Over the past several years blockchain has been expected to greatly impact the way assets are exchanged and to reduce the operational costs to banks and other entities in various industries. As is often the case, the hype surrounding a potentially transformative technology has out-paced the ability to quickly deliver on these expectations. This i...
09 January 2018 Innovation in Financial Services
It is hard to avoid hearing about Bitcoin these days as mention of the meteoric rise in value of the crypto-currency has become so prevalent in both the traditional and social media. What is less prevalent, but what should ultimately have a greater impact overall is the technology that underpins this phenomenon, namely Blockchain. Despite some ...
23 December 2017 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Increasing overhead and declining margins can drive an organization to the realization that a turn towards cost take-out strategies such as outsourcing might be the answer to improve their bottom line. However, the traditional business process outsourcing (BPO) to India or other lower cost locations is no longer the only possibility. Fast emergi...
02 April 2017 Innovation in Financial Services
There is an increasing amount of conversation related to the emerging technology called by the now over-used name of Blockchain. It seems an ironic use of that name since much of the actual news these days concerning solutions under development is likely not be a Blockchain solution at all, but a different form of Distributed Ledger Technology (D...
11 March 2017 Innovation in Financial Services
The recent announcement from DTCC, a financial industry services leader processing trillions of dollars of securities transactions on a daily basis, concerning the unveiling of a credit derivatives post-trade lifecycle solution built using a distributed ledger technology platform was not a surprise but certainly a milestone. If you’ve been follow...
11 January 2017 Innovation in Financial Services
So, what happened to banking and how did it go from being among the leaders in the development and implementation of technology to the image of being too big and too clumsy and the target of many, smaller and nimbler tech start-ups? There are a few explanations for this including that the image that is portraited in much of the tech media is neit...
05 January 2017 /payments Fintech innovation and startups
Data Privacy regulations increase challenges for bank KYC and AML programs Financial services organizations are under increasing pressure from regulators to focus on KYC and client due diligence. This pressure is exhibited in the form of fines and penalties that have been levied upon numerous banks and other organizations for lax procedures. Due...
02 December 2016 /regulation /retail Financial Services Regulation
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Brennan CarleyManaging Principal at Proton Advisors
Josh GalperManaging Principal at Finadium LLC
Henner BrünerManaging Principal at Capco
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