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Innovation and tech advancements are hitting the market at a breakneck speed. All companies are either trying to leverage the AI, Chat-Bots, ML or any form of new models available in the market or eve...
As ever, in the world of Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) and blockchain, timing is critical. Although we saw great strides taken up until about a year ago, it was clear that other technologies s...
Coindesk’s recent article "Banks taking sides" covers the current race to market for competing trade finance initiatives and makes many valid observations on the current situation but also...
My updated research on fintech financing and performance shows that valuation growth for most of the start-ups in the sector is still very strong (on paper) but that revenue growth and profitability c...
I work with many companies right across Europe who are starting to realise the direct and in-direct problems associated with password management. How many passwords do we have and how many of us have ...
Despite the size of the market increasing, correspondent banking remains under pressure due to the cost of compliance, reputational risk and shrinking margins. Can technology strike the balance betwee...
Finding yourself in a lot of debt is never a fun ordeal, especially if you’ve let the problem go on for a while and don’t see a viable way out. The truth is, most of these situations can be addressed ...
Modernising a bank is not easy and most of the difficulties come down to legacy systems. Banks need to adopt new digital core banking platforms, but what’s blocking adoption are the worries that come ...
Commodity trading firms ─ currently outside the scope from the regulatory prudential framework in the EU ─ now need to prepare themselves to face increased regulation. The prudential framework, a new ...
The prudential framework is a new rule book developed by the European Commission (EC) for investment firms. It is designed to be simpler and more proportionate to a firm’s operations. But with new r
CECL vs. CCAR: A Significant Change in the Banking Industry In an effort to reinforce the financial system, The FASB (Financial Accounting Standard Board) releases new regulations and policies from ...
In conversation with Marika Lulay we discuss top 5 trends in Fintech and Banking Industry 1.Industry 4.0 — I strongly believe that there is a paradigm shift in the way IT systems will be built and run...