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Digital transformation in its many forms is without doubt one of the most pressing objectives for almost all firms across all industries. Cloud migration is at the heart of creating any sort of digital environment or DevOps culture. But despite the amount of commentary, white papers, consultancy firms, and dollars spent, it is still one of the...

Digital transformation is more akin to a journey than a destination and all banks start out from different points. Although the journey is necessary, there are many barriers to progress, including: inertia, existing structures and lack of knowledge of the required modern technologies. Find out how to progress at our upcoming event with AWS:...

Technology in banking has moved out of the back office and is now central to all that a bank does. In the digital age, technology enables a good customer experience that is fundamental to banking success. But many banks find themselves hamstrung by the technology that made them successful. Why? Many banks are grappling with monolithic technology...

Every day companies around the world are finding new and innovative ways of exploiting public cloud technologies. The overall growth of cloud adoption continues to increase at double digit rates, and public cloud providers are facilitating unprecedented levels of innovation, agility, insight, and cost reduction. At the heart of their offering...

Regulation is tightening within the banking industry and with the advance of technology, it is becoming more and more challenging for firms to retain acceptable profit margins within their foreign exchange (FX) business. Over the past decade we have seen many firms off-shoring and outsourcing their operations business to reduce costs in order to...

If there is one thing we can predict with 100% certainty, it’s that the burden of regulatory compliance will continue to increase over the course of the next few years. Although most commentators agree that all regulation has a worthy aim, achieving and maintaining regulatory compliance has significantly increased the cost of doing business. ...

For large institutions, the process of gauging whether they need to be complicit with BCBS / IOSCO 261 has started. Other firms need to prepare to meet the demands of collateral velocity and efficiency which will be required to meet the new regulation, something that cannot be done effectively or cheaply with manual processes. With this in mind, I...

It would be understandable if many firms decided to crack open the champagne in celebration of the decision to delay the implementation date of MiFID II by 12 months. MiFID II is an enormous regulation and one of the biggest and most wide-ranging regulatory changes to have taken place in recent years. The delay is welcome, but it would be a...

With less than a year to go before the January 2016 deadline, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision’s latest report reveals that banks are still struggling to comply with the Principles of the BCBS239 regulation. The report published in January 2015 represents the capabilities and progress of the 31 G-SIBs (global systemically...

During the past 18 months there has been a mind-set shift within the investment banking community. Job titles are changing, the front office’s influence over decision-making is ceding as the power of the regulator rises. The result has been that Chief Data Officers (CDOs) have now been elevated to key positions of responsibility. With...