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VigilantCS Best Newcomer in First Grant Thornton U.K. RegTech Awards
VigilantCS has won the Best Newcomer award in the first Grant Thornton U.K. RegTech Awards. It was also nominated for the Most Innovative RegTech Solution Award. Winners in six categories were announced at Grant Thornton’s Finsbury Square, London office October 2. VigilantCS CEO and Co-founder Rob Kirwin accepted the award on behalf of the company…
Read MoreEchelon Wealth Partners Launches Innovative Compliance Platform: VCSOpen+ Provides Firm with Efficient, Multi-capability Digital Solution
Independent wealth management firm Echelon Wealth Partners Inc (“Echelon”) has materially enhanced its regulatory capacity and efficiency to the benefit of its clients and advisors by integrating the innovative VCSOpen+ compliance platform from VigilantCS. VCSOpen+ empowers organizations to better administer and manage core staff compliance requirements. Available via a cloud-based application, it offers one central…
Read MoreMajor fall initiative underway to build VCS fintech business
It’s been a busy and exciting fall for VigilantCS so far with more developments planned and expected. In early October, Vigilant CTO Geoff Pille and CEO Rob Kirwin participated in the Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC) FinTech Summit in Montreal (right photo). Besides providing a demo of VigilantCS regulatory solutions, Geoff also presented on…
Read MoreVigilantCS Gets Government of Canada Support for Second Innovation Project
OTTAWA, ON, July 18, 2018 – VigilantCS has another milestone to celebrate for 2018: it recently received new conditional funding from the National Research Council of Canada Industrial Research Assistance Program (NRC IRAP). The new funding will support development of the behavioural algorithm that enables the company’s VCSPro solution to rank staff conduct risk in…
Read MoreVigilantCS named a Top 25 Up and Coming ICT Company by Branham Group Inc.
OTTAWA, ON, July 4, 2018 – VigilantCS has been named a Top 25 Up and Coming ICT Company by the Branham Group Inc. for demonstrating innovation and promise. The category is one of three major lists in the annual Branham300, now in its 25th year. Selected information and communications technology companies exhibit creativity and innovation in…
Read MoreLots of good insight at this year’s Rotman Machine Learning Fintech Conference
VigilantCS was pleased to join leading Financial Institutions, Fintech firms, and Academics at the Rotman School of Business Machine Learning Fintech Conference II on May 2nd. Rob Kirwin, CEO of VigilantCS, participated on a panel with other regtech and compliance technology innovators to discuss the potential of ML and regtech to improve compliance outcomes.
Read MoreVisit us at the 2018 FMFD Annual Conference and the IIAC Fintech Summit
VigilantCS is excited to be a sponsor at this year’s Federation of Mutual Fund Dealers (FMFD) Annual Conference and at the IIAC 2018 Fintech Summit. Stop by our booth at the FMFD Conference April 26th and the IIAC Fintech Summit June 1st. And if you happen to be in Montreal April 26th, be sure to say…
Read MoreVigilantCS to participate in Rotman Machine Learning Fintech Conference
Hear VigilantCS CEO Rob Kirwin speak May 2nd at the Rotman Machine Learning Fintech Conference to be held at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management. Find out more here: https://bit.ly/2Iz7ftg
Read MorePress Release – VigilantCS receives grant to develop an Insider Threat & Risk Management Ai solution for the Financial Services Industry
OTTAWA – March 13, 2018 – VigilantCS, a FinTech Global RegTech 100 company, is pleased to announce that they have been awarded a Cybersecurity Fintech Innovation Pilot Program (CFIP) grant by the Ontario Centres of Excellence in recognition of the significant potential of their regtech solution to help the industry understand & manage staff compliance…
Read MoreVigilantCS CEO Robert Kirwin appointed to the OSC Fintech Advisory Committee
VigilantCS is proud to announce that Robert Kirwin, Founder and CEO of VigilantCS has been selected to join the Ontario Securities Commission’s Fintech Advisory Committee. View the full OSC press release here: http://www.osc.gov.on.ca/en/NewsEvents_nr_20180207_fintech-advisory-committee-members.htm
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