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In Part 1 (DiFi or Die Trying: A Quick and Dirty Overview of Digital Finance), we discussed the digital financial ecosystem that grew from the ashes of the financial wildfire…
Jilaine BauerJune 1, 2021
Emerging from the ashes of the financial wildfire that spread across the world in 2008, the seeds of a new digital financial ecosystem germinated from an email sent by Satoshi…
Jilaine BauerMay 21, 2021
The rise of digital currency (aka cryptocurrency) has caused regulators to grapple with how to fit it under existing money transmission laws. Today, FinTechs and issuers of digital currency also…
Ascent TeamMay 13, 2021
In 2018, there were 12,131 FinTech startups worldwide. In a little over two years (as of February 2021), that number has more than doubled to 26,045 startups. Every bank executive…
Ascent TeamMay 7, 2021
https://youtu.be/5vXHVuh_VDA — As the former Branch Chief of the Division of Trading and Markets at the SEC, Val Dahiya knows a thing or two about risk exposure and the impact…
Ascent TeamApril 14, 2021
Regulatory compliance mapping is key to helping financial firms manage risk. No matter how your firm defines its taxonomy, Ascent helps you organize and surface exactly what you need, when…
Ascent TeamApril 9, 2021
— There are two compliance issues that are on Heather Gentile’s mind — repeatability and...
Ascent TeamMarch 30, 2021
Finding the right RegTech partner can be difficult. So we sat down with an industry expert to get his take on how he evaluates vendors. --- As an expert in…
Ascent TeamMarch 25, 2021
Ascent’s solution ensures global financial firms can comply better and more cost-effectively in light of increasing regulatory burden. --- Chicago IL (March 24, 2021) — Ascent announced today that its…
Ascent TeamMarch 24, 2021