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Insurance & Technology
May 3, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Security Screening To help insurers comply with the customer and information screening requirements of the Office of Foreign Asset Control and the USA PATRIOT Act, ChoicePoint has launched the Bridger Insight XG compliance software.   |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2006 |
Banking Alternatives Investors, don't think you're stuck with Federated First Financial. You might do better elsewhere. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 5, 2007 |
Securities Lending Continues Growth Initially a back-office function handled by large banks and broker-dealers, securities lending now is a major front-office function that occupies a prominent position in many broker and custodian offices. |
Managed Care
May 2002
Melanie Brody |
Insurers Obligated To Fight Money-Laundering Schemes Federal antiterrorist legislation enacted last October requires that health insurance companies, along with an array of other financial institutions, should have adopted and implemented programs to combat money laundering by April 24, 2002 |
Wall Street & Technology
October 26, 2005 |
Missed Opportunity Brokerages are missing a cost-effective opportunity to gain new customers and are lagging behind their banking peers by failing to offer online account opening services, according to a study. |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Brokerages Become More Compliant New rules aim to keep brokerages on the straight and narrow. |
InternetNews
December 21, 2007
Kenneth Corbin |
A 'Building Year' For Mobile Banking Research firm Celent looks ahead to the coming year in banking technology. |
Bank Technology News
May 2003
John Adams |
Age of Tech's Transparency The Patriot Act could be just the beginning |
Bank Technology News
November 2007
John Adams |
Small Biz/Small Bank: Losing Out In Their Own Back Yard New research that's found that larger banks are processing small business loan applications much faster than community banks - a pace that can't be explained by their size advantage alone. |
Bank Technology News
May 1, 2008
Michael Grebb |
The War to Keep Compliance Talent Financial institutions wade through an ever-deepening regulatory swamp, and therefore an escalating war for compliance talent. |
Bank Technology News
June 2003 |
By the Numbers Total IT spending in the American securities industry is set to decline for the second year in a row. That's not just a big story, it's a huge one. |
The Motley Fool
March 7, 2006 |
Brokerage Account Insurance Investors, don't count on SIPC insurance if your stocks plunge. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 20, 2008
Cory Levine |
Fixed-Income Products Fail to Go Fully Electronic New research reveals that not all types of fixed income securities are experiencing rapid electronification. |
OCC Bulletin
March 28, 2002 |
Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money laundering Notice of proposed rulemaking and interim rule by the U.S. Treasury Department to implement provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act to combat money laundering and terrorist financing. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 21, 2006
Cory Levine |
Education in Regulation In partnership with the NASD, the U.K.'s University of Reading will offer what is believed to be a first-of-its-kind Master's in Capital Markets, Regulation and Compliance from the University's business school. |
Wall Street & Technology
October 27, 2003
Jim Middlemiss |
Finding a Needle in a Haystack One of the main difficulties in complying with the U.S.A. Patriot Act is sifting through the huge amount of information financial services firms process every day. |
Insurance & Technology
January 5, 2007
Vincent Oliva |
Take Risk Management and Compliance to the Next Level A seemingly never-ending wave of new compliance directives is perplexing insurance companies around the world, sowing confusion among insurers about how they should respond. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 11, 2007
Peggy Bresnick Kendler |
Online Account Opening Provides Myriad Benefits to Retail Banks From processing efficiencies to high customer satisfaction and competitive differentiation, online account opening can help banks improve customer acquisition and profitability. But it needs to be done right. |
Bank Systems & Technology
July 30, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Banks Eye Finance, Accounting Outsourcing Revenue Lagging cash management revenue has prompted many banks to start offering new elements of finance and accounting outsourcing to their corporate customers. |
Bank Systems & Technology
February 1, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Educated Opinions: 2007 Bank Technology Forecast Industry experts give their forecasts for bank technology in 2007. |
Insurance & Technology
May 28, 2008
Nathan Conz |
Compliance Becoming Key Component of Core Systems As insurers strive to holistically align their compliance cultures with day-to-day operations, a similar trend is emerging strictly within the technology realm. |
The Motley Fool
November 14, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Banker, Broker, or Both? Be careful to figure out which hat your bank's employee is wearing. The key to dealing with bank-based brokers is to know exactly what you're being offered at all times. |
Bank Technology News
November 2001
David Rountree |
Securities Industry Grapples with STP Challenges To completely automate the trade process, U.S. firms will have to spend billions to overcome a bevy of complex obstacles... |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Think Twice About Chinese Brokerages America's brokerages offer more protection for investors. |
Reason
April 2004
Julian Sanchez |
PATRIOT Spawn When a draft of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, nicknamed PATRIOT II, was leaked last year, public outrage scuppered the proposal, but pieces are emerging elsewhere. |
Wall Street & Technology
March 21, 2006 |
Basel II Progress Varies by Region When it comes to implementing Basel II compliance technologies, financial institutions' progress is all over the map: Europe is leading the race to comply... U.S. progress has been slowed due to uncertainty about the format and deadline... |
Bank Systems & Technology
January 8, 2009
