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I’ve worked with many different firms – banks and vendors on their platform modernisation journeys and have discovered that there are a number of common themes across the financial services industry in terms of the challenges they face, the technologies they use to modernise their IT systems and what the recipe for success looks like. I often get ...
04 June 2021 /devops /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Gregoire Haftman Global Head of Data Sales at Macrobond
“There is so much data out there, but I spend more time on reconciling, verifying and mapping it, rather than actually analysing it to enrich my decision-making process.” Sound familiar? Then you’re not alone. It’s one of the most common complaints I hear when I speak to customers. According to MongoDB, a leading cloud-based database software provi...
03 June 2021 /cloud /markets Data Management and Governance
Machine learning cab be used to design and understand problem and trying to derive solution using data. Being working as FinTech professional, I am seeing the change happening. I have extensively worked in Market Risk. As per definition, Market Risk is the risk of loss due to factors that affect an entire market or asset class. Market risk is also ...
02 June 2021 /regulation /markets Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Simon Gegen Financial cloud services and wallet solutions at Holla-Tech
Spread betting is a form of foreign exchange trading that involves speculating on changes in the movements of currencies without actually trading them. There are three main components to a spread betting strategy, which are the direction you expect the trade to move in, the size of your bet, and the spread of whatever you're speculating on. Th
02 June 2021 /wealth /markets Personal Finance
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
2021 has been a challenging year for the development of new technologies. Still operating in the shadows of the COVID-19 pandemic, any initial optimism for the development and launch of AR-enabled smart glasses by the end of the year has been quashed by experts - but despite this, AR-glasses specialists Vuzix has been gaining significant momentum ...
30 May 2021 /markets
Credit risk is the possibility of a loss resulting from a borrower's failure to repay a loan or meet contractual obligations. Credit risk is most simply defined as the potential that a bank borrower or counterparty will fail to meet its obligations in accordance with agreed terms. Banks need to manage the credit risk inherent in the entire portfol...
29 May 2021 /markets /covid-19 Fintech World
Alphawave IP Group has its sights firmly set on a London Stock Exchange (LSE) listing with share prices ranging from £3.75 to £4.30 - amounting to a valuation of up to £3.2 billion according to bookrunner JP Morgan. As a Canadian firm, Alphawave’s choice to debut in London is a significant indicator that despite COVID-19 and Brexit uncertainty, t...
27 May 2021 /markets
Above image credit to Pixabay There are several factors to consider when choosing investments, including your financial circumstances and objectives and the timing of the investment. While successful investing is often all about having as diverse a portfolio as possible, sometimes you’ll be faced with a straight choice as to what to invest in. If
27 May 2021 /wealth /markets Personal Finance
Steve Grob Founder at Vision57
Geoffrey Moore’s classic marketing text - Crossing the Chasm - explores the challenges of successfully marketing new technologies and so it is interesting to look at the world of Desktop Interoperability or Integration Platforms (DIPs) through this lens. Key to Moore’s book is how to move from just selling to early adopters and to capturing the ...
25 May 2021 /devops /markets Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Denys Kyrychenko CEO & Co-founder at Corefy
The coronavirus pandemic has radically transformed our way of life. It affected almost all aspects but especially stimulated the development of e-commerce. The Visa Back to Business Study reports that contactless payments have become a driving differentiator: if all other factors were equal (price, selection and location), nearly two-thirds (63%) ...
24 May 2021 /payments /markets Fintech
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