1077 Results from 2016
Nigel Farmer Industry Director, Capital Markets at Software AG
Last week saw the second R3 smart contract template contract summit, following on from June’s summit and Barclays demonstration at the London O2 in April. Dr. Lee Braine from Barclays stated in April that what we saw would take time to build and that further industry collaboration would be required. So it’s good to see from the latest summit tha...
22 November 2016
Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems
With stricter regulations, capital constraints and technology costs impacting the sell side, large brokers are rationing their services and this trend is being felt on equity trading desks. Brokers are catering to the biggest institutions, while medium and small asset managers feel neglected, according to a recent TabbFORUM webinar based on the f
21 November 2016 /regulation
Retired Member
Where a data gap exists, social media and other alternative data sources can open the door to previously excluded potential customers. How realistic is it to close the door on its use? Earlier this month, Facebook blocked Admiral car insurance’s plans to use young drivers’ posts and ‘likes’ to influence their insurance quotes. The Facebook user wo...
At the forefront of Regulation AT has been a discussion on CFTC access to source code. That issue has been fought with strong opinions on both side of the argument. Regardless of any regulations, what are the ethical constraints that we in the electronic trading community should hold ourselves to? What rules should we apply to our activities even ...
21 November 2016 /regulation MiFID
Charmaine Oak Co-Founder/Director at Shift Thought Ltd
Both openness and certainty are important to establishing what is termed as an “enabling” financial services(FS) regulatory environment. Firstly, what is an enabling regulatory environment? Just as plants would struggle to grow and survive without the right soil, climate and care, businesses too require the right mix to grow and thrive. For familie...
No one ever said running IT was an easy task – certainly not in recent times. In financial services (FS), this challenge is compounded by other issues facing the industry, particularly around innovative challengers in the market, data management, internal decision making and customer expectations. But there is also huge opportunity, which was disc...
18 November 2016
The term “cashless society” is bandied around a lot. While there’s little chance of physical currency becoming obsolete any time soon, there’s no doubt that the rapid adoption of digital payment methods has opened up some exciting opportunities for businesses. But what about non-profit organisations? How are they handling the ongoing migration from...
18 November 2016 /payments
Alexander Mifsud Co-Founder and CEO at Weavr.io
The benefits of commercial card payments seem clear enough. Buyers can streamline their Procure to Pay process, drive working capital benefits and access rich transactional data. Suppliers can improve their Days Sales Outstanding (DSO) and enhance customer relationships. Banks can grow transaction revenues while keeping their corporate clients hap...
Digital technologies have been driving the evolution of customer service over the last few years and this is rapidly changing the way financial organisations, and their customers, think about customer service. Fuelled by customer demands for instant gratification, advances in technology have altered expectations around the availability of services....
17 November 2016 /retail
Enrico Camerinelli Supply Chain Blockchain Personal Coach at Aite Group
Blockchain-based applications developed by SCtech (pronounced “skytech”) players (i.e., software vendors dedicated to developing blockchain-based applications for supply chain management) are dispersed across diverse supply chain (SC) processes: document management, traceability, provenance, and finance. They are currently engaged in proof-of-conc...
17 November 2016 Financial Supply Chain
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