FSIs

Regulatory challenges in Singapore, especially for FSIs
When Singapore introduced its Personal Data Protection Act, for a heavily regulated sector like the financial services industry, it was just another box to tick on a long list of compliance and regulatory requirements -- but that list is about to get longer, reports Benjamin Cher.
BAE Systems’ Applied Intelligence beefs up Asian operations
As cyberthreats become more ‘real’ to organisations in the region, UK-based international defence, aerospace and security company BAE Systems is beefing up cybersecurity offerings from its Applied Intelligence division for Asia.
Big data analytics key to addressing fraud at the root
Setting up protection such as two-factor authentication or firewalls may only delay fraud from happening, at best; the key to solving the problem at the root level lies in banks' ability to analyse and make sense of the pool of data they own, according to SAS fraud and money-laundering detection specialist Rohan Langley.
Weinvest.net rebels against 'tyranny of choice'
Provides information on all MAS-approved products Includes real estate listings and portfolio management tools
Size doesn’t matter in cybersecurity: RSA research
While larger organisations are typically thought of as having the resources to mount a more substantive cyber-defence, the results of an RSA survey indicate that size is not a determinant of strong cybersecurity maturity.
Asian FSIs expect IT budgets to grow in 2015: IDC
Two out of every five decision-makers in Asia’s financial institutions are expecting growth in IT budgets to exceed 10% in 2015 as the industry collectively renews its resolution to further digitise its practices, according to IDC Financial Insights.
IoE: Cisco expects to ‘connect the disconnected’ in 2015
Already seeing strong traction for Internet of Everything solutions in Malaysia, Cisco Systems expects 2015 to be a good year for it as it starts to ‘connect the disconnected,’ country manager Albert Chai tells DNA.
Oracle launches community cloud for financial services firms
Oracle has unveiled its Oracle Financial Services Cloud, a community cloud offering dedicated to the financial services industry including banks, insurance and investment companies, and securities institutions, as well as other regulated industry enterprises.
Core banking solutions: Banks looking at vendors’ R&D
Banks in Asia Pacific are increasingly looking at the research and development budgets being spent by vendors on future solutions, according to IDC Financial Insights.
For banking, ROI outranks compliance in 2014: Fico poll
This year, rising competition is driving the need for technology that will provide a return on investment, according to Asia Pacific banking risk professionals, who rated regulatory compliance and regulation as less important than in 2013.
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