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Supporting Fintechs in engaging with financial institutions

Towards the end of 2018, the British Standards Institution (BSI) published a set of guidelines, advising Fintechs how best to engage with financial institutions with the goal of delivering a successful outcome for all: banks, Fintechs and end customers. The report includes recommendations and common pitfalls to avoid. It’s a useful reference guid...

/startups Fintech

Bob Lyddon

Bob Lyddon Consultant at Lyddon Consulting Services

Brexit Withdrawal Agreement gives the EU ample scope to continue to spend on the UK's credit card

The Daily Express issued a “shock horror” story on 30th December that the EU was in financial meltdown over the loss of the UK’s budget contributions. This seems overstated. They have no need to worry for a little while if they get their €40 billion “divorce settlement” – which will be used to cover normal expenditure and not the items that it was ...

/payments SEPA and European Payments

Patrick Bermingham

Patrick Bermingham CEO at Adflex

Invoicing in the IoT: why connections are key to maximising business value

Start-ups and established companies alike are increasingly interested in the industrial internet of things (IIoT), but many are missing a trick when it comes to payments. Businesses face many challenges when designing and implementing their own IoT payments solutions, most notably serious security risks and a lack of interoperability - and just on...

/security /payments Innovation in Financial Services

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How to Leverage Technology to Boost the Performance of Your Company’s Financial Services

Financial services and modern tech go hand in hand, and that should be obvious to anyone who’s been paying close attention to either of the two fields. There’s a lot to gain from tightly integrating modern technological solutions into the workflow of your organization if your goal is to improve performance and customer satisfaction, and it’s in yo...

Financial Inclusion

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Distressed Loan Settlement: A Time for Change

Settling LSTA distressed loan trades in the secondary market is complex and time-consuming. Unlike the par loan market, distressed features additional requirements for inventory management, due diligence and documentation. As a result, the average settlement time for distressed loans in 2018 was more than four times greater (T+67) than that of...

Post-Trade Forum

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How collaboration in the cloud can help banks innovate

One of the biggest problems banks face today is innovating the new services and products expected by their customers. In the digital age, which is dominated by the likes of Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon (GAFA), consumers demand convenience in all aspects of their lives, so the imperative to innovate has never been so pressing. Unfortunately f...

/devops Innovation in Financial Services

Rik Coeckelbergs

Rik Coeckelbergs Independent Advisor, Opinion Maker and Consultant at The Banking Scene

The Semantic Bank

Many of you know that since November I am freelancing, discovering the world of banking and banking technologies. One of the great advantages of freelancing is that you can pick the projects you like to work on. Freelancing also generates time to think, to discover as well. Through my work of The Banking Scene, I got in touch with a small company i...

Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Ambrish Parmar

Ambrish Parmar Digital Leader, Strategist, at Thought leader and Start-up Advisor

How disruption ready are you?

Time to read: 5 minutes to gain a different perspective // The music of change // New Year blues fully banished, enthused for the year ahead – personal and professional bucket list refreshed. I am lucky; I have managed to secure a seat on an overcrowded commuter train. I might actually buy a lottery ticket, since my luck appears to be in. Earphones...

/retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

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2019 Industry Outlook: The Year of the Active Manager

I always try to take a step back over the holidays and reflect on the prior 12 months. It is easy to forget how much can happen in a year. 2018 was no different, packed full of noteworthy headlines, and handful of notable firsts. France winning the World Cup, the Eagles winning their firstSuper Bowl, Apple becoming the World’s first trillion-dolla...

/ai Capital Markets Technology

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API: Arrays or named elements?

The humble restaurant menu follows a common pattern where menu items are generally separated into a logical hierarchy. At the top level, we may have breakfast items, dinner items or drinks items. Each of these could be grouped further into categories like meat dishes, fish dishes or pasta dishes (dinner items), and again into burgers and steaks (m...

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