Terry Huddart: When regulation ate its young

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Terry Huddart calls on platforms not to let regulation stand in the way of creativity - not least as his company would hate not to give its 'Best for innovation award' two years in a row

2017 is undoubtedly proving to be a year where innovation is being prevented as a result of regulation - perhaps more so than any other year before it. Indeed, I would paraphrase the view of some of my fellow travellers in the platform sector as "We cannot deliver any of the things we want to because we are mired in regulation" or perhaps "Please give us some breathing space". Now, a cohort of platforms are of course more bullish, and - don't get me wrong - there is still a general trickle of interesting new stuff coming through.  Overall, however, there is less new functionality comi...

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