Quietly, but forcefully, the bank is getting its message across to UK government and regulators.

Five years on, Dodd-Frank is suffering from a quiet crisis of credibility.

The looming criminal prosecution of a derivatives trader highlights the compliance challenges facing HFT firms.

Draft bill to split off prop trading; national discretion allowed.

ISO 20022 – the messaging standard that underpins the Single Euro Payments Area (Sepa) regulation and other regional payment systems – initially emerged for securities messages and is now considered the best option for completing real-time payments. However, the upfront costs involved to implement the standard is moderating the pace of global adoption.

Second tier set to cash in on APRA move; Suncorp already making waves.

Market volatility has impacted FX risk-management processes, although differing approaches to technology investment means the effect on market participants has been uneven.

Inertia around the mandating of FX activity on swap execution facilities (SEFs) by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) continues to favour Europe as a trading location.

A review of EMIR reporting is under way as the industry lobbies regulators to move to single-sided reporting for OTC derivatives and remove the reporting requirement for exchange-traded derivatives. What’s more, cross-border harmonization of derivatives regulation is way off.

A series of market disasters in recent years, culminating in the SNB’s decision to abandon its peg to the euro, have forced banks to reconsider their commitment to the prime brokerage (PB) business, leaving many smaller hedge funds and other clients in the cold – but a new generation of providers is taking their place, promising to revolutionize the business.

As the Bank of England (BoE) prepares to publish its final report on fair and effective FICC markets on Wednesday, a senior official acknowledges there is little support to extend exchange trading beyond what is mandated by the G20.

Payments platform Ripple Labs' fine for neglect of anti-money-laundering measures was a watershed moment for the payments industry, as it was the first time a company in the sector had been found to fall outside of compliance in the US.

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has formed a new FX working group to settle the problem of conflicting codes of conduct for FX market practitioners, promising to draw the best from all six existing codes to create a single document that will be universally applicable.

The Financial Stability Board’s proposals to identify global systemically important banks (G-Sibs) and demand they hold extra risk weighted capital at subsidiaries deemed 'material' is going to be costly for the 30 G-Sibs that have been picked out.

Fear is spreading over the financial system’s vulnerability to increased volatility stemming from a broken and illiquid credit bond market. All participants agree the secondary trading is undergoing fundamental change as the big banks that used to make markets withdraw their capital, but no one has a vision for how it will alter. A new breed of banks, though, is making headway against the headwinds.

Regulatory hurdles, globalization and digitization continue to transform the transaction-services industry, according to Marc Carlos, head of corporate trade and treasury solutions EMEA at BNP Paribas.

Europe remains chronically overbanked, and its banks are resolutely underperforming. Surely the answer lies in M&A? But with regulatory uncertainties still distracting boards and chief executives, the low-hanging fruit of European finance is likely to remain unpicked for now.

Regulator hands bank biggest fine yet; Dubai shakes off ‘anything-goes’ tag.

Vestager calls for clarity on use in bank capital; CRD IV loophole may close for southern Europe.

Mifid II forbids the free provision by banks of any benefit to asset managers that induces business, and that will have a big impact on bond research.

Fears of Pillar 1 capital charge; Rules may hit earnings and concentrate risk.

The big three credit rating agencies (CRA), regulators hope, are dying a slow death.

GECC debt cheaper than Wells, BAML and JPMorgan; further sales imminent.

Non-deliverable forwards (NDFs) have experienced impressive growth in recent years, providing a solution to the problem of trading spot FX in many emerging markets (EMs) where currencies are not deliverable. Regulatory and liquidity concerns, combined with competing FX products, have moderated buy-side enthusiasm.

The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s (BCBS) proposals to reduce lenders' reliance on external credit ratings and boost the risk sensitivity of exposures through new metrics could trigger a slew of unintended consequences, according to a Fitch report.

Bank payment obligations (BPOs) could transform the transaction-services industry, but there is still caution in the market over associated costs and regulation.

The convulsions after the SNB’s decision to cease pegging the Swiss franc to the euro are still being felt, with regulators in Europe and Australia debating the merits of tougher controls on leverage in FX markets for retail investors.

Foreign-exchange broker FXCM’s CEO calls for wider adoption of circuit breakers on FX platforms to prevent another Swiss franc shocker as seen on Black Thursday, but critics question whether it is the right solution and even suitable for an over-the-counter (OTC) market such as FX.

In its fair and effective markets review, the Bank of England has acknowledged end-users are largely ill-suited to the task of combating market misconduct in FICC markets. But opinion remains deeply divided over how best to strengthen oversight in wholesale markets, and which regulatory body should lead the charge.

Jonathan Hill has eschewed grand ambition for practical reality in his CMU green paper.