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Bo Harald

All-important KYC reused

KYC reused - good for Society at Large29 July 2018 | 3373 views | 0 The banking sector is doing most of the strong e-ID services needed in Finland. There are some 4000 organizations and all of the...

11 Sep 2018
A Finextra Member

Making Coffee - to explain APIs and Domains

I was invited to a meeting recently, to explain APIs and why they are important for our digital blueprint. I had no idea who the audience was nor their level of understanding of the basics of APIs. S

11 Sep 2018
Banking Architecture
Jared Ronski

5 Best Practices for Mobile Payments in 2018

Mobile commerce is on track to comprise over 63% of ecommerce sales in 2018, and an estimated 73% by 2021 according to Statista. It’s no wonder that top-tier companies are investing heavily into thei...

11 Sep 2018
Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Ambrish Parmar

Financial inclusion and Open Banking - epic fail?

Time to read: 5 minutes to gain a different perspective. We are the lucky ones … : : The school holidays are over…disappointment and relief are felt in equal measure. It’s time to reassess finances an...

11 Sep 2018
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
A Finextra Member

Blockchain and crypto markets - reporting from the trenches

Reporting is no mine, though. I’ll reproduce some insights from Pavel Kravchenko, a smart PhD founder of Distributed Labs whom I was introduced to by Dave Birch. Pavel has just returned from a trip t...

11 Sep 2018
Blockchain Observations
A Finextra Member

The Role Of Regulatory Sandboxes In Fintech Innovation

According to KPMG’s latest The Pulse of Fintech report, 2018 is set to be another record-breaking year for Fintech investment. After only two quarters, it’s already reached $57.9 billion, less than $...

10 Sep 2018
Fintech
Freddie McMahon

Conversation-as-a-Service: the big challenge and big opportunity of algorithmic knowledge

To combat the accelerating speed of change, there is a growing need for a step change that leads to more productive and smarter humans. The barrier to this transition is knowledge needed by humans, wh...

10 Sep 2018
Banking Regulations
A Finextra Member

EIR pill for 800-pounds gorilla

FT Weekend published a thought-provoking article by Tim Harford that explains why corporations fail to innovate. Harford gives an example of Xerox Parc who invented, back in the 70s, the world’s first...

10 Sep 2018
Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
Anuj Kumar

Get going on Machine Learning: from excitement to readiness and justification

The Internet is bursting with opinions on artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). An intellectual war is raging amongst academicians, ML evangelists, data scientists, and big data guru...

10 Sep 2018
Innovation in Financial Services
A Finextra Member

The Hollywood Principle

Inversion of Control: Don't call us, we'll call you. Remember when you were a child, going on a long trip with your parents. Remember the frustration; “Are we there yet?”, “Are we there yet?” Now, as

09 Sep 2018
Banking Architecture
Bob Lyddon

Turkish bank Non-Performing Loans soon to hit World Class levels

Turkish bank Non-Performing Loans (“NPLs”) will soon be reaching World Class levels, even if the bar has been set very high by the banking systems of Greece and Cyprus: only NPL levels of 40-45% of to...

09 Sep 2018
Trends in Financial Services
Shailendra Malik

From Black Box ML to Glass Box XAI

One of the difficulties in stepping into a red-hot technology space is you’re not sure what to expect. As you’re grappling with unexpected technical curve balls what if your own stakeholders beat you ...

08 Sep 2018
Trends in Financial Services

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