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The digital plus data transformation in Financial Services

Mike Blalock, Intel General Manager of the Financial Services Industry, talks about the key trends at Sibos 2018, including, data and AI, and what Financial services institutions should be doing to innovate and collaborate at scale.

08 November 2018

Company update/ai

Mosaic Smart Data launches instant reports for FICC analytics

Mosaic Smart Data (Mosaic), the real-time FICC data analytics company, has launched a new feature for its MSX platform enabling users to instantly generate text reports on their trading activity data using machine learning.

08 November 2018

Company update/wholesale

Asset managers accelerate use of alternative data

Element22, a boutique data and analytics advisory firm serving the financial services industry, today announced the results of its comprehensive benchmark study, which was sponsored by UBS Asset Management.

07 November 2018

News/Artificial intelligence

CommerzVentures invests in anti-fraud startup Fraugster

Fraugster, a Berlin-based software outfit using AI to help online retailers prevent fraud, has raised $14 million in a Series B funding round led by Commerzbank's VC arm.

07 November 2018

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Banks approaching automation and digitalisation

Patrik Zekkar, Global Head, Trade Finance & Working Capital Management, Nordea, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydeny about the key themes from this year's event, introduces the blockchain platform WeTrade, and how banks like Nordea are approaching automation.

07 November 2018

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NPP opens API sandpit for independents to play

Bill Doran, Head of Oceania, SWIFT, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about SWIFT's recently launched API sandbox in conjunction with NPP, what the benefits are for fintechs, corporates and consumers, and what particular capabilities SWIFT brings to a project like this.

07 November 2018

Company update/ai

Accenture invests in data analytics firm Quantexa

Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has invested in and formed a strategic alliance with Quantexa, a leading data analytics firm that provides technology solutions to uncover new intelligence.

07 November 2018

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Simplicity, Transparency and Automation in Cross-border Transfers

Christoph Tutsch, CEO of ONPEX, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about their latest partnership with SWIFT GPI, how banks can achieve a seamless transaction experience for their customers, and what future developments around Open APIs we can expect to see.

05 November 2018

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Banks and Fintechs fast becoming friends

Alistair Brown Global Head of payments at EPAM, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney, about the technological and business challenges around Open Banking, what the latest trends are in payments processing, and what worldwide challenges we are seeing around Instant Payments.

05 November 2018

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Major drivers for banking in the Asia-Pacific region

Mark Evans, Managing Director, Transaction Banking, ANZ, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney, about the major drivers for banking in the Asia Pacific region, how banks are responding to the fintech and digital transformation era, and how emerging technologies are affecting change within trade finance.

05 November 2018

News/Artificial intelligence

Watch out dinosaurs, we're in 'extinction phase' - Citi global CEO

Banks are living through an "extinction phase" as they look to survive the asteroid that is digitisation and the new competitors it ushers in, warns Stephen Bird, global CEO, Citi.

01 November 2018

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Thoughts on the theme 'Accelerate Digital'

David Miller, Senior Vice President, Technology, OnDeck Capital, talks at the Infosys Finacle Conclave 2018, about the top technologies impacting the financial service industry today, and how challenger banks can differentiate themselves from their larger competitors.

01 November 2018

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The next wave of true digital enablement

Paul Francis Walvik-Joynt, Senior Vice President Payments International, NETS, speaks at Sibos about the synergies between Open Banking, API’s and Instant Payments, what they enable, why Instant Payments are so important in the digital enablement and what the benefits are for the customers.

01 November 2018

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Driving Digital Transformation

David Watson, Head of Digital Cash Products & Americas Head of Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney, about why banks are focusing so heavily on the provision of digital services, what's driving the transformation of banks and how they can become digital, and what further innovation and new services can we expect to see in the future.

01 November 2018

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Fintech innovation in Asia

Balazs Fejes, CTO APAC, EPAM, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about FinTech in China, in what areas China financial services are leading the way, and whether the rest of the APAC region is following in terms of cashless payments, digitisation of financial services.

01 November 2018

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Shaping Faster Securities Services

Fiona Gallagher, Global Head of Securities Serivces and Chief Country Officer Ireland, Deutsche Bank, speaks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney, about the dynamics shaping securities services, what Deutsche Bank doing culturally to adapt to those shifts, and how the bank is collaborating with industry partners to replicate the retail customer experience in a B2B context.

01 November 2018

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The progression of SWIFT GPI

Marc Recker, Global Head of Institutional Market Management, Cash Management, Deutsche Bank, talks at Sibos 2018 in Sydney about how SWIFT’s global payment initiative is progressing, how transformative the initiative is, what opportunities it offers, and how it drives innovation and value for the corporate sector.

31 October 2018

Company update/Artificial intelligence

CGI partners with Scotiabank on intelligent process automation proof of concept for trade finance

CGI (TSX: GIB.A) (NYSE: GIB) announced it partnered with Scotiabank and Conpend on a proof of concept using robotic automation to capture, identify and classify documents as part of the CGI Trade360 transaction flow.

31 October 2018

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'Navigating your Next' in the Digital Arms-race

Mohit Joshi, President of Infosys, speaks at the Infosys Finacle Conclave 2018 in Antwerp, about the cycle of disruption caused by digital and how banks should 'navigate their next' in the digital arms-race.

31 October 2018

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Enabling Banks to Accelerate Digital

Madhivanan Balakrishnan, Chief Technology & Digital Officer, ICICI Bank, speaks at the Infosys Finacle Conclave in Antwerp, about the key technologies impacting the industry today, and what banks need to do to accelerate digital.

30 October 2018