consumer protection
Who is Responsible for Fraud & Unauthorized Transaction Risks?
Photo by Jonathan Sharp on UnsplashDid you know that in the EU, financial institutions are almost 100% responsible for fraud and account takeover losses, when dealing with consumers?Yes, even if the consumer is totally careless and uses “password123” across 250 different platforms and shopping sites 🙁PSD2 established that the financial Read more…
Career
Catch22 of the Compliance Profession
The Catch 22 of Compliance Profession can be summarized as: I love learning new skills and I really need to learn something new every day to do my job, but… I don’t feel quite appreciated for my contribution and knowledge, people bombard me with questions, get their answers and go Read more…
consumer protection
Best Practices in Marketing Communications
Today I wanted to warn you about some common mistakes I see in marketing communications and public statements. 1) Making market predictions or offering personal investment advice Many startups and especially startup founders are “tempted” to make market predictions and offer personal investment advice to their audiences. Please, be aware Read more…
consumer protection
What is Market Manipulation?
Today I’m going to offer you a brief overview of how to define market manipulation and some common examples of what constitutes market manipulation. Market manipulation is an action (e.g. entering into a transaction, placing or cancelling an order, disseminating information, voicing a public opinion, etc.) that gives or may give Read more…
Governance
FATCA and FinTech Startups
Today I wanted to address a few most common questions about FATCA and the most common elections that usually apply to FinTech startups. As you probably know by now – there is no way I could fit in the mountain of FATCA rules into a short article, the idea is that Read more…
corporate governance
Why People Are So Afraid of GDPR and Privacy Topics?
I recorded this video to reflect on why people might be afraid of GDPR 😉 By the way, in just few days myself a several dozens of other FinTech experts are starting together a 5-Day Privacy Policy Challenge which will allow us to experience first hand that GDPR is not Read more…
corporate governance
#1 Startup Question From 2018
“How to get more partnerships and get them faster” has been a common theme during 2018. Many startups joined acceleration programs not because they needed exposure to get funding, but because they needed exposure to secure partnerships. Even regulatory approvals seemed easier in a way, comparing to getting sign offs Read more…