Digital Transformation in Financial Services

In this interview, Rebecca Harding, Author of 'The Weaponization of Trade', explores how data and analytics-as-a-service can deliver the differentiator to trade banks as they defend their ground against the data-driven tech giants.

Trade finance is changing: banks need to deeply understand the risk profile of businesses they support - from trade patterns, economics and market opportunities to liquidity requirements and currency, counterparty, country, credit and compliance risk. Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, IBM and Alibaba (the GAFAMIAs) are in the business, as are shipping, freight and logistics companies.

Predictive analytics driven by trade specific big data, delivered on an open platform for innovation can provide banks with the same technical power as the giants - but delivered with augmented expertise.

Mike Walker, Global Head of Sales Enablement, Corporate Banking and Payments, Finastra

Rebecca Harding, Independent Economist

Intelligent Trade Services demand a new approach. Smart objects, smart contracts and smart analytics mean banks are rapidly learning how to balance trade digitisation with the new demands of real-time infrastructure and corporate client supply chains. This interview will explore the short, medium and long term business cases driving banks towards more intelligent trade finance platforms that can leverage advances in real-time and open banking, innovations in IoT, AI, DLT and predictive analytics and better orchestrate the trade finance and fintech ecosystem.

David Bannister, Principal Anayst, Financial Services, Ovum
Mike Walker, Global Head of Sales Enablement, Corporate Banking and Payments, Finastra
Melanie Cutlan, Tech Innovation, Senior Principal, Accenture

Risk management in banks has gone through a silent revolution. Banks had to solve the problems and questions asked post-crisis and then rationalize and move to more enterprise wide models. Today, a three pronged revolution of regulation, technology and new sources of risk mean banks must re-imagine risk and compliance. With platformification, increases in computing power and cloud come the opportunities to deliver more agile processes, more real-time insights and more accurate predictions. But data quality remains king. What are CIOs top considerations when deploying more open api driven risk platforms? Can risk management securely live in the cloud? How can banks move the needle by collaborating with the fintech ecosystem?

Rupert Nicolay, Worldwide Services Architect, Microsoft
Zannettos Zannettou, Principal Technology Consultant, Finastra

Trade finance is at a unique point. A combination of technology, environmental challenges and complex regulatory factors are paving the way for profound industry transformation. Already, banks are investigating how to leverage distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence and machine learning, opening up new ecosystems and future revenue streams.

Following on from deep dive sessions during SIBOS senior trade executives will share insights on new collaborative models for trade finance, technology and the trade ecosystem of the future.

Finbarr Bermingham, Editor - APAC, Global Trade Review
Mike Walker, Global Head of Sales Enablement, Corporate Banking and Payments, Finastra
Cécile André Leruste, Banking Lead Europe, Accenture
Enno-Burghard Weitzel, Head of Product Management Trade Services, Commerzbank

Against a backdrop of PSD2 and Open Banking, Financial Services Institutions are steadily adopting cloud technology for payments. The Cloud is flexible and accessible and provides significant cost advantages in the world of payments, where customer demands are real-time and now. Paul Thomalla, Global Head of Payments will:

* Set the global scene of payments in the cloud
* Tell us what we are seeing in different parts of the world where regulation is prominent and less prominent
* Drill down into why companies are interested in the cloud
* Explore the benefits of the cloud

Paul Thomalla, Global Head of Payments, Finastra
Hamish Thomas, EMEIA Payments Leader, EY

The notion of a 'cognitive' corporate bank would have been a giant leap a decade ago. Today, the use of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning and predictive analytics is accelerating in corporate banking.

* What does a cognitive corporate bank look like?
* How can open banking APIs support the application of AI at the optimal points in the client lifecycle and enable bankers to focus less on admin and more on value-added services?
* To what extent does the cognitive bank need to be 'open' and how can this shift help banks move from selling commoditized products, to service promises?

This panel will explore how AI and open banking can work together to improve customer journeys, reduce inefficiencies and risk, and drive revenue growth - and what banks have to do to get there.

Anton Ruddenklau,Global Co-Leader of Fintech & Head of Digital and Innovation, Financial Services, UK, KPMG
Tim Tyler, Master Solution Architect - Corporate and Retail Banking, Finastra
Patty Hines, Senior Analyst, Corporate Banking, Celent
Thomas Nielsen, Chief Digital Officer - Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank

APAC corporate banking revenue pools are substantial for the connected corporate banks that can seize the opportunity. This interview with Patty Hines, senior analyst from Celent, will delve into the technology and fintech priorities of corporate banks in the region, strategic considerations based on corporate treasury research and the definition of connected corporate banking in through the lens of APAC transaction banking and lending trends. Oliver Wyman forecasts accelerated growth in APAC: 6% CAGR from 2017 to 2022. Following a deep analysis of the leading APAC banks. Those that want to succeed are investing in connected corporate banking technology to deliver comprehensive, tailored, and joined up solutions.

Tim Tyler, Master Solution Architect - Corporate and Retail Banking, Finastra
Patty Hines, Senior Analyst, Corporate Banking, Celent

Financial institutions are readying themselves for the open banking revolution but what is the potential power of platforms and how can banks manoeuvre these new channels and data sources for innovation?

