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A community blog about data and how to manage it
One of the lesser-reported consequences of the recent US government partial shutdown was its effect upon the reporting of key economic and financial markets data. Many regulatory agencies closed up sh...
We have come along way when it comes to the effective management and utilisation of data. However, according to our recent research, most businesses are still struglling to unlock the full potential o...
As Bernard Marr suggests “Data is the new oil!” It is a claim you will have heard many times. Marr goes on to suggest that “It’s easy to draw parallels due to the way information (data) is used to po
The volume, variety and velocity of data created in the digital age is making data usage a strategic priority for banks of all sizes. Data is often described as the ‘new currency’, and rightly so, as ...
Numbers are more persuasive; visual representations gravitate bringing the ‘wow’ factor. All this is possible by the sophisticated tools of today that churn large amounts of data into nice beautiful ...
Consumers now expect easy and immediate payment services, no matter where they are or what they are buying, whatever the payment method. It may be symptomatic of the ‘age of instant gratification,’ bu...
The Real Time Economy Program in Finland (2006- ) did early on set goals like: - Real Time Tax reporting of salaries, pensions and social support (for salaries ready in 2019 - rest in 2020). Dividend...
A few years back - incorporating AI in digital marketing was very much reluctant, but now, AI is evolving and has made its prominence in all aspects of our life, and; digital marketing is not an excep...
As a highly-regulated industry, banking has traditionally focused on locking data down and making it secure. But a new breed of digital-first consumers is now challenging financial services organisati...
Data and action need to go hand in hand in the new world. Lots of data is great but what are you going to do with it? It’s a challenge facing multiple industries with the popularity of the Internet of...
New initiatives to keep an eye on New York City, Aug. 29 2018 New standards on the horizon for the new digital asset class The new asset class, DAC or Digital Asset Class, is soon to become more matur...
This is an issue that has worried us for a while. For over 7 years we've been working in the Mobile Financial Services space and throughout that period we hear time and time again in our interactions ...