What are the key considerations for trading floor technology managers as change and consolidation in the sector accelerates?.

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New reporting requirements, the implementation of technology, and preparation for new regulations are the 3 biggest compliance challenges for financial trading firms. #tradingfloor #compliance #nasdaq #nyse #ftse #hangseng #bourse #dax

Following the WhatsApp fines earlier in the year, HSBC is restricting texting. Affected employees will be unable to send or receive SMS messages on company phones. #compliance #tradingfloor

Microsoft Mesh goes live this month making virtual meetings available for Teams. Even this native option is unlikely to catch on quickly in Capital Markets. The CoPilot AI productivity assistant may have a bigger short-term impact. #uc #tradingfloor

What to do about WhatsApp?.Usage of the ubiquitous app increased in Capital Markets during the lockdowns. The regulators have taken notice, so what can Financial Institutions do to stay compliant?. #doddfrank #mifidii #fca #compliance #tradingfloor

The fines can be huge, but 43% of Financial Services leaders in this NASDAQ survey said that avoiding reputational damage was the most important function of compliance.

The Microsoft AI team leaked 38 terabytes of data, including Teams chats, private keys and passwords. No customer data was leaked. Huge volumes of data are used to train AIs so this type of leak is a risk that must be considered. #UC #datasecurity #AI

While today's news from the UK points in the opposite direction, NASDAQ is underlining 2023 as a pivotal year for carbon removal. Good ESG credentials are increasingly important in banks' #vendorselection processes. #esg #financialservices #nasdaq #netzero

In Europe, Microsoft has unbundled Teams from Office. New customers can buy M365 for $2 less per user and pay an extra $5 per user to add Teams in. The move was triggered by an anticompetition complaint from Slack. #UC #MSTeams #TradingFloor

Cybersecurity threats vary by region and country. Every class of threat is relevant to every country, but regional variances are informative. #cybersecurity

All of our trading floor clients have at least a few counterparties who want to use less prevalent platforms. The challenge is to provide the required functionality within a compliant framework. #tradingfloor #regulatorycompliance #mifidii #sec #fca #cftc

SEC fines 11 financial institutions $289m for "pervasive and longstanding 'off-channel” communications.'".Unrecorded apps cited include #WhatsApp, iMessage and Signal. #tradingfloor #sec

RT @NICECompliance: Recently @NICECompliance ’s Lee Garf joined Guy Gettens, @jpreisglobal's Greg Collins & @BankofAmerica’s Mario Miccio a….

Implementation of #ESG across a financial organisation can generate a competitive advantage. A strategic programme roadmap optimises progress towards long-term goals while meeting short-term requirements. #tradingfloortechnology #mifid2 #doddfrank.

On #InternationalWomensDay we support the call to #EmbraceEquity and celebrate our female colleagues and contributors who have done so much to make our company, programs and projects so successful over the last fifteen years. #IWD2023 #DEI #ESG

Morgan Stanley has started imposing personal fines of up to $1M on its staff for improper use of messaging apps such as WhatsApp. The cultural challenge of compliance always sits alongside the technological one.

Some companies maintain multiple UC platforms to access best-in-class features. Banks would avoid the complexity if it wasn't for client preference. However, they are prepared to use separate cloud services for capture, archive, monitoring and replay.

What could possibly go wrong?.The UK is set to roll out the biggest raft of banking deregulation measures since the days of Margaret Thatcher. #financialservices #deregulation #investmentbanking.