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King Leung

King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK

Frontier Tech is Set to Transform Global Finance

Today, the world is changing geopolitically, economically and technologically – we are witnessing an evolving global nexus. Experts have taken note of engines of growth in Asia, a region predicted to fuel two-thirds of global economic growth in the coming years. Markets like the Middle East and ASEAN have received particular attention recently due...

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Hirander Misra

Hirander Misra Chairman and CEO at GMEX Group

Unlocking the Future of Carbon Markets: Addressing Challenges and Driving Innovation

The world of carbon markets is rapidly evolving, presenting new opportunities for climate finance, carbon trading, and sustainability investments. However, despite its growth, the carbon market faces several challenges that must be addressed to unlock its full potential. As global efforts intensify to combat climate change, innovative strategies a...

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Tejasvi Addagada

Tejasvi Addagada Enterprise Data Head at Fortune 500 financial service provider

Data Governance in the Age of AI: Why It’s the Key to Trust, Ethics, and Success

What is Data Governance and Why It Matters in the Age of AI & LLMs In today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, the value of data cannot be overstated. Data has become the lifeblood of innovation, driving decisions, shaping industries, and transforming how we live and work. However, with great power comes great responsibility. As organizatio...

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Erica Andersen

Erica Andersen Marketing at smartR AI

Lean, Mean, Green Machines: Optimizing AI for Energy Efficiency

As AI technology advances, the industry is actively working to meet the increasing demand for electricity and water to support the servers powering this innovation. A standard DGX computer, the gold standard for AI tasks, consumes more than 10KW of power. Big Tech is expected to purchase millions of these systems this year, surpassing the power u

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Nick Jones

Nick Jones CEO at Zumo

Providers must ensure they are on top of sustainability requirements as the crypto sector grows

With regulation ramping up for providers around the world, the crypto sector will need to keep a very close eye on sustainability as it continues its impressive growth trajectory. The global cryptocurrency market cap now exceeds $2.3 trillion and as the industry realises new use cases and matures, there are new issues to consider. This includes the...

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King Leung

King Leung Global Head of Financial Services and FinTech at InvestHK

Frontier Tech is Set to Transform Global Finance

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The Future of UK Fintech - 2015-2035

An IFGS Special Edition UK Fintech Week 2024 With UK Fintech Week's flagship event - Innovate Finance Global Summit (IFGS) - returning for its 10th anniversary, Finextra and Innovate Finance have partnered to publish this report, which acts as your go-to-guide to everything you need to know about financial services and technology in the UK. ‘The Future of UK Fintech: 2015 – 2035: An IFGS Special Edition’ includes commentary from the brightest and best across the fintech ecosystem, discussing and debating the crucial issues facing the sector now and in years to come. This includes key insights from industry experts from Cogo, EY, Konsentus, Marqeta, Standard Chartered Ventures, and Zopa Bank. Scoping out the next decade to come, this report explores the agenda topics below and more: The Next Decade of FS and Innovation: What Lies Ahead Fintech Beyond FS Borders: How Fintech is Impacting other Industries and Sectors UK and the World: Keeping our Crown while Learning from Others Transformative Technologies: Opportunities and Risks Users of Tomorrow: The Next Generation of Consumers The Shifting Ecosystem: Who Will Lead?

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Cloud innovation paves path to the future

An open banking platform has the power to transform a bank, whether the bank is looking to modernise using technology on-premise, in the cloud or as Software-asa-Service (SaaS). In turn, banks gain access to endless opportunities to engage with customers and scale for massive demand. This event report, in association with Temenos, highlights the key takeaways from Temenos Community Forum 2023 that took place in Vienna, Austria. Bringing industry experts and partners together to explore new opportunities opened up by emerging technologies and the cloud, this year’s overarching event theme was ‘Engage and Grow in a Cloud World’. In this report, we explore the different ways that the cloud is accelerating transformation in the industry, including: Why banks are being disrupted by BaaS and embedded finance services; How agility, innovation, and customer experience are gaining momentum on the cloud; How to build resilient cloud infrastructure for sustainability; And more.

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Sustainable Finance Live - Sustainable Cities: Enabling positive change through innovation and collaboration

Sustainable Finance Live Conference and Hackathon - Visual Record On 10 October, Finextra Research and ResponsibleRisk held the annual Sustainable Finance Live Hybrid Conference and Hackathon, in partnership with NavaOne, at Events@ no6 in London.  This year's conference focused on how to finance sustainable cities, what we can do to identify solutions and work towards resolutions through panel sessions, workshops, and the hackathon.  Download our visual event record to discover the key themes from the day's panels, keynotes and hackathon. We cover: The bank's role in financing sustainable cities The role of Al in decarbonising the built environment Private sector risk appetite and the race toward net zero Connecting capital with the right sustainability solutions Visions and results from the Hackathon And much more. Download the Sustainable Finance Live visual record to learn more. Click here to watch the recordings of the SustainableFinance.Live 2023 plenary sessions in London. Click here to watch the related SustainableFinance.Live on-demand webinar - Placing cities at the centre of the climate change discussion.

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How do you finance Natural Capital? Sustainable Finance.Live 2024 Aims to Provide Answers

In the lead-up to Sustainable Finance.Live 2024, Richard Peers, founder of Responsible Risk, discusses the event's focus on addressing how to finance Natural Capital. The event will tackle real-world sustainability challenges and drive innovation in the financial industry. Key issues include the sector's lack of understanding of Natural Capital, pricing, risks, and adapting to new regulations. By examining the "left-to-right flow of data"—utilising space data, AI, and large language models all the way to trading—the event aims to develop practical solutions. In addition a hackathon will be running, transforming ideas into impactful businesses.

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Sehrish Alikhan

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What is B Corp certification and how does it work?

B Corporation certification has taken off in the sustainability sector, with more and more companies working on getting B Corp certified to establish themselves as environmentally-focused and socially ethical. Currently, there are a lot of businesses that have become B Corp certified, such as The Body Shop, Ben & Jerry’s, Aesop, Illy Caffe, Co...

Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

The 'good stuff' happening in sustainable lending in the US

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), passed by the US Congress in 2022 and signed into law by President Biden, is working as intended, and America’s major banks are getting onboard with sustainable lending. That’s what we’re hearing from leaders of the financial institution wing of Boston-based Ceres – the nonprofit advocacy organisation formed in ...

Scott Hamilton

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Connecting the dots between sustainability and banking

Sustainability – at least as a loosely defined concept - has been a focus for financial institutions since the early 2000s, when concerns about the effects of global warming skyrocketed worldwide. In some arenas, interest in confronting and adapting to changes in climate and society started growing well before that. Has that focus paid off in the ...