1147 Results from 2019
Miloslav Hoschek Freelancer at e-Silk Road, NGO
When the 5G network comes online on the 2020s, a smartphone with an ultra high speed download of 1 Gbps or more is displayed. Due to the popularisation of 5G, the download speed reaches 20 gbps, the upload speed reaches 10 gbps and it may rise exponentially. However, 5G will be ultra low speed and faster. Being able to become instantaneous experi...
14 February 2019 Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS
The Gartner "Hype Cycle" has long been a good way to look at capabilities and think of whether we are in the early days, in the hype, when a new technology has promise but the standards and surrounding ecosystems cannot yet support widespread adoption. Once out of the hype cycle, the new tech brings a fundamental change in capabilities t...
14 February 2019 /retail
Retired Member
I was recently surprised to read an article on Finextra that highlighted Which? had reviewed UK banking security and concluded that seven of the top twelve UK banks did not offer 2FA for online banking. Why this surprised me is that banks have lead the way with 2FA for decades by using the debit card. To take out money from an ATM or spend it in ...
14 February 2019 /security Trends in Financial Services
Chris Principe CEO at APB, Inc.
WTF – World’s Their Future Our World needs us to work for a better tomorrow Yes, I know, I usually write about technology and this title does not reflect that topic. But technology it is! Over the past months, I have been struck by some interesting data that I'd like to share with you. While I am not a GREEN fanatic, I was impressed by several stat...
14 February 2019 /startups Digital Banking, Mortgages and Savings
2018 was a year when certain jumbo-sized, data-heavy regulatory regimes finally smoothed out and settled down. Among the few that haven’t, the Basel Committee-driven Fundamental Review of the Trading Book (FRTB) remains one of the most consequential and contentious—threatening the market-making businesses of global systemically-important banks (G-...
13 February 2019 Fintech
The explosion of predictive analytics in financial services is undeniable. Layering on advancements in big data, billions of dollars are now dedicated to analytics spend annually. Dozens of startups dive in every year to develop the tools to tackle increasingly complex datasets at mind-blowing volumes, often deploying some variation or combination...
Monica Hovsepian Global Industry Strategist, Financial Services at Opentext
It’s funny how the world works. We recently wrote a blog on how AI in Financial Services can improve customer experience. Then, my bank showed me that there’s still some work to be done. Let me explain. Last week, I received a letter from my bank. It came as a bit of a surprise as I’d agreed that my preferred communication channels with the bank w...
13 February 2019 /ai
The future of corporate banking is here, and it’s wearing jeans and trainers. Traditional corporate banks are under more pressure than ever to transform. Reduced barriers to entry (e.g. PSD2) and new technologies (e.g. blockchain) are leading to increased competition in a rapidly evolving ecosystem of new banking services and providers. Challenger...
13 February 2019 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Corinne Lleti Director of EMEA Customer Solution at Experian
Technology is central to every industry across the globe, and the world of credit risk and fraud is no different. However, as we get into 2019, it’s becoming very clear that it will be the year that we see some new tech trends disrupt, shift and change the credit industry’s landscape. The growth of the pick and mix culture As the fight against ...
Paul Marcantonio Head of UK/Western Europe at Ecommpay
It goes without saying (but I’ll say it anyway) that the payment process – as the make-or-break moment of any customer journey – must be as smooth as possible. So why are so many e-Commerce sites still struggling, weighed down by shoddy design, confusing error codes, and cobbled-together tech? Well, because it turns out that first creating and the...
13 February 2019 /payments Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
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