Addressing the growing requirement within financial compliance to capture, archive and monitor mobile communications.
London, 14 January 2020: SteelEye, the compliance technology and data analytics firm, has announced a partnership and first joint client with TeleMessage.
Recent regulations, such as MiFID II, have introduced highly prescriptive rules about the recording, storage and access requirements of voice and electronic communications relating to financial dealings. These have been relatively straight forward to manage for email and desk phone communications. However, many firms have struggled with how to monitor and capture the wealth of communications channels used on mobiles and how to manage the behaviours often used on these devices. These challenges are magnified when firms use a BYOD (“bring your own device”) policy, with FCA, among other regulators, increasingly investigating the relating risks.
In response to these challenges, many banks have banned the use of mobiles from the trading floor. However, in today’s world, customers expect a level of responsiveness which can only be achieved with mobile devices. Further, workplace happiness has been found to be closely linked with the ability to communicate freely with friends and family during the working day. The ban of mobile devices has therefore brought with it a number of other challenges. As a result, we are seeing an increasing number of firms looking for ways to effectively and compliantly monitor and capture mobile communications.
To enable firms to meet this ambition, SteelEye has partnered with messaging and communications technology firm, TeleMessage.
TeleMessage enables financial firms to communicate freely via mobile channels whilst complying fully with FCA and MiFID II requirements.
SteelEye was designed to enable firms to Comply Smarter™ by managing their compliance holistically and offers solutions for record keeping, trade reconstruction, MiFID II and EMIR transaction reporting, trade and communications surveillance and best execution.
Through this partnership, TeleMessage clients can integrate their mobile communications with SteelEye in real-time. This covers both corporate and BYOD phones for Android and iOS devices across all mobile carriers, and includes voice calls, SMS, MMS and WhatsApp chats and calls.
All mobile data from TeleMessage is ingested, indexed and compliantly stored within SteelEye in line with record keeping obligations under MiFID II and other global regulations. The data is also made instantly available for use within SteelEye’s RegTech solutions for trade reconstruction, trade and communications surveillance, best execution and analytics.
“Over the past 5 years, mobile reporting requirements have become increasingly granular and onerous” says Matt Smith, CEO of SteelEye. “By integrating TeleMessage’s mobile archiving solution on the SteelEye platform, we enable clients to address these requirements in an increasingly straight forward and cost-effective way. Further, the ability to monitor mobile communications alongside other financial and regulatory data is an opportunity to gain enhanced business insight.”
"We are excited about this joint offering with SteelEye," said Guy Levit, CEO of TeleMessage. "Our complementary technologies offer UK-based financial firms flexible and compliant use of mobile communications, while reducing operational complexity, both rapidly and transparently.”
For further information, please contact:
Emmy Granström
Marketing Director – SteelEye
emmy.granstrom@steel-eye.com
+44 (0)203 821 6039
About SteelEye:
SteelEye brings together a wealth of data on one platform to help you effortlessly meet your regulatory needs - because when all your data is in one place, you can manage multiple regulatory regimes easily and cost-effectively. And with everything under one lens, you can also gain fresh insight into your business, helping you improve efficiency and profitability. For more information, visit: www.steel-eye.com.
About TeleMessage:
TeleMessage is widely recognized as an innovative messaging leader providing enterprises and mobile operators with mobility solutions and next-generation wireless communication technologies.
Founded in 1999, TeleMessage has been helping organizations of all sizes across industries, including financial services, government, healthcare, and network carriers globally to leverage the power of the mobile channel with our robust communications platform. The TeleMessage products portfolio includes: Mobile Archiver, Secure Enterprise Messaging and Mass Messaging. For more information, visit: www.telemessage.com.
