Gathering data from banks is one of the key functions of any Central Bank. BankSearch’s Data Capture System (DCS) is used by the world’s leading Central Banks to monitor and regulate their country’s financial [...]
Wednesday 4th December 2013 LONDON – In this month’s Statistical Notice for Reporting Institutions the Bank of England confirmed that the majority of reporting institutions are now setup to use OSCA and many have [...]
Over 200 statistical and IT experts from around the world attended the latest three day SDMX Global Conference from the 11 – 13 September 2013. The event was hosted by the OECD, one of [...]
‘MFSD is planning to launch a secure Internet based application that will enable reporters to input or upload and then validate and send forms required by the Bank. The Online Statistical Collection Application (OSCA) will [...]
‘The Statistical and Regulatory Data Division (SRDD) are in the process of commissioning an Internet based, data collection application for the collection of statistical returns. The Online Statistical Collection Application (OSCA) is scheduled to be available in [...]
OSCA is a web based application that allows users to manually key in data or upload XML files containing statistical data. Reporters will be able to download Excel Templates that can be saved as XML files for uploading. The [...]
The European Banking Authority (EBA) is working to harmonise regulatory reporting requirements throughout Europe and require all EBA returns to be transmitted electronically via XBRL. The EBA publishes draft Data Point Model (DPM) which outlines [...]
On Tuesday 16 April 2013, the European Parliament adopted the legislative package known as “CRD IV”, covering prudential rules for banks and investment firms in the European Union. The Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) is now [...]
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is an important development in U.S. efforts to improve tax compliance involving foreign financial assets and offshore accounts. Under FATCA, U.S. taxpayers with specified foreign financial assets that exceed [...]