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Understand the value of data before you try to use it

Information is one of the most important weapons in the armoury of any bank. This is well understood by most institutions, as evidenced by the huge investment they have made in trying to leverage the ...

12 Dec 2022
Big Data
A Finextra Member

How ecosystem banking turns corporate banking data into real-time intelligence

It’s no secret that banks generate a lot of data. While still a sensitive topic from a compliance perspective, today, real-time intelligence is the source of most opportunities for both banks and thei...

12 Dec 2022
Transaction Banking
Li Yong

Gaming in APAC: Three Key Payments Trends for 2023

We saw the gaming landscape shift considerably in APAC in the past few years. Exposure to digital gaming (and, in some cases, increased disposable income) during COVID-19 fuelled additional demand, as...

12 Dec 2022
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Raju Patel

3 Steps Financial Services Firms Can Take to Keep Up with Digital Standards

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, consumer expectations have risen across verticals, and financial services is no exception. Customers now expect their sensitive financial information to be instan...

09 Dec 2022
Financial Transformation
Steve Bradford

Cybersecurity and financial services: tackling identity challenges for better online protection

As an industry, financial services are significantly vulnerable to cyber-attacks. The Bank of England recently surveyed executives in the UK financial sector, finding that a staggering three-quarters ...

09 Dec 2022
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
A Finextra Member

The climate reporting challenges facing the financial services sector

In November, digital transformation companies, fund operators and other key stakeholders convened at the annual Fund Operator Summit to consider the major challenges facing the financial services sect...

09 Dec 2022
Financial Services Regulation
Tejasvi Addagada

Does data risk need to be managed actively through a data risk function?

You must hear this often if you manage any kind of risk – risk and value go together. And that’s true, of course for data! Both data and its infrastructure must be managed for their benefits and risks...

09 Dec 2022
Data Management and Governance
Barry Cashman

Overcoming the security risk of messaging apps - can businesses control communications channels use

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) recently made headlines for cracking down on communication over private messaging apps and SMS. The UK’s watchdog questioned top banks over the use of person...

08 Dec 2022
Nish Kotecha

Why the demise of FTX has to be a turning point

The recent and very public demise of cryptocurrency exchange, FTX, has once again dented wider faith and trust in the crypto world. Despite raising $400 million at the start of the year, rumours of F...

08 Dec 2022
Blockchain in Banking and Financial Services
Srinivasagopalan R

10 Themes propelling Banking and Financial Services Outlook in 2023

The Banking and Financial Services industry continues to evolve, following the recovery from the Covid pandemic. The pandemic encouraged the increased adoption of digital technologies by the consumers...

08 Dec 2022
Digital Banking Trends
James Monaghan

The Software Implementation Journey of a thousand miles begins with phase zero

Congratulations. You have decided to implement some software and want it to be successful. Will it be Agile or Waterfall or Lean or Scrum or something else entirely. While a successful project impleme...

07 Dec 2022
Fintech
James Monaghan

The Eternal Question of whether to buy or to build your software

Congratulations. You have a problem, a project, a budget and a deadline. Instead of throwing bodies at it, software is the solution but now you need to decide to build or to buy, that is the question....

07 Dec 2022
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