Finextra Research: Latest fintech news, analysis, interviews, features and opinion by industry experts

Omnichannel, ecosystem are transformation gaps

Sebastian Gyhlenius, Regional Executive, API Management and Solution Account Director at CA Technologies, talks about how far banks have come with digital transformation, what more they still need to do, and how they can leverage APIs and partnerships to bridge the remaining gaps in their transformation strategies.

16 November 2016

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Execution is decisive factor for transformation

Fabio Cesaretti, Head of BL Transactional Products and of BL Markets and F&A, UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, talks about the two-speed IT paradigm banks need to manage to enable digital and legacy components within the same value chain.

16 November 2016

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Banks need deeper corporate relationships

Kevin Brown, Associate, KPMG, reflects on discussions around intraday liquidity, real-time and the Internet of Things during Sibos in Geneva, and talks about how banks can extend their interactions with corporates beyond the treasurer to identify new sources of friction to resolve.

15 November 2016

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Collaboration key to fighting real-time fraud

Jim Wadsworth, MD of Accura, talks about the increased fraud threat in a real-time payments environment, and the value of working together and leveraging technologies such as machine learning to combat this problem.

15 November 2016

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Secrets to payments hub success

Freddy Khoo, Head, Wholesale Banking Operations at AmBank Berhad, talks about the risk and service drivers to implement a payments hub, the challenges of integrating with internal and external systems and how to ensure integrity and security are enhanced not diminished in the process.

14 November 2016

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Blockchain use cases need validation

Balazs Fejes (FB), Co-Head Global Business, EPAM, talks about the progress blockchain has made from hype to reality in the past year, the need for a pragmatic approach to implementation and the importance of establishing whether blockchain is the right solution for all the use cases being created.

09 November 2016

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Simplicity and transparency key to robo value

Silvan Schumacher, Co-founder and CEO, Swanest, discusses the drivers for the growth of robo advice, and looks at the options for robo advisers to differentiate their services in a crowded market.

09 November 2016

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Connecting digital islands in trade finance

Michael Vrontamitis, Global Head of Trade, Product Management, Standard Chartered, talks about the industry’s slow progress in digitalising trade finance, and the technologies – including blockchain, cloud and artificial intelligence – that could form a toolbox to enable the seamless connectivity of today’s digital islands.

09 November 2016

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Treasuries should be more transparent

Johan Trocmé, Head of Corporate Research, Nordea, outlines the use of KPIs in Nordic treasuries and what changes need to be made for them to become more visible.

09 November 2016

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Pace of change biggest challenge in regulation

Tim Lind, Global Head of Financial Regulatory Solutions, Thomson Reuters, discusses the factors contributing to regulatory fatigue within the industry, and explores how standards and collaboration can help to ease the burden of regulatory change.

04 November 2016

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We need to attack vanilla business in payments

Pierangelo Mortara, Deputy General Manager, UniCredit Business Integrated Solutions, speaks about innovations in banking and where distributed ledger technology can fit in.

03 November 2016

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Smoothing the corporate banking value chain

Laurence Leyden, General Manager for Financial Services in EMEA SAP, discusses how digitalisation can help banks shift their approach to corporate customers from selling product to delivering value-add, and what this means for banks’ core systems.

26 October 2016

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Banks must understand different Brexit scenarios

Balazs Fejes, Co-Head Global Business, EPAM, speaks about how Brexit could impact bank business models and technology infrastructure.

04 October 2016

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Cross-border focus for instant payments

George Evers, Head of International Product Development, Immediate Payments, VocaLink, speaks about where cross-border instant payments could go next, and what the key challenges will be.

27 September 2016

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The use of AI is a journey

Parth Desai, CEO and Founder, Pelican, discusses the findings of the Finextra report 'AI in payments: The last mile in efficiency', and the role AI can play in payments and transaction banking looking forward.

27 September 2016

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Loss of passporting could cause squeezed middle

Jim Warburton, Senior Director, Global Head of Financial Services Business Consulting, outlines the potential impact of Brexit on banking regulation and which types of financial institutions would be affected most by a loss of passporting.

23 September 2016

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Brexit offers exciting opportunities for growth

Laurent Kssis, Chairman, Coinsilium, speaks about the effect of a potential Brexit on the fintech industry and how the ETF market might be affected.

21 September 2016

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Value chain goes real-time

Penny Hembrow, Senior Vice President, Industries & Practices, Global Leader Financial Services, Global Marketing, CGI, talks about the CGI Global 1000 Voice of Our Clients Program, and what the findings show about how corporate and transaction banking is changing, and how established banks are responding.

20 September 2016

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Digital consumerism drives change

Penny Hembrow, Senior Vice President, Industries & Practices, Global Leader Financial Services, Global Marketing, CGI, talks about the CGI Global 1000 Voice of Our Clients Program, and what the findings show about how capital markets are changing, and how buy and sell-sides are responding.

13 September 2016

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Banks need open source to stay bleeding edge

Jim Whitehurst, CEO, Red Hat, talks about how for banks open source has shifted from a viable alternative to a default choice, what banks can learn from other industries such as travel and betting about leveraging cloud to deliver richer customer experiences, and how major financial institutions are adopting containers.

30 August 2016