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Bo Harald

Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,

Opportunities and Responsibilities for the Finance Sector in the Trust Infrastructure

1. Trust infrastructure As the benefits for building a global trust infrastructure are so massive (3-6% of GDP according to McKinsey), it is clear that governments will be strongly committed to drive the migration and that enterprises will start to see the enormous benefits they can achieve (as outlined in 5 major categories in Self-Sovereig...

/payments /retail Digital Banking Trends

Nick Green

Nick Green Director at Purple Patch Broking Ltd

Have It All: How are Banking and Finance Unlocking Multi-Bureau Data Strategies?

For Banking and Finance, adopting a multi-bureau credit data strategy is often dismissed as “too hard to switch”, “too expensive” or “not important enough”, but this is set to change. The FCA recently set out its interim findings from the credit information market study. The study found one of the key aspects of the market not working well is “sign...

/regulation /retail Financial Services Regulation

Andrea Varga

Andrea Varga Head of Innovation at Aryza

Making quicker and more informed decisions: what role does 'open finance' play?

With the UK economic forecast looking increasingly bleak, small and medium-sized businesses are facing some real challenges. Taking into account the current financial landscape, it’s perhaps no surprise that total company insolvencies in England and Wales in Q2 2022 reached the highest quarterly level since Q3 2009. For business lenders this has c...

/retail /cloud Open Banking

Sridhar Ramamurthi

Sridhar Ramamurthi Industry Advisor at TCS

Being purpose-led: Considerations for Financial Services firms – Customer and Provider Perspectives

In an earlier blog (titled: Being purpose-led: Considerations for Financial Services firms – What does it mean?), we explored what purpose-led means with a few examples. So far, the articulation of the (positive) impact of the aforementioned (earlier blog) financial service instances has been largely qualitative and subjective, making inferences a...

/wealth /retail Finextra site news

Jose Pierre

Jose Pierre CEO at Marketware International, Inc.

Wealth Management and Artificial Intelligence, the buzz continues for 2023

The world of wealth management is evolving rapidly in response to the changing landscape of technology and investment strategy. As artificial intelligence (AI) technology becomes more powerful and sophisticated, its use in the wealth management space is steadily increasing. As AI technology continues to expand its capabilities and is integrated in...

/wealth /retail Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services

Farouk Ferchichi

Farouk Ferchichi Group President, Envestnet Data and Analytics at Envestnet

The U.S. is One Step Closer to Making Open Banking a Reality

The CFPB paved the way for open banking rulemaking. Now is the time to expand on it. This year at Money 20/20, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra laid out plans to finalize open banking rulemaking, bringing the U.S. closer than ever before to developing an open banking ecosystem. If all goes according to plan, the CF...

/wealth /retail Open Banking

Sridhar Ramamurthi

Sridhar Ramamurthi Industry Advisor at TCS

Being purpose-led: Considerations for Financial Services firms – What does it mean?

Being purpose-led and ecosystem-driven is fundamentally transforming the way institutions in the financial sector function. But it is easier said and declared than done. Using six selective examples of recent innovative offerings, we explore what the shift means for financial institutions, the challenges they face and key considerations in becomin...

/wealth /retail Finextra site news

Anoop Melethil

Anoop Melethil Head of Marketing at Maveric Systems

Customer experience – game changer for neobanks in retail

In the new banking world order, Neobanks continue their impressive march northwards. With Brazil reporting 43% adults with digital-only bank account, India at 26%, Ireland at 22%, Singapore at 21%, Hong Kong at 20%, and UAE at 19% (online bank adoption survey by Finder), the transaction value for Neobanks worldwide is expected to level out at $ ...

/retail /startups Digital Banking Trends

Richard Kalas

Richard Kalas Client Solutions Director for Retail Banking at GFT Group

Majority of consumers feel anxious checking banking apps as cost-of-living challenges bite

It’s safe to say the economic challenges facing banking customers have only been exacerbated in recent weeks and months. The UK has officially entered recession, the cold winter months have meant the cost of energy is squeezing household finances more than ever and wider cost-of-living challenges continue to impact consumer spending. As a result o...

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Barley Laing

Barley Laing UK Managing Director at Melissa

Reduce inflationary pressures with data cleaning technology

With inflation hovering at around ten per cent, triggered largely by the growth in energy prices due to the conflict in Ukraine, costs for many financial institutions are spiralling at a rapid rate. It’s leaving many worried about remaining competitive in the future as they contemplate price rises for products and services. Those in financial ser...

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