Peter Mandl By Peter Mandl Posted on 08/10/2014
Of biometrics, banks and the need to develop standards and learn more

Biometric systems are on the horizon and looming large – that is, if the reports we’ve been reading for years are anything to go by. With phishing and card skimming ...

James Tomkinson By James Tomkinson Posted on 15/07/2014
How prepared are you for T2S?

As part of the ongoing drive to remove internal barriers and create a single market within the European Union, European policy makers have identified a number of areas for harmonisation. ...

Neil Hookway By Neil Hookway Posted on 16/04/2014
Regime change and regulatory fallout

Following a lengthy consultation and drafting period (ongoing since 2011/12), the final Level 1 texts for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) II and Markets in Financial Instruments Regulation (MiFIR) were approved ...

Catherine Houston By Catherine Houston Posted on 26/01/2014
Risky business: Mitigating operational risk

Since the 2008 crisis, regulators (and therefore banks) have focussed on monitoring and understanding the risks in our financial system. This has led to the creation of a number of ...

Dirk Elsner By Dirk Elsner Posted on 07/08/2013
Dirk Elsner: Regulation dictates change in the world of finance

Dirk Elsner works as a business consultant at Innovecs where he advises banks and medium-sized enterprises in Germany. He also runs a private business insights blog called  Wirtschaftblog Blick Log ...