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Knowing the rules Principles-based regulation was introduced in 1990 by the Financial Services Authority, the UK’s financial services regulator at the time (since superseded by the FCA and PRA). The a...
Asset managers are looking for ways to mine alternative data sets for investment ideas, recognizing that stock pickers cannot rely on traditional research. An explosion in alternative data, ranging fr...
What happened in China makes now the whole world pay very close attention. First, back in 2004 when Alipay appeared on Taobao as an escrow system, slowly evolved as a seller accreditation, partnered w...
Digitalization is a broad term that connotes the use of electronic means and ways to conduct banking. It encompasses products and services that bank customers can typically access using their mobile d...
The word “Industrialization” brings to mind manufacturing Industry, particularly automobile Industry. It was the 1950s, faced with unprecedent change, automobile industry took to Industrialization tha...
We are living in one of the most technologically connected eras in civilization which means that we should be emotionally healthier than ever before as people who matter to us are only a click away an...
When in industry more than 50% of new roles are driven towards a specific skill set and when projections from various recruiting companies shows the world being short of certain skilled people and emp...
Today, the demand for evolution in financial services continues to reach new highs. This demand stems not just from today’s digital consumer with an insatiable appetite for a more robust and agile cus...
It seems like the whole world is talking about bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology – around dinner tables, at the pub, and even in government meetings. It has also become a hot topic
The financial services sector is a high-value target for hackers, and therefore faces daily attacks that attempt to bypass defences protecting a growing number of attack vectors. A staggering 36 per
Open Banking is shaking up the financial services sector and opening up new avenues and opportunities for both banks and payment service providers (PSPs). The open API ecosystems that are emerging are...
Internet banking and its associated digital transformations have made lives easy for many who dreaded going to branches for carrying out regular banking transactions. Many tasks which were considered ...