Latest Datawarehousing News: Finextra Research

Company update/markets

Pico launches Corvil e-trading data warehouse

Pico, a leading provider of mission critical technology, software, data and analytic services for the financial markets community, continues to enhance the capabilities of its market-leading Corvil Analytics product suite [1], with the launch of Corvil Electronic Trading Data Warehouse.

08 February 2022

Company update/sustainable

ResearchPool launches buy-side data collection tool

ResearchPool, the innovative investment research and data solutions provider, announces today the launch of a new tool for enterprise customers that will allow buy-side firms to aggregate fragmented, locally stored data - such as environmental, social and governance (ESG), proprietary or fundamental data, often saved in multiple formats, such as spreadsheets, emails, and PDFs - into a single firm-wide, cloud-based hub.

03 February 2022

Company update/people

MDT appoints new VP of software and data services

Member Driven Technologies (MDT), a Credit Union Service Organisation (CUSO), just announced it has promoted Jennifer Lee to vice president of software and data services.

30 December 2021

Company update/devops

Tech Mahindra adopts Alveo’s FiDaaS solution

Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business reengineering services, has selected Alveo’s FiDaaS solution, a leader in market data integration and analytics solutions for financial services, to offer its customers integrated Financial Data as a Service Proposition to the Financial Services Industry.

08 December 2021

Company update/cloud

Backbase utilises Microsoft Cloud to offer integrated financial services cloud stack

Backbase, the global Engagement Banking Platform provider, today announced its global collaboration with Microsoft to help financial institutions move into the Engagement Banking Era with the first fully integrated financial services cloud stack. The collaboration, which sees Backbase’s Engagement Banking Platform serving in the engagement layer within Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services, helps financial institutions re-architect banking around their customers and accelerate their digital transformation.

10 November 2021

News/sustainable

COP26: The role of investors and greentech startups in delivering decarbonisation

On day two of COP26’s ‘World Leader’s Summit’, Finextra attended European finance consultancy Oxera’s ‘Economics of Climate Change’ session, which brought to life the role that both investors and greentech startups can play in delivering decarbonisation.

03 November 2021

News/sustainable

COP26: How can data, technology, and the private sector fight climate change?

For the first time, finance is a key COP theme – reflecting the vital role the industry will play in transitioning the economy to net zero. As a physical attendee of COP26, Finextra listened in to the first of the Green Finance Institute’s ‘Green Horizon Summit’ wake-up shows, which – in collaboration with the City of London Corporation – run every morning throughout the conference.

02 November 2021

Company update/startups

SEB invests in Nordic data service provider Roaring

SEB is entering into a strategic partnership with fintech company Roaring, a leading data service provider in the Nordic region that enables companies to streamline and automate business processes. As part of the partnership, SEB Venture Capital is also making a strategic investment in Roaring.

15 October 2021

Company update/cloud

BT launches solutions to help financial institutions utilise cloud

BT today announced a portfolio of industry-tailored solutions to help financial services firms take a controlled approach to adopting cloud. BT Cloud Control for Financial Services helps customers’ IT teams address the challenges they face in balancing the risks and rewards of moving their applications and secure data to the cloud; it helps chart the path to growth and delivering outstanding digital experiences.

08 September 2021

Company update/wholesale

Sensibill and Freeagent collaborate to provide accounting services to SMEs

Sensibill, the only customer data platform that enriches SKU-level data specifically for the financial services industry, and FreeAgent, provider of cloud accounting software for small businesses and accountants, announced their partnership today, supporting more than 110,000 business customers to better manage their business expenses. The two award-winning companies will help small businesses and accountants automate and organize their finances, accounting, and taxes.

27 August 2021

News/sustainable

Sustainable Finance Live: The state of the market and planet

Today, Finextra Research and Responsible Risk kicked off proceedings for Sustainable Finance Live – a series of virtual events designed to drive the creation of actionable ESGtech strategies within the financial services sector, and foster an ecosystem of partnerships that will turn strategy into action.

11 May 2021

News/cloud

How cloud enables banking transformation towards contextual finance

Companies adapting to the new normal brought on by the pandemic have been forced to undergo a digital shift toward contactless payments and a surge in online transactions. As a result, many are looking to Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) to enable innovative financial and payments services that can be embedded into digital apps and products. Further, the deployment of BaaS enables a faster time to market for more personalised propositions.

01 April 2021

News/sustainable

Fintech’s role in Paris Agreement success and restoration of nature at scale

According to the UNFCCC High-Level Climate Champions and the Marrakech Partnership Climate Action Pathways report published at the end of 2020, certain notable breakthroughs are moving key sectors closer to the 2050 zero emissions goal, in an attempt to avert the impact of climate change.

02 March 2021

News/cloud

BBVA taps Google Cloud Chronicle to build AI security platform

BBVA has today announced that it will be the first bank in Europe to deploy Google Cloud’s security analytics platform Chronicle and will use AI and machine learning to predict and prevent cyberattacks.

23 February 2021

Company update/cloud

State Street launches cloud-native Alpha data platform

State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT) today launched its State Street AlphaSM Data Platform, an end-to-end data management and warehouse solution for institutional investment and wealth managers.

15 December 2020

News/cloud

Shifting to mission-critical: What are the key drivers of cloud adoption?

Cloud adoption for financial services firms has been on the rise over the past few years - a trend that has been further bolstered by the wave of digitisation brought on by the global pandemic.

11 December 2020

News/payments

Swift Community Update: Technology evolution - delivering the Swift platform

Sending payments across borders takes high levels of collaboration, communication, and trust.

17 November 2020

News/cloud

Electrifying cloud migration with strategy and security

The cloud can power innovation for financial institutions. As reported by McKinsey, 70% of banks are reviewing their core banking platforms and are beginning to leverage the potential that cloud-native services can deliver, as well as the offerings provided by technology vendors.

13 November 2020

News/devops

How one bank’s tech team is teaching ‘on-the-fly’ data

Following her virtual session, ‘Democratising data-driven decisions with self-service tools’ at the Apidays conference, Yojas Samarth, senior data engineer, tech speaker and tech trainer at DBS Bank, speaks to Finextra Research regarding the nuance of training teams to effectively utilise data platforms.

10 November 2020

News/cloud

Personalisation and customisation with data in the banking and payments industry

As customers increasingly experience more consistent, personalised treatment from companies across a wide variety of industries, it is natural for them to expect—and require—the same of financial services providers.

30 October 2020