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Regulated entities often face a challenge when sourcing technology best suited to their business. The RegTech Association designed the RegTech Edge program to help address this challenge. RegTech Edge provided an ideal environment for businesses to see a showcase of RegTech solutions including risk management, data analytics, operational efficiency and financial crime.  The first of…

The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has issued formal warnings to 10 reporting entities under Section 80 of the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism Act (AML/CFT Act). The FMA carried out a risk-based assessment of independent audit reports for reporting entities it supervises in February this year, targeting 69 reporting entities. The FMA supervises…

The Financial Markets Authority of New Zealand issued a stark warning for regulated entities in its recently published Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) 2018 Monitoring Report. Given the Act has been in place for more than five years, the FMA stated that they had expected to see more mature processes and policies…

ASIC is ramping its support for regulatory technology businesses or ‘regtechs’ in response to an overwhelming number of organisations expressing frustration over complex compliance burdens. The corporate watchdog recently announced the next phase of supporting regtech’s technological capabilities in helping clients meet regulatory obligations, by way of conducting technology trials such as cognitive and social…

Australia’s financial regulators gathered in the Market Street offices of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission in Sydney last Wednesday for a private briefing with the Boston Consulting Group. The topic; Fast-moving developments in the world of regulatory technology, aka “regtech”. The deployment of artificial intelligence is gathering pace in financial services. It’s being used in pricing,…

In the wake of an unprecedented lawsuit against Commonwealth Bank of Australia for alleged compliance violations, other lenders are re-evaluating their own risks and adjusting to a potentially more aggressive regulatory climate, say sources. On August 3, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre, or AUSTRAC, accused the country’s largest financial institution of violating anti-money…

Commonwealth Bank has committed to spending $40 million over the next 12 months in a bid to fortify its anti-money laundering technology capabilities; a sum that has divided opinion in banking technology circles. While some have said the new investment is overkill from a bank trying to rehabilitate a tarnished reputation, others say $40m may…

Commonwealth Bank of Australia is considering using new software to improve the way it monitors suspicious activity throughout the bank, suggesting the money-laundering scandal could be a tipping point that breaks down CBA’s insular approach to technology development. With AUSTRAC suing CBA for failures in identifying suspect deposits, the bank has been exploring how new regulatory…

The Regtech Association, launched late last week, is a first of its kind. It’s a product of the latent demand in the finance industry for specialist technology in this area, says Eric Frost, CEO of Simple KYC, one of the association’s founding members. “Regtech is quickly emerging due to the demand for such technology,” Frost…