first banking transactions on blockchain in partnership with Emirates NBD
October 13th, 2016
Mumbai: ICICI Bank, India’s largest private sector bank by consolidated assets, announced that it has successfully executed transactions in international trade finance and remittance using blockchain technology in partnership with Emirates NBD, a leading banking group in the Middle East. ...
Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO is stepping down following fake accounts scandal
October 13th, 2016
Embattled Wells Fargo Chairman and CEO John Stumpf is stepping down from the bank he has led for nearly a decade, following intense scrutiny over a fake accounts scandal that erupted last month. San Francisco-based Wells said Wednesday that ...
FFA UK reports Financial Fraud increase
October 12th, 2016
Financial fraud in the first half of 2016 increased by a quarter to £399.5 million, enabled by scams and online attacks, new figures published today (Wednesday 12 October 2016) by Financial Fraud Action UK (FFA UK) show. Banks’ security ...
Thomson Reuters Launches TRAC to Combat Trade Based Money Laundering
October 12th, 2016
Thomson Reuters announces today the launch of TRAC, its new anti-money laundering solution to combat trade based money laundering (TBML) and drive transparency and efficiency across trade finance. TBML is the use of international trade as a channel for ...
Nasdaq and Hong Kong exchange sharing information on blockchain technology
October 11th, 2016
The Nasdaq stock market is hoping to bring its blockchain technology to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, according to its president and chief operating officer Adena Friedman. In the city on Thursday and Friday last week to meet with ...
Microsoft and Brazilian lender are investing together in financial technology startups
October 11th, 2016
Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) and Brazilian lender Banco Votorantim are investing together in financial technology startups, executives said in a Monday interview, as the U.S. tech company adds a new specialty to its venture capital portfolio in Brazil. Votorantim will ...
Goldman Sachs to axe 2000 London jobs if passporting rights lost, report says
October 11th, 2016
Goldman Sachs has drawn up plans to transfer as many as 2000 employees out of London to a new banking centre in Europe should the UK lose its passporting rights, the Independent newspaper reported. The passporting rights allow UK-based ...
MAS: Falcon Bank to Cease Operations due to serious failures in AML controls
October 11th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it is withdrawing the merchant bank status of Falcon Private Bank Ltd, Singapore Branch (Falcon Bank) for serious failures in anti-money laundering (AML) controls and improper conduct by senior management ...
CISE goes international by opening up membership
October 10th, 2016
The membership rules previously restricted sponsors to being entities established in the Channel Islands. Now they have been updated to allow sponsors to be based in any jurisdiction deemed acceptable to the Exchange. The change is effective from 10 ...
