Joris Lochy Product Manager at Intix | Co-founder at Capilever
In the world of financial services, the integrity of data systems is fundamentally reliant on non-functional requirements (NFRs) such as reliability and security. Despite their importance, NFRs often receive secondary consideration during project scoping, typically being reduced to a generic checklist aimed more at compliance than at genuine funct...
29 April 2024 /devops Banking Architecture
It is often stated that 'Data is the new oil', suggesting that data, like oil, holds immense value but remains unusable if unrefined. While this comparison simplifies, it effectively highlights two significant trends: A fierce competition to capture as much customer data as possible, waged not only by Big Tech and social media giants but also by ...
23 April 2024 /payments /retail Big Data
The financial industry is undergoing a significant transformation. Banks are evolving from mere repositories of money and providers of loans and investments into facilitators of our financial journeys and personal assistants in financial well-being. This shift marks the beginning of an era characterized by embedded banking and deproductization. Tr...
15 April 2024 /inclusion /predictions Digital Banking Trends
Financial crime continues to be a major issue, undermining the trust and safety of global financial systems. The United Nations estimates that a staggering 2 to 5% of global GDP, or between EUR 715 billion and 1.87 trillion, is laundered each year. Moreover, about 50% of companies worldwide have experienced fraud in the last two years, underscorin...
18 March 2024 /regulation /crime Banking Regulations
In the financial services sector, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) continues to be a topic of intense debate. Discussions oscillate between advocating for stricter regulations and questioning the extent of banks' responsibilities in overseeing (policing) financial transactions. AML regulations are pivotal in preventing the use of financial institutions...
13 February 2024 /regulation /crime Banking Regulations
Every business inevitably engages in a checkout journey. In B2B contexts with low-volume but high-value transactions, this can be a lengthy, manual process. Nevertheless, the same three key steps can always be identified: Finding and Selecting a Product or Service Collecting and Delivering the Product or Service Paying for the Product or Servic...
10 January 2024 /payments /predictions Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
In the dynamic world of financial services, rapid innovation, rising customer expectations, and increasing complexity are the norm. This reality necessitates a shift from traditional in-house operations to more specialized, external partnerships. Historically, these relationships have predominantly followed a customer-supplier model, focusing mainl...
18 December 2023 /startups Fintech World
Last year I celebrated two decades of immersion in IT, specifically within the Financial Services sector. During this period I have been a witness to remarkable transformations in banking and technology. The emergence of Fintech companies and their customer-centric approach, along with significant advancements in software engineering like Agile me...
01 December 2023 /payments Data Management and Governance
Generative AI has revolutionized the way we create and interact with digital content. Since the launch of Dall-E in July 2022 and ChatGPT in November 2022, the field has seen unprecedented growth. This technology, initially popularized by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, has now been embraced by major tech players like Microsoft and Google, as well as a plethora...
26 November 2023 /startups Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
AI is a hot topic and numerous articles are published stating that financial service companies not adopting AI today risk becoming obsolete tomorrow. However, as with many hypes, the industry’s adoption of AI may not proceed as rapidly as commonly predicted. Just as an example, for the past two decades, experts have been forecasting the obsolescen...
17 November 2023 /predictions Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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