Finance Monthly August 2019 Edition

54 www.finance-monthly.com FINANCIAL INNOVATION & FINTECH - TOP 5 FINTECH BOOKS BLOCKCHAIN REGULATORY COMPLIANCE MADE EASY Simone Domenico Casadei Bernardi Authored by a compliance adviser who works with a number of crypto-businesses and FinTech companies, Blockchain Regulatory Compliance Made Easy is the blockchain regulation compliance bible. Jargon-free and easy to assimilate, the book delves into the ins and outs of compliance and the ways you can benefit from it, discovers the strands of financial services regulation, the different sources of regulation and the regulatory models in the US and EU and explains how a number of directives and regulations might apply to your blockchain FinTech business. It also offers advice on what to do when things go wrong, discussing what the consequences of a breach are and what happens if the regulator starts an investigation. This book is a vital read for compliance professionals operating in the blockchain FinTech sector, crypto business owners and senior managers, as well as journalists and bloggers who struggle to get their heads around compliance. Jargon-Free Insights and Tips for Blockchain Executives and Compliance Professionals BLOCKCHAIN DESIGN SPRINT Moses Ma & Langdon Morris The blockchain era is the next tsunami of digital change and it’s only getting started; expected to disrupt business models and inspire more change than ever before. Blockchain Design Sprint hopes to educate readers on the impact that blockchain will have on their businesses and help them develop a successful strategy for surviving and thriving in the blockchain era. The workbook combines powerful techniques from Agile Innovation design sprints to increase creativity, as well as carefully designed exercises focused directly on building a blockchain business. Designed to prepare the reader for the remarkable future that the advent of decentralised financial services and the blockchain promise, this FinTech edition focusses on exercises and special content for the financial services blockchain developer.