Cloud and API technologies offer an immense opportunity to create a reliable, scalable global platform for the financial community - data privacy, security, and operational transparency are dealt with.

* Are shared infrastructure, consistent APIs and on-demand scaling the key to rapid global adoption of financial services at a reduced cost?
* Can the community afford to wait for a giant infrastructure to take a lead?
* Can Quantum computing become affordable only as a shared infrastructure under cloud?

Dan Houseman, Head of KPMG’s Australian Payments Advisory practice
Eli Rosner, Chief Product and Technology Officer, Finastra
Polina Evstifeeva, Head of Regulatory Strategy - Chief Digital Office, Global Transaction Banking, Deutsche Bank
Christine Leong, MD Security, Accenture

Join this live panel streamed from Money20/20 Vegas where our speakers will discuss:
-The benefits of a secure digital identity system
-Where does blockchain come into play?
-Cutting through the hype: real use cases
-Reducing risk and mitigating fraud
-New advancements in biometrics

Join this live panel streamed from Money20/20 Vegas where our speakers will discuss:

-The evolution of KYC and AML
-GDPR and PSD2: What have we learned and what’s next?
-Understanding the regulator environment
-The future of financial regulation

Join this live panel streamed from Money20/20 Vegas where our speakers will discuss:
-Challenges of enabling a successful omnichannel payment ecosystem
-Platforms, APIs, and infrastructure
-Are we getting closer to a cashless society?
-Optimising the eCommerce experience
-The importance of payment security
-Mobile, cross-border, and contactless payments
-Next generation commerce and retail

Join this live panel streamed from Money20/20 Vegas where our speakers will discuss:
-Banking transformation: Opportunities and challenges
-Data management and APIs: Best practices for collection, aggregation, and analysis
-Lessons learned from Open Banking
-Using data to improve the customer experience
-Amazon, Facebook, Google: The future of banking?

From the adoption of emerging technologies like AI, blockchain, and disrupting legacy systems, the Financial Institutions are making investments to become more digital for both their customers and the organizations themselves.

Join this live panel streamed from Money20/20 Vegas where our speakers will discuss:
-Are banks ready for digital transformation?
-Best practices for using data to deliver a better customer experience, cut costs, and implement strategies in a timely manner
-The API revolution
-Overcoming challenges with legacy systems
-Adopting emerging technologies for a more holistic offering

About the Presenters-
Keith Briscoe leads Ethoca’s global product and marketing functions, a role spanning the development of Ethoca’s suite of collaboration-based fraud/chargeback mitigation and transaction acceptance solutions, as well as integrated marketing programs. His mandate includes product strategy and management, new product innovation, competitive analysis, experiential marketing, integrated marketing campaigns, public relations, analyst relations, content strategy and stakeholder communications. Keith has more than 20 years of experience in the payments and fraud industry.

With new technology comes new risks. Security challenges are at the top of mind of many professionals in the Financial Services industry and banks, payments companies, and FIs need to stay ahead of criminals in order to protect their clients’ valuable assets.

Join this live panel streamed from Money20/20 Vegas where our speakers will discuss:
-Trends in biometrics, authentication, and identity management
-Using AI and machine learning for preventing and detecting fraud
-Best practices for payment security: commerce, PCI compliance, mobile, and tokenisation
-Managing security risks with new innovations
-Dealing with breaches

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Join this webinar to meet the racers before they embark on the adventure of their lives.

Moderated by Ali Paterson, Editor in Chief, Fintech Finance

With the worlds largest FinTech event coming up next week, we've gathered some of the elite speakers who will be taking the stage and debating the hottest topics and the biggest challenges that the Financial Services world is currently facing and the latest Fintech innovations.

What will they be talking about in Las Vegas on the 21-24 of October 2018, what do they want to hear about, what are they looking forward to?

David Siegel will present a special 90-minute course on macro economics, the theory of money, monetary policy, and how we can build a new money regime based on the best principles of today's fiat currencies and tomorrow's cryptocurrencies.

This is a very informative presentation on how money works and how monetary policy can be made better. It's good for anyone curious about macro, money, recessions, central banks, stable coins, and cryptocurrencies.

The presentation will last 90 minutes, after which he will take questions for up to 30 minutes more. This is a highly anticipated event - be sure to book your place now!

Even though VC investment into UK FinTech has grown exponentially in recent years, reaching $1.8 billion in 2017, women still only raise a minute percentage of this. A recent study by Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Mass Challenger, a network of startup accelerators, found that when women applied for investment, they received less funding compared to the average male founder, but made double the revenue.

Our panel of CEOs in leading FinTech firms and investors will look at how women in FinTech are raising funding. Who are the funders? What are they looking for and what needs to change? Do women need to rely less on traditional modes of finance or are more dynamic options available?

Moderator:
Julia Streets, Streets Consulting

Panelists
Clare Flynn Levy, Founder and CEO, Essentia Analytics
Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, Co-founder and CEO, Akoni
Francesca Tondi, Board Member, Investor, Unicredit Group, Angel Academe, FinTech Circle
Georgia Stevenson, Associate, Northzone
Laura Hutton, CPO and Co-Founder, Quantexa

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