OANDA, New York based forex trading serving provider recently revealed in an announcement that it has made a new addition to its APAC region senior level leadership team. As per statement released by the firm…
Kevin Stiroh: Opening remarks – Community Bankers Conference
Welcome to the 17th Annual Community Bankers Conference. We are very glad that so many of you from community banks in the Second District joined us today for our conference about what's "On the Horizon…
FINRA Discusses Cyber-security Threats
Cyber-security continues to be a grave concern by firms governed by FINRA, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority. FINRA’s latest webcast was about a recent report FINRA released on the topic of cybersecurity and it was…
Hacking a Trillion Dollar Business
[caption id="attachment_185786" align="alignleft" width="141"] Andrew Busch, Chief Market Intelligence Officer for the CFTC[/caption] Hacking is a trillion-dollar business. Andre McGregor is the head of security for TLDR Capital, a global advisory firm specializing in the…
FINRA Gives Cyber-security Tips
[caption id="attachment_319998" align="alignleft" width="185"] Barry Suskind, Senior Director, Infrastructure Security at FINRA[/caption] Keeping your financial information safe on-line requires some basic tips. That was the message from two cybersecurity experts in the latest episode of…
Deutsche Börse welcomes HANetf as new ETF issuer…
Since Thursday, three ETFs of the new issuer HANetf have been tradable on Xetra and Börse Frankfurt for the first time. HANetf has listed the first ETF in Europe via its white label platform and…
AlphaPoint Appoints Srikant Manda as its First Chief…
[caption id="attachment_314286" align="alignleft" width="169"] Srikant “Sri” Manda, AlphaPoint Chief Information Security Officer[/caption] AlphaPoint, global blockchain company and the provider white-label cryptocurrency exchange platform has announced the appointment of experienced cyber security expert Srikant “Sri” Manda as…
MAS Directs Financial Institutions to Tighten Customer Verification…
Singapore, 24 July 2018…The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a circular to all financial institutions, directing them to tighten their customer verification process. This follows the recent cyber attack at SingHealth where personal…
The Growing Cost of Financial Crime
Financial crime is often seen as a victimless crime and often doesn’t gain the attention that its true cost represents. However, a new report is lifting the lid on the scope and impact financial crime…