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Graham Seel

Linking Savings Groups to the Formal Financial Sector

Financial Inclusion efforts for the world’s poorest people have particularly focused on urban areas, and have had some success. But there is a tremendous relatively untapped opportunity for the formal...

13 Jan 2018
Financial Inclusion
Freddie McMahon

CHATBOTS UNDER-HYPE: THE NEW FRONTIER TO SIMPLIFY COMPLEX KNOWLEDGE PART 4

Just as a reminder, Complex Knowledge is any combination of regulatory, statutory, legal, tax, tariff, policy and procedure matter, which is primarily found within documents. USE CASE: HOUSEHOLDER P...

13 Jan 2018
Innovation in Financial Services
Mark Jackson

2018 will be shaped by Open Banking

For retail banks operating in the EU, open banking - and ‘Open APIs’ which are seen as a key facilitator of this - have become hot topics in the boardroom. Spearheaded by the European Commission’s r...

12 Jan 2018
Open Banking
A Finextra Member

Open Banking and the Value Exchange

This week, we will begin to experience a new way of accessing goods and services as Open Banking starts to take effect – and some of the largest banks in the UK are gearing up to present these new ben...

12 Jan 2018
Digital Banking Trends
A Finextra Member

Open Banking 13 Jan 2018 - 'Danse Macabre' or Tango for Banks and Fintech?

Now that the floor is nearly open for true open banking in Europe as a result of the passing of the PSD2 kick off date this Sunday, observers sit tight to see the scene unfold. Will we be enjoying a D...

12 Jan 2018
Open Banking
A Finextra Member

Open Banking: A Marathon Not A Sprint

In 1981, the idea for the London Marathon was conceived in the Dysart Arms pub by olympic medal winners John Disley and Chris Brasher. They had both run in the 1979 New York Marathon and this inspire...

12 Jan 2018
Open Banking
A Finextra Member

BITCOIN WHERE TO?

The following comments, provided for information purposes only, can under no circumstances be construed as recommendation or incentive to buy or sell any investment or engage in any trading strategy i...

12 Jan 2018
Robert Siciliano

Top 10 Tips for Securing Your Mobile Devices and Sensitive Client Data

Do you have employees who bring mobile phones to work and use those devices on the corporate network? Do they store company data on these “Bring Your Own Devices (BYOD)”?? Does your company have a pol...

11 Jan 2018
Guillaume Pousaz

PSD2: A new dawn

This week, the second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) will overhaul the European payments landscape. The new legislation will essentially force banks to open up their data, allowing third party prov...

11 Jan 2018
Open Banking
A Finextra Member

MiFID II - why there is more to be done in 2018

MiFID II is one of the most far-reaching changes to financial market regulation yet. Investment and wealth management as well as wealth advisory firms are the most impacted segments, especially those ...

11 Jan 2018
Vinod Sharma

2018 Year of Intelligence - Artificial and Augmentation

This year my first post of the year is written from New Delhi India. Wishing you all a very happy new year. Year 1956 when ‘Artificial Intelligence’ was coined got its place in history and now Year 20...

11 Jan 2018
Innovation in Financial Services
Piyush Srivastava

How AI is changing the Risk Management & Compliance

In this increasing debate over AI, in how it is good for mankind, and on the other side, how it is going to take away our jobs, what is the right answer? I would take the analogy of the advent of cars...

10 Jan 2018
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