DevOps - Long Reads, News, Articles & Research: Finextra

Níamh Curran Senior Reporter at Finextra

The clever use of data

Data is crucial to every financial institution and a coveted asset for customer growth and innovation. The incentives of having and using data are well known and offer benefits to both financial institutions and consumers. This is an excerpt from Future of Payments 2023. There is the possibility for financial institutions to have greater collaborat...

21 June 2023 /devops

How can the potential for open finance in Europe be unleashed and become a reality?

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

How can the potential for open finance in Europe be unleashed and become a reality?

This is an excerpt from The Future of Digital Banking in Europe 2023, a Money 20/20 special edition. Justin Basini, CEO, ClearScore, believes that we have reached a tipping point in the open finance space. “The pandemic drove increased consumer adoption of digital channels and an increased propensity for consumers to share data online. Furthermore...

07 June 2023 /devops

How will data and analytics shape the future of financial services?

Germán Diego Rodríguez Martinez Global Head of Data Driven Banking at NTT DATA

How will data and analytics shape the future of financial services?

Data and analytics (D&A) in banking and financial services (BFS) is an area that has seen a huge amount of growth, innovation, and development in recent years. The D&A services market is expected to reach a valuation of $150 billion by 2024, which would represent a 150% increase from where it stood just 5 years ago. As an industry, BFS is ...

30 March 2023 /devops

Open banking year five: The journey from open finance to open everything

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

Open banking year five: The journey from open finance to open everything

This review of the progress of the UK’s Open Banking initiative is the fifth in the series, marking the fifth anniversary of the launch of the Second Payments Services Directive (PSD2) on 13 January 2018. The past five years has seen the CMA9 - Allied Irish Bank, Bank of Ireland, Barclays, Danske Bank, HSBC, Lloyds, Nationwide, RBS and Santander -...

13 January 2023 /devops

The Future of Digital Banking in North America: Building the experience of finance

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in North America: Building the experience of finance

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking North America 2023'. As we delve deeper into the realm of digitised financial services, it is becoming clear that the line between physical and digital experiences are becoming increasingly blurred. This is due in no small part to the experiential applications, products, and ...

26 October 2022 /devops

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: What comes after digital transformation?

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

The Future of Digital Banking in the UK: What comes after digital transformation?

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. Technology is not a silver bullet for digital transformation. Investing in technology is of paramount importance but placing too much importance on the performance of technology in digital transformation will become a barrier to success. Digital transformat...

08 August 2022 /devops

Embrace change and be the bank your customer needs

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Embrace change and be the bank your customer needs

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. Change projects can be intimidating, but there is a way to manage the journey that will help reduce costs, as well as over-dependence on legacy banking platforms and antiquated technology. For many big banks, adopting a change strategy is an intimidating p...

21 July 2022 /devops

The trends transforming today's digital banking

Vasile Valcov Chief Commercial Officer at Salt Edge

The trends transforming today's digital banking

This is an excerpt from Finextra’s report, 'The Future of Digital Banking in the UK 2022'. Close your eyes for a second. Imagine you’ve just looped into the future and are now getting ready to order something online. You’re scrolling through websites, looking for the perfect match between price and quality. All of the sudden, you get a notificat...

18 July 2022 /devops

Creating a boundaryless experience: Maximising value for all stakeholders

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

Creating a boundaryless experience: Maximising value for all stakeholders

For too long, financial players have focused on simply selling better products or services than their competitors. This approach fails to acknowledge the unique and multifarious needs of individual customers. With the xTech revolution and the emergence of embedded finance, boundaries between industries – and sometimes competitors – are beginning to...

21 June 2022 /devops

5 key tech priorities for fintech leaders in 2022

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5 key tech priorities for fintech leaders in 2022

Technology in modern financial services can be a complex subject. This is what business leaders should focus on to build a winning tech strategy. Issues caused by sub-optimal tech choices are commonplace in the industry, leading to companies failing under unexpected stress or being unable to adapt in time when their business requirements change. Wh...

20 April 2022 /devops

Multicloud strategy guide: one cloud good, two clouds better?

Paige McNamee Senior Reporter at Finextra

Multicloud strategy guide: one cloud good, two clouds better?

Cloud-based computing is an integral element to any forward-looking digital transformation strategy for financial institutions. This article will explore the key attributes of multicloud adoption being undertaken by many financial institutions, and features commentary from Commerzbank, Wells Fargo, and McKinsey. Multicloud strategy is now increasi...

21 March 2022 /devops

From DevOps to NoOps: Are engineers’ jobs in jeopardy?

Hamish Monk Reporter at Finextra

From DevOps to NoOps: Are engineers’ jobs in jeopardy?

In 2018, Microsoft Israel’s chief scientist, Tomer Simon, wrote an article titled, ‘Stop DevOps Before Someone Gets Hurt’. In it, he urged engineers to bypass DevOps and jump straight into ‘NoOps’. Irrespective of the merits of this approach, the most illuminating part of Simon’s recommendation is to figure the DevOps environment as a continuum – ...

14 March 2022 /devops

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