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Trends in Financial Services

A community to discuss the future of financial services and any other interesting trends, strategies, ideas, views.

Jennifer Worley

Jennifer Worley SVP Product Management at Meta Payment Systems, a Division of MetaBank

Faster Payments: A Win-Win for Businesses, Consumers

From social media and ridesharing to Amazon Prime, we know that today’s culture is increasingly “on-demand." This culture has conveniences many of us enjoy, including the ability to immediately queue up a movie on Netflix or get groceries delivered with the click of a button. But, as those on-demand expectations spill into payments, it’s imp...

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The State of Payments: July 2019

A week is a long time in politics – a saying that is increasingly true for payments too. We are now two weeks into July 2019, so a good point perhaps to reflect on the state of the industry. Payments is an industry which is changing - and quickly. Old technology trying to operate in a new world doesn’t cut the mustard anymore. Innovation and disrup...

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Joris Lochy

Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever

Securing your doors is not enough. Go for a multi-layered security strategy.

Cyber-attacks are all over the news! From ransomware to phishing, farmware, malware and cryptojacking up to DoS attacks. It seems as if the internet has been transformed to the Wild West. Combine this with our ever stronger dependency on the internet for our day-to-day life and it’s clear that cyber-security should be on the top of the agenda of ev...

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Anjani Kumar

Anjani Kumar Principal Consultant - FS Risk & Compliance at Infosys Limited

Key Ingredients for Implementing Successful Holistic Trade Surveillance

In an earlier article, I had explained why there is a need for financial institutions (FIs) to implement holistic trade surveillance. However, implementing it is easier said than done. FIs need to think strategically and take note of certain key ingredients in order to make their holistic trade surveillance implementation a success. What is holi...

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Exploring the public cloud - part 1

Across all industries – but particularly those in heavily regulated industries such as finance – the talk is about the shift to the public cloud. It is the buzzword of the moment. Amazon, Google and Microsoft are leading a charge to move as much computing power as possible to cloud-driven services, and everyone seems to be following, with good rea...

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Is your organisation doing enough to keep pace with fraud?

The financial services industry is under continued pressure to create more convenient ways of paying for goods and services. This trend goes beyond common hype: it’s a culture shift from long-standing payment methods traditionally defined by industry heavyweights to embracing market demands and delivering customer-centricity. With digitalisation, ...

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Sadra Boutorabi

Sadra Boutorabi Product Marketing Director at GPayments

How 3D Secure adoption in the US is about to change

3-Domain Secure was created in its first iteration (3DS1) over 15 years ago. The goals were relatively simple, as there were few standards to build upon at the time. Even though there was a mounting challenge in credit card fraud, hopes for what would come to be a vibrant e-commerce industry were already high. Despite the clear demand for a secure...

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Darren Bishop

Darren Bishop Business Development Specialist at MDX Technology

David and Goliath - A new world of possibilities for content sharing

Disney and Fox have finally closed their deal, creating a new powerhouse that will have far reaching consequences on the global entertainment industry. They have promised to launch their own streaming platforms, which leaves the likes of Amazon, Netflix, Hulu and YouTube in a very interesting position and will surely have their own response to thi...

Henri Wajsblat

Henri Wajsblat Financial Services Expert at Anaplan

Asset Management: Drive a profitable growth agenda in a context of fee pressure

Tackling profitability challenges in asset management Henri Wajsblat, Anaplan’s Head of Financial Services Solutions, interviewed Accenture Managing Director Julien Ciroux about profitability challenges in the asset management industry, what asset managers should expect from technology, and the benefits of Connected Planning. 1. In a context of i...

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David Csiki

David Csiki President & COO at INDATA

The Convergence of Traditional Financial Services and Fintech: Opportunities and Challenges

During the past year, a number of acquisitions of software providers within the fintech space by large banks and holding companies have the potential to shape the industry and the way software is deployed and used by money management firms. Whether they be RIAs, fund managers, wealth management firms, hedge funds or pension funds, large banks and ...

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