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Market Data in the trading industry reminds me of the Fire Swamp in the movie “The Princess Bride” (1987). Do you remember the Fire Swamp? It was characterized by three primary dangers - The Creatures of Unusual Size, The Lightning Sand, and the Fire Spurts. The SEC is currently facing off with the industry over market data. My experience going thr...
26 October 2018 /devops Fintech
Have you’ve ever visited India? How did you cope with the traffic there? It’s clearly different to the regular, organized approach we are used to in Europe. After spending a couple of days in Bangalore recently, I became aware that my reaction to traffic had changed; I was not fazed (read terrified) by traffic behavior anymore and actually started
17 October 2018 /devops API
The general consensus amongst API providers is that we should build reusable APIs, but consumers want more - they want an API that gives them everything they need. These tactics challenge one another. Building for the consumer Consumers of data or functionality want everything in one single and simple package. Facilitating this approach can lead t
30 September 2018 /devops API
Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
What if there was a banking solution designed by Apple? Would all the other digital financial solutions be forced out of business? There are rumors about what would happen if Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon (also referred to as GAFA) decided to enter the world of banking. My team decided to put this idea into action and dare to use UX design met...
20 September 2018 /retail /devops Innovation in Financial Services
Shailendra Malik SVP - Tech Delivery (Enterprise Search) at DBS Bank
In today’s ever-evolving IT systems world the cloud & big data are no longer buzzwords, they drive strategy and an even heavy chunk of budgeting discussion. As big organizations gear up to invest big in their cloud strategies and the follower herd readies themselves, there are many trends that are coming to fore that are causing the CIOs bad h...
15 September 2018 /devops Fintech innovation and startups
I was invited to a meeting recently, to explain APIs and why they are important for our digital blueprint. I had no idea who the audience was nor their level of understanding of the basics of APIs. So, with no handy deck prepared for the meeting I entered the room, armed with my laptop full of previous presentations. I was introduced to the team
11 September 2018 /devops Banking Architecture
Inversion of Control: Don't call us, we'll call you. Remember when you were a child, going on a long trip with your parents. Remember the frustration; “Are we there yet?”, “Are we there yet?” Now, as an adult - imagine or remember your own frustration from being nagged! For both parties, this pattern is not ideal; children are frustrated with not
09 September 2018 /devops Banking Architecture
We are currently doing some domain driven design to understand our primary business domains and identify the appropriate core APIs required. This is an exciting yet daunting time - some domains look far too simple while others seem overly complex and almost impossible to model. One such domain is the payments domain. A few weeks ago, during one o
06 September 2018 /devops Banking Architecture
While researching on potential use cases of a Gig economy I stumbled upon an article that narrated the story of potential of a Gig Economy or Gig culture in an organisation. The author narrated a scenario where a company’s disengaged employee spends time on picking up small gigs that gives the person Real Satisfaction which she never gets in her w...
23 August 2018 /devops Whatever...
James Wooster COO at Glue42
I’ve had an epiphany. Sadly, it’s about IT stuff – but I thought I would share it anyway! More specifically, it’s about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and when to use it. As you will see below, scenarios which appear to be good candidates for RPA could turn into very costly mistakes. Anyone who’s spent time in contact centres or shared-service ...
01 August 2018 /devops Digital Insurance Trends
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