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Financial Services Industry Must Act Faster on Climate Change: Bank of England Chief

Financial services have been too slow to cut investment in fossil fuels, a delay that could lead to a sharp increase in global temperatures, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said in an interview broadcast on Monday. Carney, due to …

Financial Services Provides Plenty of Jobs – from Coast to Coast: Opinion

There were 755,436 people working in financial activities in the New York metropolitan area last year, more than twice as many as in the next-biggest area for such jobs, metro Los Angeles. But this amounted to just 8% of New …

New York Proposes ‘Flexible’ Cybersecurity Regulation for Insurers, Banks

The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has proposed cybersecurity regulation for financial services companies that aims to protect New York state’s financial services industry from an increasing risk of cyber attacks, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced. The proposed …

New IronPro Enhancement Covers Costs of Reissuing Compromised Credit Cards

IronPro, the financial and professional lines unit of Ironshore Inc., has introduced a compromised plastic card re-issuance expense coverage enhancement to its Enterprise PrivaProtector as a financial services sector product. According to the American Bankers Association, small community banks, defined …

Japan Opens Door to ‘Fintech’ Revolution with Plans to Ease Investment Rules

A laggard in embracing the ‘fintech’, or financial technology, revolution, Japan is set to ease investment restrictions that could free up the flow of capital in an economy sitting on an estimated $9 trillion in individuals’ cash deposits. Strict regulation, …

Asian, LatAm Financial Wage Rises Set to Outpace North America, Europe

Financial services salaries are set to rise by 4.3 percent in both Asia and Latin America this year, almost double the average increase forecast for North America and Europe, research published on Monday showed. A survey by consulting firm Mercer …

EU, U.S. Insurance Organizations Call for ‘Full Inclusion’ in the TTIP

The American Insurance Association (AIA), Insurance Europe, and the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) have jointly issued a bulletin that reiterates their support “for the full inclusion of insurance in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).” The three …

UK Insurance & Finance Bonuses Well Below Pre-Recession Levels: Report

UK bonus payments rose in the past year and are now just 0.1 percent below their peak before the financial crisis in 2008, according to new data from the statistics office. Surprisingly, the increase wasn’t driven by banking, which has …

World Economic Forum Sees Finance/Insurance Industry in Digital Firing-Line

The world’s top banks and insurers are being forced to review their business models amid rapid inroads by nimble “fintech” start-ups, which are reshaping what consumers and businesses expect out of financial services, a report out Tuesday said. The report …

Insurers, Bankers Can’t Be Scared Into Doing Right Thing: PwC Survey

A get-tough approach to poor employee performance, in terms of behavior and reaching targets, risks creating a climate of fear and breeding more unethical conduct in financial services – the opposite of what regulators, businesses and the public want, according …