As the nights draw in and 2023 winds down, banks and other organisations are reviewing their technology platforms and architectures, with a view to planning and budgeting for 2024. In...
Read MoreAs monolithic applications are increasingly superseded by container-based software, often hosted in the cloud, financial firms need to be mindful of the challenges of monitoring their complex and dynamic container-based...
Read MoreThe pace of digital transformation in most investment firms quickened significantly at the onset of the pandemic, as work-from-home orders led firms to facilitate and extend remote working for staff....
Read MoreA black swan is a rare phenomenon in nature and one that lends its name to once-in-a-generation, severe, unexpected events for that reason. The last few years, however, have seen...
Read MoreAs financial institutions move to cloud, they need more intelligent monitoring to manage a complex IT topology. The use of cloud technology by financial institutions is well established, but, while...
Read MoreIt was during a presentation by the makers of the popular app-based game Candy Crush Saga at a Cloud Provider event in 2017 that Vincent Grandjean began to formulate a...
Read MoreSurveillance – specifically trader surveillance – in financial services institutions remains an area of focus for Compliance professionals in 2023. Generally comprising a combination of trade and communications (voice and...
Read MoreCryptocurrencies experienced significant depreciation in 2021, with the total market capitalisation of all cryptocurrencies dropping from a peak of around USD 2.5tn in May to around USD 1.3tn by the...
Read MoreFew parts of the world have embraced virtual assets like Asia. Indeed, the region has some of the highest adoption and growth rates for cryptocurrency, which has left regional regulators...
Read MoreThe volume of data passing through financial systems has been rising at an accelerating rate for more than forty years. This phenomenal growth has meant that data governance and management...
Read MoreThe first line of defence – ‘the business’ in the 3LoD model – is witnessing a digital transformation of risk management and governance that has accelerated since the onset of...
Read MoreSurveillance is high on the agenda for most financial services’ compliance teams. Despite extensive work done in this space, many firms still find their surveillance processes insufficient compared to the...
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