: The introduction of the European Commission’s banking directive PSD2 both recognises the shift towards Open Banking and helps drive the change; with banks expected to share private financial data with third-party providers at the request of clients, the payments industry is entering a period of radical change. What are the implications for the financial landscape, and how are banks adapting to the revolution?
Talent does tend to follow the money, which is one reason why remunerative financial careers have lured many of the brightest and the best. Critics argue that this talent drain is a drain on the prosperity and growth of the economy, diverting the most qualified to less valuable jobs; but do statistics indicate that financial jobs may instead produce a net societal benefit?
Artificial intelligence has been around for a while, but recently it is taking on a life of its own, invading various segments of business, including finance. While many financial managers view the technology with caution, the opportunities it offers for efficiency augmentation, cost reduction and customer satisfaction are irresistible; the big question is how to practically implement AI in day-to-day operations.
As ea Change Group celebrates its 20th anniversary, its founder, Steve Robson, provides an insight into how recruiting for the financial world has changed and considers what its future may hold.
With economic growth returning to the developed world, the end of years of quantitative easing and easy monetary policy is in view; inflation concerns are reviving, guaranteeing rising interest rates along with tightening liquidity. Emerging markets in Latin America are benefiting from higher commodity prices, and despite some political tensions are proving to be an increasingly attractive destination for investor funds.
In Europe, PSD2 is opening up previously inaccessible bank-customer data, with customer consent, to third-party providers, all in an effort to provide consumers with more financial options at the best prices. Although some bank managers are focused mostly on compliance, others are looking at the bigger picture: at Open Banking as a new opportunity to boost customer satisfaction and meaningful interaction.
As FinTech companies disrupt the financial services industry with marketplace lending and blockchain-based supply chains, wholesale banks are meeting the challenge by reprioritizing IT spending and improving their innovation capacity.
There’s no doubt about it. Technology has come to define the relationship between businesses and their customers. Industry by industry, companies are reacting to the changing expectations of their customers for a self-service, personalized, mobile-driven experience on one hand, and increasingly digital and data-focused regulation on the other.
The last financial crisis demanded a response, and that response was regulation…and more regulation, to such an extent that financial institutions are scurrying to hire additional compliance staff to try to make sense of it all. Fortunately technology has come to the rescue once again by spawning regtech, which is evolving to better manage the formidable challenges created by regulatory change.
By Samantha Barnes, International Banker On February 5, the US stock market the Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its largest…
