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Communify Fincentric Unifies Financial Data with Acquisition from S&P Global

John Wise, Chairman and CEO of Communify Fincentric, explains the backstory to the company's acquisition of Markit on Demand from S&P Global. Aimed at fixing the financial industry's persistent challenge of fragmented data, this strategic move unifies client and market information in a single platform, integrating over 4,000 global data feeds to enhance AI-driven insights for portfolio managers, advisors and self-directed investors. By merging these data sets, the business intends to set a new standard for the broking, wealth and asset sectors, enabling institutions to navigate complex data landscapes and drive growth in a digital world.

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Changing the future of credit with agile engineering

In this episode of Unplugged, Harry Jell, CTO at Yonder, talks with Andrew Smith from RTGS.global, about building a successful credit card company in today’s financial climate. They discuss the seamless use of merchant data for user rewards, the importance of AWS and Kubernetes for scalability, and explore potential avenues to enrich transaction data.

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How do AI technologies use data to enhance sustainable decision making?

Dr Darian McBain, Chief Executive Officer of Outsourced Chief Sustainability Officer Asia, discusses the crucial role of data management in addressing climate risk ahead of Singapore Fintech Festival 2023. With AI-driven advancements such as ClimateBert and ChatClimate already in use, we explore how AI can facilitate transition planning, rapidly adapt to new regulations and global practices, enhance data-driven decision-making on a global scale, and engage individuals at a personal level to reach the next milestone in the journey to Net Zero.

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How we will Measure and Manage Nature in Financial Services

David Craig, Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) and the former CEO of Refinitiv, knows a thing or two about data and he shares with Richard Peers the approach the TNFD is taking.

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SCOR Investment Partners’ three steps to identify the extra financial value within the supply chain

Guillaume Levannier, Sustainable Investment Officer at SCOR Investment Partners, speaks on FinextraTV to explain how we can identify the correct and material KPIs to assess the extra financial value within the value chain, and how collaborating in the SustainableFinance.Live workshops helps him to improve SCOR Investment Partners’ data aggregation and harmonization approach.

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Group Head of Sustainable Business at LSEG gives his predictions for 2021

David Harris, Group Head Sustainable Business, London Stock Exchange Group, considers the impact of the new US administration, COP26, regulation, standards, and data on Sustainable Finance in 2021.

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Swift's Securities Services

Brett Lancaster, managing director at Swift discusses data standards, legal entity identifiers and corporate actions prior to Sibos 2011.

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Swift waiting for ISO vote on becoming RA for LEIs

Richard Young, manager for regulatory affairs at Swift, tells Finextra that the banking co-operative is now waiting on a vote from the relevant ISO committees on whether it will become the registration authority for the soon-to-be developed, independent legal entity identifier standard.