November 6, 2012 - Worldwide banking reforms are unlikely to be completed on time, a new report has indicated. The Basel III regulations have been designed in order to prevent any repeat of the recent financial crisis whereby many lenders required state-funded bailouts by compelling companies to boost their reserve capital ratios.
November 6, 2012 - The ever-increasing investment and growing reliance on IT at banks and other large companies around the world is not being reflected in a thorough enough IT audit to check that systems are being optimised, says a new survey from consulting firm Protiviti which questioned 300 firms.
November 5, 2012 - Compliance and risk regulations will be the main drivers of technology spending in 2013, says Ovum in its assessment of the '2013 Trends to Watch in Financial Markets Technology'.
November 5, 2012 - Compliance and risk regulations will be the main drivers of technology spending in 2013, says Ovum in its assessment of the '2013 Trends to Watch in Financial Markets Technology'.
November 2, 2012 - Introducing exciting new apps or other IT into banks and other organisations is often prioritised over ensuring integration with existing systems or integration following a merger, but according to research from Freeform Dynamics and Liaison Technologies, this is the wrong approach.
November 1, 2012 - As trading resumed in New York after a two-day Hurricane Sandy-inflicted pause, the effectiveness of Wall Street's back-up plans to deal with disasters was being called into question.
October 26, 2012 - With more than a dozen major bank Web sites targeted in DDoS attacks over the last month, financial institutions need to take steps to ensure they don't become the latest victims, warns the US Financial Services Roundtable's technology unit, Bits.
October 24, 2012 - Investit recently reported that regulatory change programmes would be among the top priorities for 85% of investment managers in 2013. New research published by Investit this week, shows that for 75% of firms the emerging and still unclear regulations are placing strain on the operational risk function.
