FinTech In Canada & Thoughts for Global Regulators
SQL Power Team | April 6, 2018
The Global Risk Institute Published “An Overview of FinTech in Canada” this month. It is a very interesting review of the state of the Canadian FinTech market with broad implications for the financial services industry and for its regulators. Every…..
Read moreFinTech, RegTech, and SupTech: A New Paradigm, Simultaneously Promoting Financial Service Innovation While Enhancing Supervisory Effectiveness
SQL Power Team | March 7, 2018
First some definitions: FinTech is the application of digital technology like software and hardware to improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and scope of financial services. These solutions can be applied to traditional financial services and create opportunities for new services and business models for…..
Read moreIs Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning the Future of Financial Regulation?
SQL Power Team | January 23, 2018
Technological advancements are inevitable. From the first stone tool, the discovery of the uses of fire, forging metals, farming, the Industrial Revolution to the information age; we have been consistently inventing tools to make our lives easier. Artificial Intelligence is…..
Read more10 FinTech Predictions for 2018
SQL Power Team | December 19, 2017
It was a big year for FinTech in 2017 – and 2018 is shaping up to be every bit as exciting. Here are some FinTech predictions for 2018: 1. Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies – here come the institutional investors? Many records were broken…..
Read moreWe’re Off to the Caribbean FinReg Conference this November!
SQL Power Team | September 20, 2017
Today’s regulators are under tremendous pressure across three dimensions: the pace of change, the ever-increasing dynamics of risk and limited resources with which to respond. Fortunately today, advancements in technology and automation has enabled easy access to clean, high quality data like never…..
Read moreFinancial Reporting and Analysis Today: Using XBRL to Make the Process Faster and Easier
SQL Power Team | September 19, 2017
The New York Society of Security Analysts’ (NYSSA) Financial Reporting and Analysis Group hosted a program on using XBRL formatted structured SEC corporate data filings to expedite and ease financial reporting and analysis. Panelists were Mohini Singh (CFA Institute), Todd Castagno (Morgan…..
Read more5 Probing Questions about Digital Compliance to Ask your Session Record and Replay Supplier
SQL Power Team | September 18, 2017
“Knock knock” jokes can be funny, but if the regulator knocked on your door today, would you be smiling? If you were asked to prove exactly what an individual customer saw and did on your website, at a specified moment…..
Read moreRegTech as a Driver for Regulatory and Compliance Cost Reduction
SQL Power Team | September 13, 2017
RegTech is the emergence of new technologies in the regulatory space is offering financial services institutions growing possibilities to reduce costs and improve the quality of its regulatory response process, says Elmo Olieslagers, Managing Partner of Compendor. The financial services…..
Read moreHow to Prepare for the Future of Banking
SQL Power Team | September 6, 2017
Advances in technology are causing the banking industry to develop faster. Those seeking to take advantage of these trends stand to be immensely successful Bank of Cyprus’ headquarters The recent financial crisis in Cyprus, Greece and Turkey has forced banks…..
Read moreWhy the Banking Industry is Investing in RegTech
SQL Power Team | September 6, 2017
Compliance is king in financial services The regulations faced by the banking industry are so layered and complex that they can often seem impossible to keep track of. Given the ever-evolving regulatory landscape, it can be difficult to ascertain whether an…..
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