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Senior Managers & Certification Regime – The Journey is Just Beginning
Little did we know that when SM&CR was just a glimmer of an idea at HM Treasury, it would have such an impact on the industry and, in doing so, it would change Worksmart so substantially. Borne out...
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Are you Adapting to the Financial Sector’s New Challenges?
There are new competitive threats. Blockchain and smart contracts are changing the way people procure financial services. At the same time, client expectations are continually rising, a process...
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Automation: The Key to Unlocking a CFO’s Potential
These very questions are why more leaders, and in particular, CFOs, are turning to smarter technology solutions for help, specifically ERP platforms with embedded AI. CFOs find themselves with...
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Why is the UK Banking Sector in So Much IT Trouble?
The Which Group recently published a study [1]stating that the UK banking sector was hit by IT outages on a daily basis in the last nine months of 2018, with 302 reported failures. The major banks had...
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How to Make the Most of Having a Mentor
In her current role, Alex works with BT’s customers within the insurance, wealth management and financial services sectors and looks after their technology needs, making sure that these firms are able...
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3 tips for Transitioning from Finance to FinTech
We live in a digital world, and the financial industry is no exception. Eschewing traditional methods, finance has merged with technology to create a whole new sector, FinTech, that is changing the way...
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How Apple Can Convince Consumers to Use the New Apple Card
But, really, this is about a tech company moving into banking by launching a credit card. The card, albeit revolutionary for Apple’s product line, is fairly similar to products offered by challenger...
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Assure Your Projects to Reduce Risk
Therefore, Security Assurance should be a top priority – particularly when working on transformational projects. Security Assurance needs to be baked into requirements (or Epic), design, sprint (Agile)...
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Why People Will be Key to Unlocking the PropTech Opportunity
The potential for PropTech (any innovative technology or business that plays across/within any of the real estate segments) to disrupt the industry is therefore massive. Christina Reti, Senior Client...
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When Your App’s New Feature is Awesome (But Nobody Knows)
Au contraire. Picture integrating a brand-new feature into your banking app that you know is destined for greatness. Something that’s so well-designed, convenient, and customer-centric that you naively...
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The Migration from Legacy IT Systems to the Cloud
Traditional companies are struggling to keep up Today’s digital landscape frequently imposes new demands on financial institutions, with innovative technologies and new regulations such as PSD2...
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The Restructuring of Financial Services in the Wake of Digitalisation
What is the current state of digitalisation in the Middle East? We need to consider that digitalisation is an important driver of transformation in the financial services space globally. Additional...
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Five Key Points from the March 2020 Budget
1. Coronavirus Predictably, the worsening coronavirus epidemic, which on Wednesday saw the number of UK cases rise to 416, took centre stage in the Chancellor’s speech. As previously reported, the...
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What Has AI Done for Financial Services?
Dermot O’Kelly, Senior Vice President, Europe at Finastra Think your organization hasn’t embraced AI? Think again. The reality is that there are hundreds of applications of artificial intelligence...
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How AI Will Continue to Impact the Financial Services Ecosystem
Artificial intelligence has already made a significant, positive impact on the financial services ecosystem and we can only expect this trend to accelerate in years to come. AI has the potential to...
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It’s About Time: The Financial Implications of the World’s First National...
Modern automation and computer systems, particularly in sensitive national industries like financial services, need accurate time to function efficiently and they depend heavily on satellite systems to...
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Chinese Production Resumes, Lifting Stocks in Europe and US
Factory data released by Beijing has shown signs that the Chinese government’s push to restart the economy has seen some early results. The National Bureau of Statistics found that China’s industrial...
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Virtual Data Rooms Open Doors for Insolvent & Bankrupt Businesses
Even the most optimistic observer would have to accept that the number of businesses at risk of going bankrupt or insolvent will rise dramatically. The owners and managers of such businesses should not...
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UK Government Announces £400 Million R&D Fund
On Friday, the UK government announced the release of £400 million in government and industry funding for seven major research and innovation projects across the country. Each of the funded programmes...
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Open Banking: An Opportunity for Europe’s Banks
Jan van Vonno, Research Director at Tink, looks more deeply into the trends currently altering Europe’s financial sector. Convenience and ease have become the new normal for consumers and the demand...
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