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Top skills & talent priorities in the age of AI

Ahead of hosting this year's SME day on Singapore Fintech Festival’s Talent Stage, Tram Anh Nguyen, Co-founder for the Centre for Finance, Technology and Entrepreneurship (CFTE), discusses the importance of skill adaptation and financial literacy. We explore the significance of upskilling in light of AI's impact on jobs and organisations, how industry leaders are meeting the challenges around talent recruitment and budget constraints, and ask what role partnerships play in Singapore’s talent and upskilling initiatives going forward.

09 November 2023

Finextra TV/sustainable

How do AI technologies use data to enhance sustainable decision making?

Dr Darian McBain, Chief Executive Officer of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia, discusses the crucial role of data management in addressing climate risk ahead of Singapore Fintech Festival 2023. With AI-driven advancements such as ClimateBert and ChatClimate already in use, we explore how AI can facilitate transition planning, rapidly adapt to new regulations and global practices, enhance data-driven decision-making on a global scale, and engage individuals at a personal level to reach the next milestone in the journey to Net Zero.

08 November 2023

Finextra TV/markets

How investing in partner ecosystems and generative AI technologies puts real-time client needs first

Wissam Khoury, EVP of Treasury and Capital Markets at Finastra, discusses how Finastra's approach to delivering end-to-end solutions meets client banks' demands for increased efficiency and cost reduction, especially in an increasingly uncertain market. Emphasising the value of returning the power of innovation to clients through cloud-based technologies, extensive partner ecosystems and Gen AI, Wissam analyses the approach of leveraging open APIs and third-party solutions to ensure long-term sustainable growth for clients and communities.

06 November 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Leveraging digitalisation for an optimised future

Alex Jimenez, Managing Principal, Financial Services Consulting, EPAM Systems, Inc., highlights the importance of digital transformation and optimisation for retail banks amidst economic uncertainty and technological advancements, in the lead-up to Money20/20 2023.

11 October 2023

Finextra TV/Sibos

The true cost of compliance

At Sibos 2023, Grayson Clarke, Head of Market Planning and Marketing, LexisNexis® Risk Solutions, presents insights from the recent True Cost of Financial Crime Compliance Study, conducted by Forrester Consulting, on how the evolving financial landscape is being shaped by an intricate network of regulations and sanctions, and the increasing use of AI.

11 October 2023

Finextra TV/Sibos

Unlocking the Power of Generative AI in Financial Services

At Sibos 2023, Kanika Hope, Chief Strategy Officer, Temenos, and Tyler Pichach, Executive Director, Global Business Solutions, Microsoft, discuss how generative AI will impact banks, transforming operations and value propositions, and the role of cloud technology in enabling embedded finance.

05 October 2023

Finextra TV/Sibos

The Journey from Open Banking to Open Finance

Alistair Brown, VP Open Banking and Payments, EPAM, discusses European banking sector regulations, the role of enhanced AI solutions in tackling fraud, risk, and cybersecurity, and the benefits of enhancing customer experience at Sibos 2023.

26 September 2023

Finextra TV/Sibos

Banking on Automation and AI Technology

Manoj Mishra, Senior Vice President, Consulting Services, CGI, and Tom Lang, EVP, Head of Product and Operations, PNC Treasury Management, speak at Sibos 2023 about AI and automation’s impact on business operations, current common use cases and the advantages of collaboration.

21 September 2023

Finextra TV/payments

Transforming Banking with Artificial Intelligence

Richard Kalas, Client Solutions Director Retail Banking, GFT, and Simon Thompson, Head of AI, ML and Data Science, GFT, join FinextraTV to discuss the key findings from their latest Banking Disruption Index; examining banks' use of AI, address customer apprehensions, and predict how the use of AI in banking is expected to evolve over the next 5 years.

20 September 2023

Finextra TV/payments

How AI is unlocking the potential of BNPL

Einar Björgvin Eiðsson, Product Director, indó iceland, discusses the growth and success of BNPL in Sweden at NextGen Nordics 2023, and how AI is unlocking further potential for the future.

04 May 2023

Finextra TV/cloud

Unlocking the Value of Generative AI & Large Language Models

Speaking to FinextraTV, Jerry Haywood, CEO, boost.ai, discusses harnessing the power of Generative AI and how financial services can leverage large language models and Conversational AI to innovate within the industry.