Virginia Garcia |
Firms Should Not Let Short Term Demands Cripple Long Term IT Strategy While financial services IT spending on new technology initiatives is delayed, many institutions are likely to build strategic plans for IT transformation, understanding the limitations of their present IT structures. |
Wall Street & Technology
November 27, 2007
Crosman et al. |
2008 IT Budgets Up More Than 10% for Financial Services Firms Results of a comprehensive survey of top executives at Wall Street firms, banks and insurance companies found their IT budgets for next year are more than 10% higher than 2007. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 23, 2007
Paul Allen |
Firms Ready to Dive Into China's Financial Markets The opening of the huge Chinese financial services sector to foreign-based institutions presents a gamut of opportunities -- whether in retail and corporate banking, investment banking or asset management -- for North American and European firms. |
Bank Systems & Technology
November 24, 2007
Bruno-Britz et al. |
Financial Institutions to Increase Spending Modestly On IT In 2008 Amidst the doom and gloom of the credit crunch, a down housing market and talk of an impending recession, financial institutions still see the need for investing in technology to stay competitive and compliant. |
Insurance & Technology
April 5, 2006
Anthony O'Donnell |
Partners and Rivals The shift by consumers to lower-premium high-deductible health plans along with the redirection of healthcare dollars into bank accounts represents a serious challenge for insurers, and a serious opportunity for banks and other financial services companies. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2005
James R. Janz |
Act Accordingly As the threat of terrorism continues nationwide, commercial property owners and landlords should be aware of their duties to comply with the Patriot Act's regulations. Making use of legal counsel, industry resources, and policy groups to help understand these obligations is essential |
Insurance & Technology
November 19, 2007
O'Donnell et al. |
Financial Services Firms Increasing Spending, But Priorities Differ If the confidence of financial services firms was shaken by this year's subprime mortgage lending crisis, it certainly isn't reflected in their IT budgets for 2008, judging by a joint survey of insurance companies, banks and securities firms. |
U.S. Banker
November 2007
Lee Conrad |
In Pay Raises, Small Banks Outpace the Broader Industry According to America's Community Bankers' annual compensation survey, chief information officers/chief technology officers saw an 11.2 percent increase in their base salaries at community banks between 2006 and 2007. |
Information Today
September 2003
Dick Kaser |
Sound Off for the Freedom to Read It's a sad day when the U.S. Congress needs to consider a bill called the Freedom to Read Protection Act. Introduced last March, this bill would exempt libraries and bookstores from some of the more onerous provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act. |
Bank Systems & Technology
October 4, 2006
Nancy Feig |
Treasury Management Technology: Businesses Look to Banks Treasury's ability to impact the bottom line is gaining increased recognition at the C-levels of leading organizations, driving adoption of more-sophisticated and better integrated treasury automation solutions. |
Bank Technology News
April 2004 |
By The Numbers When it comes to compliance technology spending, internal IT remains the biggest investment for financial institutions. But more firms are opting to buy rather than build. |
BusinessWeek
June 28, 2004
Emily Thornton |
Mutual Funds: The Cost Of Full Disclosure With Securities & Exchange Commission Chairman William H. Donaldson pushing for new rules aimed at providing greater safeguards for mutual-fund investors, brokerages worry that implementing them will cost billions of dollars. |
Registered Rep.
December 10, 2003
David A. Gaffen |
Securities Revenues Fall in Third Quarter Securities firms showed profits of $3.0 billion in the third quarter of 2003, a 45 percent decline from the second quarter, according to the Securities Industry Association. A significant drop in trading revenue was responsible for the profit hit. |
PC World
December 2003
Bill Wallace |
The Patriot Act Reconsidered Next round of antiterrorist legislation seeks to balance privacy and security. |
Registered Rep.
June 25, 2003
Nigel Goodman |
Tech Spending on the Wane Technology spending is dropping at securities firms, and some reps are starting to feel the pinch. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Brokerage Statement Bewilderment You don't have to be flummoxed by your financial statements. |
Bank Systems & Technology
March 30, 2007
Nancy Feig |
Mass Affluent Customers Seek Wealth Management Services Consumers with enough money for diversified investment products but not quite enough to warrant the attention of private bankers represent a new market and new opportunity for retail banks. |
Registered Rep.
September 2, 2010
Stevie D. Conlon |
Looming Cost-Basis Crunch With less than six months to go, the brokerage community is under intense pressure to prepare for the new cost basis reporting law. |
Reason
June 2005
Jesse Walke |
Ohio Clampdown Four Ohio cities have denounced the PATRIOT Act, and, in some cases, asked their employees to work around it to whatever extent the law allows. |
Bank Technology News
April 2007
Glen Fest |
Internet Banking: Luring the Laggards Will Require Enhancements Banks need added functionality to interest the millions of households yet to enroll in Web banking. Vendors are adapting their wares accordingly. |
BusinessWeek
June 19, 2006
Mara Der Hovanesian |
Where's The Heat On Hedge Funds? With the huge potential for abuse by money launderers, calls for oversight get louder. |
Wall Street & Technology
February 12, 2004
Jessica Pallay |
Hanging Launderers Out to Dry With the Patriot Act here to stay, Wall Street remains vigilant about hampering the efforts of money launderers. |
Bank Technology News
April 2006
Michael Sisk |
Compliance: The New Rule Book Is Still Like A Maze There are so many new regulations that banks are having difficulty organizing their corporate structure to ensure these new rules are being adequately followed. |
The Motley Fool
December 17, 2003 |
Investigate Your Broker How to check on your stockbroker, to see if he's gotten in hot water in the past. |
