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Global Demands on Financial Services Auditing Expand
September 17th, 2015
New report examines potential pitfalls, prospects, solutions to managing growth Demands on internal audit are growing faster than ever as management, regulators, and stakeholders increasingly turn to the profession for assurance and advice on a rapidly growing array of ...
Newest UK bank Atom selects global tech giant FIS to offer digital banking
June 25th, 2015
Atom, the designed for digital challenger to the UK banking market, is partnering with FIS™ (NYSE: FIS), a global leader in banking and payments technology as well as consulting and outsourcing solutions, to serve banking customers on the go. ...
Atom – the UK’s newest bank
June 24th, 2015
Atom Bank today announces that it has been granted its licence by the Bank of England, enabling it to push ahead with plans to launch products and services to customers later this year. Championing customer experience with a low-cost ...
ASIC blocks forex broker’s IPO
May 14th, 2015
The corporate watchdog has blocked the potential float of an online foreign exchange broker, FX Primus, as concerns mount about the prevalence of brokers setting up shop in Australia to target forex punters in the region. FX Primus Group ...
Bank of England publishes details of 2015 stress test for largest UK banks and building societies
March 30th, 2015
Today, the Bank of England is publishing the scenario for the 2015 stress test, which will be applied to the largest UK banks and building societies. The scenario has been agreed by the Financial Policy Committee (FPC) and Prudential ...
Bank of England turns up the heat on accounting firms
March 2nd, 2015
The Bank of England would have the power to fine or ban accounting firms from working in financial services under proposals setting out how the UK central bank’s regulation arm will monitor the accounting industry. The proposals from the ...
FCA sets out approach to Non-Executive Directors and the Senior Managers Regime
February 23rd, 2015
Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) with specific responsibilities, such as Chairman, will come under the new Senior Managers Regime (SMR), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) confirmed today. Following a detailed consultation across industry and with stakeholders ...
Australia central bank acting like it ‘just woke up’
February 6th, 2015
Australia’s record low interest rates are about to head way lower, analysts tell CNBC, as the country’s central bank scrambles to play catch up in the race to the bottom for borrowing costs. “The RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) ...
Standard Chartered CEO Is Under Pressure From Shareholders, Regulators, Staff
January 29th, 2015
Bank’s Top Shareholders Privately Push for New Leadership Amid Investor, Regulatory Anxiety Hundreds of Standard Chartered PLC’s most senior executives gathered earlier this month on Singapore’s Sentosa island to address the global bank’s dimming fortunes. From a lectern at ...
ICAEW draws up plans for assurance on banks’ capital
December 16th, 2014
ICAEW is developing a framework for assurance on bank capital measures in response to increased concern over banks’ capital positions, the institute announced today. The framework is intended to provide a basis for independently examining risk-weighted assets (RWAs), one ...
