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Neil Crammond

ACTION REPLAYS SHOULD BE IMMEDIATE NOT YEARS

Recent court cases involving Navinder Sarao and Mike Corscia - along with Barclays $150 million spoofing fine - are very clear examples of a system refusing to react to manipulations even when they ha...

24 Nov 2015
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Improving Financial Services Through Cognitive Technologies

One definition of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everything a computer can't do yet – because as soon as it can do it, we call it normal. Behind that wry remark are the remarkable quiet advance comp...

24 Nov 2015
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Sprint or marathon? Find the platform performance that suits you

On your marks, get set … We’re all aware of the pressures: Banks need to provide regulators with consistent answers for each requirement or report. A unified view of risk and finance data is the only ...

24 Nov 2015
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Painless Consumer Lending this Shopping Season

The shopping phenomenon that is Black Friday is nearly upon us and snapping at its heels is the holiday season. Many consumers will look to spread the cost of their seasonal spending splurge. They'll ...

24 Nov 2015
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The trials and tribulations of a Compliance Officer - need for a 'regulatory compliance framework

These days I hear from many people who work in the regulatory compliance world that they are very busy people, working very long hours, their time being consumed with a number of competing and complex...

23 Nov 2015
Nischala Murthy Kaushik

Competitor Intelligence for fintech startups - Necessary evil?

Every business plan template / example that I have seen in the past several years always has a section around “Competitor Analysis”. Typical questions revolve around two areas: 1) Who are the competi...

23 Nov 2015
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Digital Banking

The word ‘digital’ is being used loosely and liberally these days. In fact, it has become more of an adjective than a noun. For example, there’s a whole campaign by the name of ‘Digital India’. When t...

23 Nov 2015
Neelesh Parekh

Your CX initiative has probably already failed

Yes, that’s right - and you probably already know it too. We know that almost 90% of your fiercest competitors are planning to compete primarily on the basis of CX by the end of next year, the board h...

22 Nov 2015
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Fancy a quickie?

Tinder, 3nder, schminder. Welcome to the new world where non-committal promiscuity is the norm of the day (if not de rigueur), both in personal life and in business. Welcome to the "tinder"...

21 Nov 2015
Innovation in Financial Services
Robert Siciliano

What are Bug Bounties?

A bug bounty refers to the reward a bad-guy hacker gets upon discovering a vulnerability, weakness or flaw in a company’s system. This is akin to giving a reward to a burglar for pointing out weakness...

20 Nov 2015
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Do you have a Mobile Commerce Strategy?

Do You Have a Mobile commerce Strategy? By the end of 2015, mobile share is forecast to reach 33% in the US, and 40% globally. As a society that is ever connected, we are now online more than we are...

20 Nov 2015
Online Banking
Alex Noble

Law, territory and the Blockchain in Financial Services

I'm finding that I'm having very productive discussions with lawyers as ideas mature on how blockchain could be used in financial services I should stress that I'm a technologist rather than a lawyer ...

20 Nov 2015
Innovation in Financial Services

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