1397 Results from 2021
Retired Member
After the correction, the flagship digital coin continues to recover in price and at 13:30 traded at $55.1K. On February 28, the price of Bitcoin fell to a local low of $43.5K. This happened after the cryptocurrency reached a historic high at $58.3K on February 21. Volatility in quotations are accompanied by various statements of media personaliti...
12 March 2021 /inclusion /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
I recently reviewed one of the best books written on AI to date, AI Super-Powers, where a brief history of AI is explored across the four waves of evolution experienced over the last few decades. From chess-playing, payments, making friendships, medical diagnoses, and help with investing money, AI continues to play a much broader role across many ...
12 March 2021 /regulation /retail
Sam Shaqareq Head of Corporate Banking, Solution Marketing at Oracle
Ask a room of corporate bankers, “What is VAM?” and you’re likely to get many different answers. And that is a good thing. Virtual Account Management (VAM) has the potential—with the right technology foundation—to be infinitely flexible with new business use cases imagined daily. It can deliver tremendous value to both corporates and their banking ...
11 March 2021 /wholesale /predictions Treasury Technology
The last year has demonstrated just how reliant we, as individuals, have become on digital services—whether it’s ordering groceries for delivery or managing our finances online. Today, more than ever, we rely on the ability to transact at our leisure from the convenience of our chosen device. We also want to view our entire relationship and history...
11 March 2021 /wholesale
With more than a year into the pandemic, it's safe to say that the world of corporate banking has been rocked by an unexpected convergence of epic events. Events that have exposed critical pain points for both Corporate Banks and their clients. And coporate finance is no exception - here's how it's getting impacted: The impending shift away from...
11 March 2021 /wholesale /predictions
Adam Lieberman Chief AI Officer at Finastra
Benchmarking is an incredibly useful tool. It allows organizations to measure themselves against their main competitors and identify key areas they thrive in as well as areas in which they are lacking. But, identifying your main competitors is a task within itself. For example, when it comes to incumbent banks, the major competitors in the market ...
11 March 2021 /retail /predictions Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
Christoph Gugelmann CEO at Tradeteq
There are many takeaways from the recent review, led by Ron Kalifa, highlighting how the UK can establish its world-leading fintech sector as a strategic asset. One of the more interesting points was the recommendation that fintech form an integral part of trade policy. This comes at a time when governments around the world are looking to reinvigo...
11 March 2021 /startups Fintech
Lynda Kershaw
We all recognize that the pandemic has made digital transformation a more urgent priority for financial services organisations. With employees working from home and many more customers wanting to do business virtually, the pressure to innovate and roll out digital and virtual services to stay ahead of the competition is intense. However, a major b...
11 March 2021 /regulation /covid-19 Data Management and Governance
Steve Cook Digital Identity & Biometrics Consultant
Today, there is key requirement for remote digital onboarding and authentication practices, and that is biometric liveness detection. Biometrics provide a secure method for matching a person's face, voice, iris, fingerprint or palm, but how do you prevent spoofing attacks or someone trying to impersonate you. This is where liveness detection plays...
11 March 2021 /security /identity Biometrics
Andrew Beatty Head of Wealth, Retirement & International at FIS
The financial services industry has entered a new era where technology determines the brand experience, what customers do, and where they go next. Jim Marous, co-publisher of The Financial Brand suggests, “Financial institutions must be able to deliver an easy-to-navigate, seamless digital platform that goes far beyond a miniaturized online bankin...
11 March 2021 /payments /retail Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation
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