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Numbers on spreadsheets? Accounting today faces much more rigorous demands. Financial corporations need systems that reliably provide accurate information, adhere to the highest standards of control, ...
Fintech is booming. OK - according to VentureBeat it 'might not be the sexiest thing happening around town' (who claimed it was?) but it's growing, and growing quickly. The startup arm is even more e...
In the second instalment of our six part series looking at the transformation that is required in investment banking operations, today we look at how process automation will enable investment bank bus...
Bridging the Gap between Sales and Marketing Marketing and sales are both activities aimed at increasing revenue. They are so closely intertwined that people often don’t realize the difference between...
Under MiFID II European regulators introduce new rules around algorithmic trading. Whether it’s algo IDs, enhanced audit trails or business clock synchronisation, none of these items would have been o...
Lack of strategic focus to build Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) Building EDW is a strategic initiative since it requires shift in culture, longer timescale & more importantly it is an expensive a...
Without data that is accurate, reconciled and validated, risk reporting may be useless. This is Part 2 in a four-part series on the key areas of the BCBS 239 risk data aggregation and reporting guidel...
There’s a misconception that reconciliations was figured out long ago. In the 1990s, banks embarked on projects to automate back office reconciliations. By 2007, these were highly commoditised and see...
I recently got to speak with an enlightening analyst from Gartner - Rajesh Kandaswamy – who specializes in the Financial Services vertical. He mentioned an insight from an FSI CEO which I’m going to p...
With Chile’s electronic invoicing mandates set to take effect in only a few short months, it is important to understand that your solution selection criteria should include more than just the DTE conn...
Congratulations to the FCA and PRA for lowering the barriers to create new banks. So far five new players have openly stated their intentions to enter the market. This is a good step forward, but the...
Regardless of what business they are in, today’s IT leaders are under pressure to reduce costs while simultaneously improving service resilience, volume and quantity. This is not surprising given the ...