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Cloud as the enabler of AI’s competitive advantage

Data is just the beginning. Financial institutions (FIs) are now hyper-focused on surfacing meaningful, timely, and actionable insights from proprietary and third-party data. Technologies such as the cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) are forming new partnerships between humans and machines.

13 January 2020

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Natural language processing is the next step to automation

78% of institutional investors agree that technology has made financial markets ‘better and more efficient.’ This figure is staggering when compared to the 20% of participants who feel that technology has ‘made financial markets overly complicated.’ But where does the cloud fit in?

13 January 2020

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Meeting due diligence requirements is akin to conducting an orchestra

Compliance officers in financial services should think of themselves as orchestra conductors, according to Charles Gaddy, co-founder of identity verification service company, Global Data Consortium.

08 January 2020

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Banking predictions for 2020 – more competition, more collaboration and new sources of revenue

As 2019 draws to a close, financial services commentators and vendors have made their customary end-of-year predictions for the 12 months ahead, with increased competition through supercharged PSD2 the principal driving force.

23 December 2019

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Finextra's year in review

With 2019 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most popular news items, videos and community engagement activities over the course of the past year.

23 December 2019

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Saxo Bank targets Chinese market through tech joint venture

Saxo Bank has formed a 50/50 joint venture with Chinese automotive group Geely Holdings to provide a suite of financial technology services to banks and fintechs in China.

17 December 2019

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Goldman Sachs enlists startup for quantum computing push

Wall Street giant Goldman Sachs is teaming up with Silicon Valley startup QC Ware to investigate the use of quantum algorithms in finance.

11 December 2019

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Mastercard invests in Doconomy to offer cardholders CO2 emissions tracker

Announcing at the COP25 climate summit in Madrid, Mastercard has extended its collaboration with Swedish fintech Doconomy to offer cardholders carbon footprint tracking based on purchases made through the Bank of Åland’s cloud-based Åland Index.

10 December 2019

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Former SAP executives join Deutsche Bank's new technology team

Deutsche Bank has hired two senior executives from SAP to help guide its global technology and innovation strategy.

04 December 2019

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Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 2 report

With the accelerating pace of transformation in financial services, day two of SOFE 2019 explored the direction of travel financial institutions should embark on in order to thrive in this new world.

29 November 2019

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Swift Operations Forum Europe 2019, Amsterdam - Day 1 report

Financial services innovation and how industry participants can keep up with ecosystem culture were two of the key themes on day 1 of the Swift Operations Forum Europe (SOFE) 2019.

28 November 2019

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Canada's EQ Bank moves core banking system to the cloud

EQ Bank, the digital arm of Canada's Equitable Bank, has moved its entire core banking system to the cloud.

22 November 2019

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