For many years, financial sector supervisors saw with skepticism the adoption of SupTech—essentially the use of technology-enabled solutions to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of supervisory activities. Many asked “why” they should be investing in these technologies, in a common first reaction to any process that will substantially impact the way things are done.Although some...
TORONTO, Oct. 6, 2020 /CNW/ - SQL Power, the global leader in financial regulatory and advanced analytics technology is proud to announce the implementation of their supervisory platform, the SQL Power Suite, on September 22, 2020 at the Trinidad and Tobago Securities and Exchange Commission (TTSEC). According to the TTSEC, the Electronically Advanced Submission interface or EASi platform...
In the same way technology is changing the financial services industry, technology is also changing how the industry and supervisory authorities implement and enforce regulations.Today, an increasing number of supervisory authorities are turning to technology to support their work, leveraging so-called supervisory technology (suptech) applications to digitize report and regulatory processes. What is Suptech?Suptech refers to...
The majority of financial institutions have or are developing a cloud strategy, and most are already making some use of the cloud. There are a number of reasons why the cloud is an attractive alternative to running your IT in the traditional manner of owning and operating in-house data centres, including: reduced costs, and costs...
The Global Risk Institute Published “An Overview of FinTech in Canada” this month. It is a very interesting review of the state of the Canadian FinTech market with broad implications for the financial services industry and for its regulators. Every jurisdiction, and Canada is no exception, seeks to gain economic leverage and future technology investment...
“Knock knock” jokes can be funny, but if the regulator knocked on your door today, would you be smiling? If you were asked to prove exactly what an individual customer saw and did on your website, at a specified moment in time, could you? How long would it take, and how confident are you that...