Konstantin Rabin Head of Marketing at Kontomatik
The world is facing an absolutely unprecedented crisis. The year 2020 started off with sad news of a major virus outbreak in China’s Hubei province. Home to over 58 million people, the region soon was surrounded by chaos and uncertainty while the unknown virus had already started spreading across the country. Shortly after the news broke out of Ch...
13 June 2020 /markets /covid-19
Kiran Komma Senior Domain Consultant at Tata Consutlancy Services
Investment banks continue to be under pressure due to regulatory changes, declining revenues, and rising costs. Revenues generated by 12 biggest investment banks from trading and advisory operations are down by 11% for first six months of 2019, according to Financial Times article. COVID-19 pandemic will impact investment banks due to significantl...
10 June 2020 /markets
Anna Monteiro Global Head of Business and Product Development at www.solutions-atlantic.com
Late 2018 into early 2019, there was increasing attention put on foreign direct investment in sensitive sectors by several major jurisdictions. At that time, the driver for this focus was a volatile political landscape stemming from the breakdown of trade between the US and China, as well as uncertainty of the US’ involvement in NATO and Russia’s ...
08 June 2020 /regulation /markets Financial Services Regulation
Retired Member
The economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic has cast a bright spotlight on the inefficiencies in the way many firms do business, forcing them to adopt new operating models to stay relevant, productive and, ultimately, afloat. Companies will always seek to minimise risks, especially in an ever-evolving environment of increased volatility, uncert...
08 June 2020 /markets /covid-19 Blockchain Observations
Richard Price, UK&I Sales Director, TIBCO Software More than ever before, banks need to stay relevant, as traditional financial services companies are competing with far nimbler challenger brands that are changing traditional service models and product mixes. We’ve seen this accelerate, as the world continues to be turned upside down by COVID-1...
05 June 2020 /regulation /markets Open Banking
Sassan Danesh Managing Partner at Etrading Software Ltd
Finance is very much a data business with financial firms critically dependent on good information. They need fast access to comprehensive data, which provides them with insight in order to provide services and compete effectively. As a result, firms have been making significant investments in new technologies to improve their analysis and store l...
02 June 2020 /regulation /markets Banking Regulations
Elliot Banks Chief Product Officer at BMLL
The European market moved from a passive state of tighter spreads, lower volumes and longer resting times during January and early February to a much more aggressive state in late February and March through April. As a result of COVID-19 and its immeasurable impact on the global economy, we have seen unprecedented levels of volatility and volumes i...
01 June 2020 /markets /covid-19 Fintech
Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group
Will the crisis result in the rise or demise of the 4th Industrial Revolution? In its April World Economic Outlook, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects a decline in global growth in 2020 of -3 percent. This is a downgrade of 6.3 percentage points from January 2020, a major revision over a very short period. This makes the Great Lockdow...
25 May 2020 /markets /covid-19 Finance 2.0
With the advent of digital technology, the financial services sector has evolved beyond imagination in recent times. First-party data has been considered as a growth driver for data-driven marketing. Banking and Insurance companies are sitting on a gold mine of first-party data. This data contains detailed information such as the customer’s buying...
21 May 2020 /markets Fintech
Madhukar Ramu Executive Director at IHS Markit
A number of companies have reported earnings over the past few weeks, providing an early insight into how the COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant impact on revenues and profits in the first quarter of 2020. Many companies refrained from providing full year guidance stating significant uncertainties in assessing the time period of the pandemic ...
18 May 2020 /markets /covid-19 Operational Risk Management
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