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Regtech to make compliance process more efficient

Richard Anderson, Richard Anderson, Head of Product Management, Regulatory Intelligence, Thomson Reuters, talks to us about the challenges of regulatory change and why automation is necessary to address these challenges, and why firms will start to use regtech to improve their compliance processes.

03 August 2017

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New business models take data world by storm

Chris Long, Head of BI & Data, Leeds Building Society, and Rainer Walke, Head of Core Banking/SAP Banking, NTT DATA Deutschland, speak at the SAP Financial Services Forum about which drivers are changing the landscape and making financial institutions do more with their data analytics and - what they think should be the key areas of investment by providers of technology solutions for the future.

03 August 2017

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Open platforms not a threat but an opportunity

Martin Haering, Chief Marketing Officer at Finastra urges banks to see open platforms as an opportunity rather than a threat and explains the positive impact they have on the industry’s key service providers and CMOs through more collaboration, improved revenue, cost and more efficient use of data thus better customer experience.

02 August 2017

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Disruption in the Insurance market

Laurent Lemaire, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, elseco, talks to us at the SAP Financial Services Forum, about how disruption is currently impacting the insurance market and the role technology plays in it, the opportunities this disruption brings and the change in new entrants we will see in this market.

02 August 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

Pelican opens Hong Kong office

Pelican, a global provider of Artificial Intelligence powered payments and financial crime compliance solutions for banks and corporates, today announced its expansion into Asia Pacific with the opening of a new office in Hong Kong.

02 August 2017

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Cloud is a core functionality for clients

Dr. Marcus Winter, Head of Reinsurance Development, and Christof Reinert, Head of Risk Management Partners, Munich Re, talk at the SAP Financial Services Forum about how cloud and global co-creation are enabling organisations to create new business models that will meet changing client expectations, and the cyber risks that are transforming the insurance industry.

01 August 2017

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Banks still in piloting stage for machine learning

Moritz Zimmermann, Co-Founder Hybris and Senior Vice President Pre-Sales SAP Hybris, talks at the SAP Financial Services Forum about both the potential of machine learning in areas where there is data and customer engagement, and the barriers banks can expect when leveraging it due to regulation and top non-bank competitors dominating the talent pool.

01 August 2017

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Digital boom era for small businesses

Gary Turner, UK Co-Founder and Managing Director, Xero Limited, talks at the SAP Financial Services Forum about how small businesses that once struggled to compete with large organisations now have the upper hand due to being more adaptable to new digital technologies - and because of increased accessibility to modern cloud tools and mobile.

31 July 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

DBS appoints new digital head for institutional banking business

DBS Bank, recognised as one of the world’s leading digital banks, today announced that Raof Latiff will join DBS as the Head of Digital for its Institutional Banking Group.

31 July 2017

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Deutsche Bank appoints Atul Jain as head of Apac trade finance

Deutsche Bank today announced the appointment of Atul Jain as Head of Trade Finance and Trade Finance Flow – Asia Pacific, effective immediately.

31 July 2017

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Banks need to differentiate through data

Gerald Grattoni, Head of EMEA Financial Services Solutions, Intel, and Andy Hirst, VP, Banking Solutions, SAP, talk at the SAP Financial Services Forum about the drivers for banks and insurers to exploit data and analytics, how cheap storage and real-time tools are making data more accessible, the best use cases for machine learning to automate repetitive processes, and how firms must manage challenges around governance and data integrity, while finding the right balance in AI deployment out to customers.

27 July 2017

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Deep personalisation… and instant gratification

Kevin Hanley, Director of Innovation, RBS, talks at the SAP Financial Services Forum about what happens when we respond in a linear fashion to technology that is developing exponentially, how customers want it all and they want it now, and what it means that traditional industry boundaries are becoming blurred.

27 July 2017

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Fragmentation a future challenge for instant payments

David Bannister, Principal Analyst, Financial Services Technology, Ovum talks at the HPS PowerCard Users Meeting 2017 in Marrakesh about the state of play with instant payments, the impact of instant in Africa, how successful banks have been in innovating around real-time and some of the challenges the industry might face in this area going forward.

25 July 2017

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The future of finance is open

Simon Paris, Deputy CEO, Finastra, talks about the impact of open banking on retail and corporate customers and how to leverage platform-as-a-service to empower innovation.

25 July 2017

Company update/Transaction banking

EQ Global launches virtual bank account for multicurrency transfers

Leading global payments provider, EQ Global, part of the Equiniti Group, and in partnership with Citi, has today launched a new Virtual Bank Account service for businesses and institutions to access.

25 July 2017

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UniCredit among 30 banks to begin testing instant payments

UniCredit is preparing for the roll out of instant payment services to customers in Italy and Germany as it commences testing of EBA Clearing's RT1 real-time platform.

25 July 2017

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Instant payments good news for the economy

Archie Hesse, CEO, Ghana Interbank Payment and Settlement Systems, talks at the HPS PowerCard Users Meeting 2017 in Marrakesh about the take-up of instant payments in Ghana, the benefits for banks and their retail and business customers, and how instant payments and mobile money will underpin Africa’s transition away from cash, improving GDP and reducing fraud.

24 July 2017

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Building in optionality for PSD2

Richard Exton, Head of Business Capability & Change, Bank of Ireland UK, talks to us about open banking as the desired outcome the industry is seeking to achieve from PSD2, and how banks can look for opportunities on top of compliance in order to put in place more strategic solutions for PSD2.

24 July 2017

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Instant payments will underpin API economy

Richard Dear, Business Development Director, Icon Solutions, talks about why banks need to get the implementation of instant payments right, the challenges they face in doing so, and the pros and cons of the three common approaches to putting instant payments capabilities in place.

24 July 2017

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Payments systems must be simpler, faster, lighter, cheaper

Abdeslam Alaoui, Managing Director, HPS Solutions, talks at the HPS PowerCard Users Meeting 2017 in Marrakesh about its key themes, including the reduced need for intermediation in payments, the opportunities and challenges created by innovation in payments, and the future demands on payment systems.

24 July 2017