In this issue
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Interview: Laurence Kotlikoff
Interview with outspoken Professor of Economics: Laurence Kotlikoff of Boston University.
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AndaraLink, the world's first mobile-enabled MFI financial services network
The network enables MFIs to provide 40 millions financially excluded Indonesians withaccess to previously unavailable financial services via mobile terminals connected to a mobile network. The mobile terminal allows MFIs to take the bank out of the branch, to its consumer or business customers. AndaraLink has already connected 98 MFI's in Indonesia.
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Anti Money Laundering: an overview of trends from the 7th ACAMS European conference, 2011
For the second time, ACAMS (Association of certified anti money laundering specialists see http://www.acams.org) organized its annual European conference in Amsterdam early June. The Hilton Hotel made for a good venue and the attendees, vendors and organizers made for a great event both productive and enjoyable. More than 300 financial professionals, mainly from Europe, attended the conference.
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Are you using live customer data outside of your production database?
Using live data in non-production is either illegal or expensive. For the companies using it illegally, it’s only a matter of time before somebody slips up and the practice is discovered.
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Compliance in the golden age of regulation
Financial institutions are confronted with ever more rules and regulations. Handling this growing body of rules requires a shift away from the current static model of compliance to a more nimble and flexible model. Financial project experts Projective recently organised a workshop to explore the future of compliance in this context. Banking & Finance speaks to Projective’s Filip Bosschaert and Kim Martens about the outcome.
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Dossier: MicroStrategy
Mobile BI and Social Networks enter the Financial Sector
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Finalyse: your partner to prepare and implement Solvency II and Basel II smoothly
Finalyse has more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector. In order to tackle regulatory requirements such as Solvency II and Basel III, this specialist in valuation, risk and performance offers a pragmatic consulting approach to several banks and insurers in Benelux, France, Poland and Hungary.
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Islamic Banking and Finance on the European Market
Islamic Finance, developed during the 70’s in the Muslim countries, is experiencing an increasing popularity far outside the Muslim World’s frontiers. In a world where the dominance of the capitalist economy is obvious, the development of a system where the main principle is the exclusion the interest rate comes close to being an exploit.
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Liquidity Risk Management in the Context of Basel III: Facing the challenge of an uncertain future
The finalised Basel III regulation published in December 20101 will have far-reaching implications for the banking industry. Many experts believe the inclusion of the liquidity regulation to be the most significant modification to existing regulation, estimating that it will pose considerable challenges for affected institutions across the globe. Likely effects such as disruptions to the interbank market, trapped pools of liquidity in individual territories and increased monitoring and reporting requirements will require institutions to fundamentally review and improve their funding and liquidity (risk) management frameworks.
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SAS Banking & Insurance Day 2011: Learning from the past, embracing the future
During SAS Banking & Insurance Day in Brussels, keynote speakers Karel Lannoo and Karel Van Hulle talked about the impact of new regulations on business models and the importance of Solvency II, risk management, and governance. Customer presentations also showed how to rebuild customer trust and enhance customer experience. Below you can find a summary of this day.
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What can the News of the World teach us about privacy and information governance?
On Sunday july 10th, 2011 the News of the World published it last edition. This paper had been publishing for 168 years and was the top selling Sunday newspaper in the UK. The closure came following revelations of how the newspaper had allegedly obtained personal information using illegal methods such as phone hacking. What does this teach us about privacy and information governance?
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Will the truly secure website please stand up?
A company’s brand is among its most valuable assets. A strong brand – one known for providing quality solutions that add value–is essential for organizational success. Companies with the world’s most valuable and well-recognized brands will take on imposters and rivals in high-profile, expensive legal battles to protect their brands from illegal or improper use.
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