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Australia and Swiss Regulators Partner to Promote Crossborder Fintech Innovation

Bank Innovation

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and Swiss Financial Markets Authority (FINMA) have partnered to promote cross-border fintech innovation. The two regulators are working to support fintechs to meet regulatory requirements in each other’s countries.

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FinTech Cloud Technology Fuels Banking Innovation

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As cloud technologies emerge to help financial institutions (FIs) drive digital innovation, Finastra has introduced its Fusion Payments To Go offering for small and medium-sized banks. Alacriti, a FinTech that was started in 2003, works with banks and other customers on making the migration to digital payments. Europe and South Africa.

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Japan and Swiss Regulators Sign Fintech Pact

Bank Innovation

The Japanese Financial Services Agency, or FSA, has signed a fintech letter of cooperation with Swiss regulators the Financial Market Supervisory Authority, the agencies announced yesterday.

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Banks Say FinTech Innovation, Not Regulation, Is Now Their Fiercest Market Pressure

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Regulation has undoubtedly acted as a catalyst to major financial services trends in areas like small business (SMB) lending, faster payments and, most recently, open banking and collaboration with FinTechs. In its Global Banking Outlook 2018 survey , EY assessed 221 financial institutions across 29 markets. Optimism Up.

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Turning Compliance Burden Into FinTech-Regulator Collaboration

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Lithuania wants to become a global FinTech powerhouse. In recent years, the market has gone from one struggling with high financial illiteracy and limited card acceptance, to a bright spot in Europe for FinTech innovation. Regulation is perhaps the strongest driver of Lithuania’s FinTech-friendly environment.

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Regulating the cryptocurrency markets

Chris Skinner

I guess that this is logical as my last line was that government control of cryptocurrencies is “not so easy for cryptocurrencies that have … The post Regulating the cryptocurrency markets appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog.

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UK Regulator Seeks Tailored Rules For Big Tech

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The proposed regulations from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) are expected within the next few weeks and are almost certain to guide the actions of a newly announced government digital watchdog, FT reported. FT quoted an unnamed government spokesman saying of upcoming new regulations: "We are committed to making the U.K.