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Crystal Berry Marketing Manager at Validis
Oil is Out – Data Now Fuels the World A recent Economist article likened data to oil, highlighting how – like oil – data is a power that dictates so much about how our modern world functions. And, as we frantically attempt new ways to access oil, we also tirelessly attempt ways to assert ownership over data in order to harness its power. And, lik...
06 October 2017 /inclusion
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Extensibility is one of the most important aspects of software design. In an increasingly connected and interdependent world, this design principle becomes more and more of a must for any software system. Extensible software architectures where traditionally designed by the implementation of application programming interfaces (APIs). In order to c...
06 October 2017
Claus Christensen CEO at Know Your Customer
A tidal wave of new regulations is coming, and it’s keeping KYC compliance officers awake at night. From the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directive being implemented now to MiFID II and GDPR due next year, the regulatory framework we all work in is changing dramatically. And while the focus up to now has been mostly on banks and financial instit...
04 October 2017 /regulation
With every passing month in 2017 , the blockchain action is only accelerating with more interesting applications and use cases of how blockchain technologies are being leveraged to driven innovations and transformations. In this post I am sharing a round-up of some of the interesting stories of blockchain in action for Sep 2017. Intel, Tencent Si...
04 October 2017
Anthony Pickup Consultant at Capgemini Invent
Stumbling on news that a new payment network Satispay[1] from Italy gaining significant FINTECH investment. Looking at other payment schemes I wondered what made this so attractive to invest 27m Euros? The Satispay mobile payment model is where customers set a weekly budget for spending at merchants that tops up automatically from their bank acco...
29 September 2017 /payments /startups
Kunal Patel Product Manager at 1E
I felt compelled to write something about the so-called Blockchain hype that we’re seeing today and to provide an alternative viewpoint. It’s a buzzword dominating the BFSI world and beyond and is seen as some form of saviour to a lot of different problems that exist today. The pros & cons have been well documented, either in white papers, arti...
29 September 2017
When engaging into a customer-supplier relationship, you are usually faced with two types of associations. The most usual is what is called transactional relationship. In a transactional relationship, the client can use your product and service once and might never have the need to return to you and use it again. This the most common type of re
27 September 2017
Priya Lakshmi Digital Leader at Own
This is the first of my series of blogs on how businesses can use the power of Blockchain technology to un-‘block’ the inefficiencies in their current models and practices. Almost every paper or blog you will read on the technology will start with Satoshi Nakamoto and explain what Blockchain technology basics are. I am going to skip the basics and...
26 September 2017 /payments
A while ago, I was driving an enterprise wide strategic marketing campaign. Given the nature of the campaign, business importance, impact and reach, I was fairly guarded on the planning and operating model for execution. In simple words - it was a centralized model with well-controlled checks and balances. In one of the checkpoint calls, feedback ...
20 September 2017
Chris Brown CTO at Trusek
An industry has built up due to the inability of banks to work together directly. PayPal ($70.7B) first came into existence to add a layer of ease and security to the card schemes because the card schemes don’t provide the banks the flexibility to provide it for themselves. At that stage PayPal was eating the crumbs from under the banks' table. B...
15 September 2017
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