The MiCA deadline is fast approaching. Are you prepared?

📅 The MiCA deadline is fast approaching. Are you prepared?

Kaiko’s latest data guide, “Decoding MiCA”, offers businesses and regulators a practical guide to understanding MiCA’s requirements and how to meet them using data.

Here’s what you can expect from the guide:
👉 Background and impacted service providers, territories, and asset issuers
👉 MiCA’s specific obligations and challenges
👉 How data can help businesses and regulators prepare

Download the guide here: https://www.kaiko.com/reports/mica-guide 

VendEx Solutions Patents the Standard Identifier for Data

The VendEx Identifier (VID) standardizes the categorization and identification of all data, establishing provenance and streamlining data transactions.

SAN FRANCISCOApril 25, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — VendEx Solutions today announced it has been granted a patent for the VendEx Identifier (VID), an alphanumeric code standardizing the categorization and identification of data. VendEx is a San Francisco-based SaaS company with offices in New York and Charleston, SC, as well as LondonSingapore, and Lund, Sweden.

The VID is a critical foundation for the digital transformation of data management processes and will revolutionize how data and analytics (collectively, “data”) are bought, sold, contracted, and invoiced. It standardizes how data is cataloged and transforms how it is defined for the purposes of understanding data usage rights, a critical market-wide issue. The VID will change how data is contracted and transacted and enable real-time invoice reconciliation processes. Critically, the VID identifies the ownership and provenance of data, which is necessary for the control of intellectual property as generative AI accelerates the demand for data in training large language models.

“The VendEx Identifier functions as a “barcode” for data and identifies data at its most granular level. While developed originally for financial services market data, the VID patent is extensible to all data, with broad application for regulations, contracts, usage rights, invoices, and data catalogs,” said Richard Clements, CEO of VendEx Solutions. “The VID creates transparency and consistency in data descriptions, captures data provenance, and eliminates invoicing frictions that create a financial drag on the market. Financial Services institutions spend hundreds of millions of dollars annually just to manually reconcile invoices for data products and services. The ability to apply this identifier to all data will be the first step in eliminating some of the frictions that are starting to appear in the Artificial Intelligence space.”

About VendEx Solutions

VendEx provides a data and vendor management ecosystem built on a foundation of industry standard identifiers and a digital directory of vendor products and services, powering a suite of sophisticated integrated tools and workflows for both data management and data vendors. VendEx began in financial services and has expanded its solutions for data provenance and usage rights to other data-rich industries as the need for governance around generative AI and LLM explodes.

Leveraging deep industry knowledge, VendEx works with the world’s largest market participants to create, design, and ultimately deploy the only centralized utility with tools built by the industry, for the industry. For more information, visit vendexsolutions.com.

Media Contact

Juli A. Morris, VendEx Solutions, 1 917-750-3694, juli.morris@vendexsolutions.comhttps://vendexsolutions.com/

SOURCE VendEx Solutions

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FISD Newsletter – March/April 2024

A Deluge of Events

The saying is April showers bring May flowers, but we have a proper storm of upcoming events! This month features a special Alternative Data Council event in New York City on April 9, FISD Australia Constituency Meeting in Sydney on April 16, and in Madrid on April 17. Registration for all four events is still open. We are at capacity and running waitlists for Alt Data Council in New York on April 9 and FISD Toronto on April 17.

Say Hello to Our New Team Members

The FISD Team is thrilled to announce two new team members. Meet:

Adam Stanton, Manager, Professional Development

Adam Stanton is leading our professional development programs. Adam has been working in Learning and Development for over a decade with previous background in the healthcare sector. Adam brings a data-driven approach, and produces real-world business results through professional development opportunities. In addition to his MBA from The University of Illinois, Adam has a BS in Zoology from the University of Liverpool, and is a certified instructor of several professional development programs. Adam believes strongly in the impact of the FISD Professional Certifications and is committed to enhancing professional opportunities within the Financial Information Industry.   

Rachel Mauney, Program Coordinator, FISD 

Rachel Mauney recently graduated from Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina with her Bachelor of Arts in Music. A newcomer to the market data industry, her experience lies in social media marketing and event coordination for the American Pops Orchestra. She will be helping with marketing, event coordination, and handling all your World Financial Information Conference questions. In addition to her administrative capabilities, Rachel is also a professional opera singer!

AsiaFIC Lineup Announced

This week, we announced our AsiaFIC speaker and topic lineup. It is a star-studded lineup, giving insights and actionable steps on topics like AI, Cloud, Carbon Markets and more. We’re continuing to build the program and announce more speakers but we really, really don’t want you to get FOMO! Take a look and register today for AsiaFIC 2024 in Singapore May 28 – 29. 

SIIA/FISD Dues Increase

SIIA has announced a 5% dues increase for all members (including FISD members).  The change was approved by the SIIA Board in January, and will go into effect on July 1, 2024.  It will affect membership terms that begin on or after that date. (If your current term ends June 30, 2024 or later, the change will be in force for your next renewal.)  For FISD members this will be the first dues increase in 4.5 years.  During that interval, U.S. CPI has gone up about 19%, and FISD has seen commensurate cost challenges related to staffing, travel, and especially event venues.

Video Library

Did you know FISD has a members-only video library where you can view the events and webinars that you might have missed? We have the full program from the London Tech Forum, FISD Netherlands and Decoding COEs this year (plus tons from years past!)

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