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Leveraging Crypto's Innate Characteristics 25 June 2019 Blog John Dwyer
In early June, we kicked off our new series of cryptocurrency reports looking at the potential of combining public blockchains with derivatives.…
Insurity's Change of Ownership 25 June 2019 Blog Donald Light
As Insurity’s majority ownership structure transitions from three Private Equity firms (TA Associates, General Atlantic, and Genstar) to a singl…
Crypto Derivatives — Part II 24 June 2019 Report John Dwyer
Crypto derivatives leveraging native blockchain collateral (bitcoin) are creating synthetic US dollar exposures which could transform global set…
Tales from the Road: Roundup from the Spring Conference Season 24 June 2019 Blog Gareth Lodge
Many of us are coming off the back of a very full, frantic, but thankfully fruitful spring conference trail. Dan Latimore, SVP of our Banking gr…
Why Bankers Should Pay Attention to 5G 21 June 2019 Blog Daniel W. Latimore
I just had my mind completely changed about the impact of 5G on retail banking. I knew that 5G would have profound implications on IoT, analytic…
Libra 20 June 2019 Blog John Dwyer
Let’s drill down into the key takeaways from Libra. Gateway to Crypto First and foremost, Libra is a huge deal simply because it will introduce…
Achieving Next-Generation AML: Overcoming Challenges for Smaller Financial Institutions 20 June 2019 Report Neil Katkov
Smaller banks have limited resources and budgets to support AML compliance. Constraints on anti-money laundering budgets and resources perpetua…
What to make of Facebook's Libra? 19 June 2019 Blog Zao Wu
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. If so, perhaps WeChat and Ant Financial should be flattered that Facebook has launche…
Webinar | Pace of Change: Drivers Impacting Transformation in Insurance 19 June 2019 Webinar Michael Fitzgerald
Technology innovation, increasing amounts of data, and rising customer expectations are pressuring the industry to transform rapidly. Other forc…
Digital Financial Services In Japan, Part 1: What Digital Consumers Want 19 June 2019 Report Eiichiro Yanagawa
Celent surveyed a thousand Japanese consumers to take stock of digital consumer trends in Japan and to shed light on innovation-related opportun…
Webinar | Intelligent Automation for a Smarter Middle and Back Office 18 June 2019 Webinar Arin Ray
What is the potential of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and robotic process automation to solve inefficiencies in middle-back office…
Machine Learning In Insurance: Fact From Fiction 18 June 2019 Report Craig Beattie
Artificial Intelligence has overtaken neural networks, machine learning, and big data as the latest buzzword. All too often, the terms are taken…
Pick your title: Financial empowerment to the unbanked is closer thanks to the Libra Association 17 June 2019 Blog Alenka Grealish
The early days of digital assets are becoming increasingly interesting and vibrant. Today, details about Facebook’s secret cryptocurrency projec…
Innovation in Fixed Income Trading Technology 17 June 2019 Blog Brad Bailey
We just published Innovations in Fixed Income Technology: The Platforms and the Pieces which explores the changing fixed income trading technolo…
Getting Going . . . Digitally 17 June 2019 Blog Donald Light
I recently led a panel discussion on “Governing and Designing Digital Initiatives.” That assignment gave me an opportunity to think about what g…