Regulation and compliance

News on regulations and compliance requirements driving developments in software quality engineering at financial firms.

HCLSoftware exec: ‘Temptation to use real data in testing is strong’

While there seems to be a maze of regulations, compliance does not have to be complicated, argues Chris Haggan of...
The countdown to DORA is in full swing, with less than two months to go

ECB fires off QA warning as banks start counting down to DORA

The ECB warns that software testing practices at many banks are simply not up to scratch, as new DORA rules...
Singapore's CBD, the headquarters for many local and regional banks and insurance firms

New HCLTech AI hub to target Singapore’s financial services space

Singapore’s financial services space, a global powerhouse in finance and banking, stands to benefit the most from the new HCLTech-led...
Ravi Menon will be the first chairman of the GFTN Board of Directors

Singapore’s MAS gives finserv e-resilience efforts another boost

The establishment of a fintech network comes amid a range of recent efforts to improve digital resilience and testing capabilities...

Britain’s finance sector increasingly concerned about IT risks

For the first time ever, several banks and other finance firms in the UK cite IT risks as their ‘number...

Google’s DORA lays bare QA’s love-hate relationship with AI

Google's latest DORA report finds that AI is invading the software space at an unprecedented rate while there has been...

Analysis: what the QA space can learn from the CrowdStrike saga

After the recent CrowdStrike outage, organisations are keen to prevent and prepare for potential future disruptions, argues Matt Heusser, MD...

Reality check: where and how is AI impacting QA testing?

When you ask most QA professionals about the real impact of AI, many haven’t seen any significant effect yet, argues...
Corey Thomas, the current CEO of Rapid7

Rapid7 faces legal probe as rumours about potential sale grow

Security software testing firm Rapid7 is being investigated for securities law violations while some shareholders push for a sale of...
Joseph Sorrentino

Spotlight: the complex role of AI in quality assurance

The integration of AI into quality assurance offers both exciting possibilities and significant risks, argues industry insider Joseph Sorrentino...

API shot in the arm for finserv as CRIF teams up with UK fintech

API platforms, such as the one run by British fintech Ozone API, offer a unified set of capabilities for developing...
The ECB's headquarters in Frankfurt, Germany

ECB completes major software resilience test with 100+ banks

The major software stress test involved 109 banks directly supervised by the ECB, testing each bank’s core digital systems...