18 April 2023

Finextra TV/wholesale

The customer engagement imperative: What banks can learn from the FinTech playbook

Gareth Wilson, UK Banking and Capital Markets business lead, Capgemini & Elias Ghanem, Vice President and Global Head of Capgemini Research Institute for Financial Services, reflect on the growth of digitalization across the industry and a shift in customer needs. They discuss the challenges banks are facing as a result, what they should be investing in and leveraging to tackle this challenge, and how they can use data and AI/ML technologies to create superior customer experiences that drive growth. They also reflect on how positioning the CMO as a customer strategist and chief engagement officer can further enhance growth opportunities.

10 May 2022

Finextra TV/cloud

Spotlight on Stream Processing and Machine Learning

David Brimley, Financial Services Industry Consultant, Hazelcast, speaks to FinextraTV about what financial services firms are doing with machine learning and what firms should consider as they progress through their machine learning journey. He explains how streaming data fits in financial services, how firms can ease into streaming without going through a complete re-architecture of their systems and how financial services technologists need to keep an eye on developments in In-memory computing, Cloud and Containerization.

25 February 2020

Finextra TV/retail

Top trends for Merchants: Platforms, Scale, Regulation and cheap Technology.

Ron Kalifa, Chairman, Network International, opened Day 1 at the Merchant Payments Ecosystem in Berlin speaking amongst a panel of industry leaders on trends that are arising and setting the tone for the Year 2020. He shares with Hannah Wallace from FinextraTV what it takes to successfully lead a company in such an ambiguous market, how payments companies need to anticipate changes in platform technology, the challenges aground scalability and the hurdles regulation will bring.

25 February 2020

Finextra TV/regulation

The Benefits of Fintech, Regtech and the Role of Compliance in 2020

Susannah Hammond, Senior Regulatory Intelligence Expert, Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, speaks off the back of the Fintech, Regtech and the Role of Compliance Report 2020, about the benefits fintech and regtech offer, their operational efficiencies and effectiveness, the improved services for customers and greater business opportunities they provide. Susannah also sheds light on why some firms haven't deployed fintech or regtech, what's stopping them and how the concern about lack of skills is being addressed.

25 February 2020

Finextra TV/sustainable

The art of Wardley Mapping Sustainable business goals

Mapping Sustainable business goals to a technology strategy is as much art as it is computer science. Matthew Adams Founder at Endjin the brains behind the Ocean Mind story, sat down with Richard Peers to discuss how they help organisations do just that using Wardley Mapping. The two then dive into the detail of the role of data which is so crucial to Sustainable Finance.

20 February 2020

Finextra TV/sustainable

Sound advice on Sustainable Investing

William Armitage, Head of Business Development at Route2, sat down with Richard Peers to discuss Route2’s role advising both corporates and investors. If Sustainable Investing is about understanding the data that informs the value of the underlying asset, then Route2’s 'Total Capital Accounting' approach for evaluating and understanding societal impact and its connection to value creation and value erosion, has to be an approach worth greater consideration. Will talks through one of Route2’s corporate case studies The Crown Estate, and offers fascinating insight into how the many sources of data they consume are advancing their Investor Analytics solution.

20 February 2020

Finextra TV/sustainable

Tipping point to a low carbon world via Sustainable Finance

Nicole Anderson, Founder, Managing Partner of The Redsand Group speaks with Richard Peers about the new fund she is launching, expanding on the green and impact FinTech use cases and ventures she has built over the last 8 years. Nicole expands upon how we are on the tipping point of the most significant innovation imperative facing financial services in its own transition to be the enabler of a low carbon world via Sustainable Finance.

20 February 2020

Finextra TV/regulation

Key findings from State of Regulatory Reform Report 2020

Alexander Robson, Managing Editor, Thomson Reuters Regulatory Intelligence, introduces the 11th edition of the State of Regulatory Reform Report 2020 and highlights what banks, regulators and compliance officers will take away from this year's findings. A strong emphasis is placed on the importance of banks and non-financial institutions culture and how a greater focus on responsibility and accountability will change the way companies and regulators behave globally. We learn about the role of AI in wholesale financial markets compliance in 2020 and how it is helping tackle problems around money laundering and route out false positives.

03 February 2020

Finextra TV/cloud

Pinpointing the 'bits that matter' in a red ocean of data

As consumer habits develop and evolve, the way banks operate and how they engage with their customers do as well. With banks under increasing pressure due to competition from innovative fintechs and changing consumer expectations, they must develop the way they target and appeal to customers and maintain a profitable personal relationship.

22 January 2020

Artificial intelligence