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Jitender Balhara

Jitender Balhara Manager at TCS

FinOps : Harnessing Cloud Infrastructure with optimized balance sheets

FinOps: Introduction The rise of adoption in the public cloud has significantly disrupted traditional, capital-intensive, and slow-moving infrastructure procurement processes. With the public cloud, the responsibility for procurement has shifted to engineering teams, granting them the autonomy to spend company funds and make financial decisions r...

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Konrad Litwin

Konrad Litwin Global General Manager - Testing at Perforce Software

Getting banking websites and apps ready for peak traffic over the holiday season

Though 2024’s Black Friday and CyberMonday have now passed, there are still some shopping milestones coming up, such as the December holidays and New Year sales. In turn, this leads to more banking customers logging into their accounts, checking available funds or whether the money for a returned item has been transferred, and other activities. T...

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Daniel Meyer

Daniel Meyer CTO at Camunda

Orchestrating Financial Services Processes with Business Strategy

The financial services sector faces complex challenges like regulatory changes, cost pressures, and an increasing need for improved customer experience. To stay ahead of the competition, financial services organizations need to enhance efficiency and improve their customer experiences. Automation is a clear strategic imperative that aligns to thes...

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Konrad Litwin

Konrad Litwin Global General Manager - Testing at Perforce Software

Managing sensitive data risk and compliance in non-production environments

When protecting confidential customer data in the financial services sector, one of the most significant risk areas is exposing sensitive information governed by regulations, such as the GDPR and PCI. Much of this -such as a customer’s Personally Identifiable Information (PII) — ends up in non-production environments, such as development, testing,...

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Alex Kreger

Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA

15 ChatGPT Prompts to Improve Customer Experience in Digital Banking

Traditional methods of UX design could be significantly empowered by ChatGPT—a powerful generative AI model. This article unveils the secrets of using ChatGPT prompts to drive innovation in banking UX, providing insights into how this tool can be integrated into the standard design process for transformative results. Why Integrate ChatGPT into the...

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Impact Study

Mastering the Transition to ISO 20022

Strategies for Compliance and Automated Testing in Financial Services With a regulatory storm incoming, the need for testing solutions – whether they be generic or tailored – is greater than ever before. As the financial services industry undergoes a vast amount change, particularly around the introduction of new rails on the ISO 20022 framework, these tests are proving vital for international banks and other institutions in the chain.  Yet, for this sector change is not a binary phase; it is almost always underway. To tackle this challenge in a sustainable way, automation is key – giving institutions the confidence to weather the storm of regulation with ease.  With the ISO 20022 standard now a prerequisite, organisations must convince their business leaders that the migration mandated for November is not just an IT project – it is fundamental to company-wide strategy.  This impact study, produced in association with Unifits and featuring expert commentary from BearingPoint and Accenture, explores how institutions can master the transition to ISO 20022 and streamline compliance through automated testing.  Discover:  The impact and evolution of testing  The benefits of testing automation  The strategic role of technology and compliance  Trends to watch: New rails and regulations  Real-world case studies  And more. 

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Microservices Architecture: Future-Proofing Payments Technology

It is high time for banks to move away from legacy thinking and embrace modernisation to remain competitive in the industry.  Financial institutions have long been threatened by innovative, tech-savvy fintech firms that do not have to maintain decades-old back-office systems. Core banking systems within banks have evolved, but with additional pressure from incoming regulation and subsequent reporting, progression and modernisation has not kept pace with industry developments.  In the US alone, the real-time payments market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 31% until 2030. An institution’s success in scaling their payment processing in response to this shift will rest heavily on how their systems are set up.  Cloud-native payments processing is the most viable option to keep pace with innovation demand and competition; enabling banks to build upon flexibility, at low cost and risk. These enablers also make cloud infrastructure – both public and private – attractive for banks that have struggled to streamline, maintain and upgrade their legacy infrastructures.  This Finextra research paper, produced in association with Diebold Nixdorf, explores the opportunities of microservices architecture. It discusses:  Then & Now: Monolithic vs. microservices architecture  Overcoming microservice challenges  The benefits of a micro-approach  Real-world examples and cases studies  And more.    Click here to join the Finextra webinar, hosted in association with Diebold Nixdorf, to watch as our panel of iindustry experts explore the benefits of microservices architecture, and what needs to be done to ensure migrations are streamlined.

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AI and Cloud: The Proving Ground for Regulatory Resilience in 2024

The current macroeconomic landscape is marked by exceptional volatility and uncertainty, posing challenges to traditional models in the financial services sector. Despite this new challenging market context, some financial institutions continue to hit pause on using AI and cloud technology, falling behind the curve. Leveraging new technologies can no longer be a zero-sum game. This impact study explores: How can AI and cloud be leveraged to improve back-end processes, rather than just front-end experiences; How migrating to the cloud can fuel new use cases; The regulatory impact of PSD3, DORA and more; The benefits of data sovereignty and data governance; And more. Download this Finextra impact study, produced in association with Microsoft Azure, to learn more.

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Why Corporate Treasurers are Focused on Real Time Treasury

In an interview with FinextraTV in the lead-up to Sibos 2024 in Beijing, China, Rachel Whelan, Managing Director, APAC MEA Head of Corporate Cash Management and Global Head of Payments and TFX Product Management at Deutsche Bank, comments on the four key drivers that are encouraging corporate treasurers to leverage real time treasury and the impact this change in business model would have on the way in which traditional treasury structures are set up. 2024, a year with elections in multiple countries and numerous geopolitical events, has also seen macro level developments such as the interest environment changing rapidly and high volatility when it comes to cash visibility. Further, risk management remains the biggest requirement for treasuries because it relies on the visibility of data and the movement of funds across the world and technological disruption in the form of AI, open banking and APIs will increase the speed of change and bolster foundations for the G20 instant payments roadmap to be fulfilled.

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Long reads

Henk Van Hulle

Henk Van Hulle CEO at Open Banking Limited

Open banking in 2025: A year of opportunity for the UK

2024 saw the UK achieve a great deal. We saw the completion of the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) final roadmap for open banking, the introduction of the Data (Use and Access) Bill to Parliament, and the publication of the Government’s National Payments Vision (NPV), all of which set a clear path for the future of open banking in 2025 a...

Dominique Dierks

Dominique Dierks Senior Content Manager at Finextra

How data and SaaS are paving the way for embedded bank payments

Our latest Finextra webinar, ‘SaaS savvy: Preparing for embedded and data driven bank payments’, hosted in association with Bottomline, discussed the transition to SaaS-based models in banking and payments, emphasising the need for data integration and analytics. Hosted by Finextra’s Gary Wright, the panel consisted of William Artingstall, managin...

John Barber

John Barber Vice President and Head at Infosys Finacle

Forget fintech disruption - here's how European banks can become the disruptors

This article has been co-authored by John Barber, regional manager - Europe, Infosys Finacle, Narasimha Prasad Nagaraja, senior director at Infosys Finacle, and Ramprasath Ganesaraja, head of AI research at Infosys Finacle. The allure of AI for efficiency, profitability, and reimagined customer experiences is drawing global attention. The challenge...