Optimizing Costs While Improving Agility [ Source: TechWeb ]
January 2010 - While short-term cost reduction can be easily achieved, long-term cost optimization requires that financial institutions simplify their business models, rethink their organizational structures, and employ technology in new ways.
Top Strategies in Risk Management [ Source: TechWeb ]
December 2009 - One financial services discipline that has taken a lot of heat has been risk management. Some experts say the beginnings of the financial crisis were allowed to form because firms didnt practice risk management correctly.
Risk Management: The Role of Technology [ Source: TechWeb ]
December 2009 - How did the financial services industry collectively get to where it is today, with politicians making examples of every bonus, and regulators threatening new restrictions on everything from executive pay to flash orders?
Regulation and Its Impact on Client Acquisition in Banking [ Source: TechWeb ]
December 2009 - Keeping a client informed through good communication seems like one of the most basic things that a financial firm can do to improve customer relationships. But, more often than not, they dont do a good job with client management.
Banking Industry Framework Accelerates Time to Value [ Source: TechWeb ]
December 2009 - IBMs Banking Industry Framework provides fast, measurable returns with demonstrated payback to solve the banking industrys newest paradox: how to cut costs while investing for the future by
Client Acquisition and Retention in Banking [ Source: TechWeb ]
November 2009 - Not only have financial firms been hammered by losses due to risky investments, but they are losing clients to competitors as well.
Heartland Breach: Lessons Learned [ Source: TechWeb ]
October 2009 - Heartland Payment Systems suffered a major security breach at the hands of Russian Hackers. It sent shockwaves through the industry. We talked to CSO Kris Herrin about the attack and what's being done at Heartland and across the industry.
How Technology Is Changing Corporate Treasury [ Source: TechWeb ]
October 2009 - The Financial Crisis has dramatically changed the landscape for Corporate Banking, and posed new challenges for corporate Treasurers. Technology innovations are revolutionizing the corporate banking, treasury, and cash management functions.
New Products at Sibos: Smartstream [ Source: TechWeb ]
October 2009 - At the Sibos conference, dozens of new financial services products are released. Smartstreams CEO discusses his companys take on the 2009 Sibos conference as well as his firms new product releases.
Martin Wolf unplugged [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - Martin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, speaks about the current state of the financial industry. Mr. Wolf also talks about his concerns, predictions, and what we can expect in the months to come.
Client Acquisition & Retention: Transparency, Transparency [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - Not only have financial firms been hammered by losses due to risky investments, they are also losing clients to competitors as well. Research shows that firms couldn't have kept their clients by simply providing a few answers - something very....
Expense Reduction: The New IT Organization [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - Although the credit markets have thawed and things are looking better, no one expects technology budgets to return to 2007 levels. Therefore, managing with limited budgets is something that CIO's will need to do in the foreseeable future.
Sibos Video Wrap Up: Risk, Central Clearing and Efficiency [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - As Sibos 2009 closes, experts discuss some of the trends at the show, including the future of central clearing, risk management and how new applications can further increase efficiency in financial service.
M&A: Cost Savings Through Rapid Integration [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - Banks have combined over the years hoping to find the perfect match of clients, staff, and technology. Too often technology is never integrated. Integrating technology from two companies is no easy task, but cost and operating savings can be enormous
Risk Management: Enterprisewide Risk Analysis [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - One financial services discipline that has taken a lot of heat has been risk management. Some experts say the beginnings of the financial crisis were allowed to form because firms didn't practice risk management correctly.
Sibos Day 2: Typhoon and Crowd Sourcing [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - At the Sibos conference in Hong Kong Typhoon Koppu was the talk of the show. Also, Chris Skinner, chair of the Financial Services Club, discusses the future of crowd sourcing in financial services.
SIBOS Day 1: Payments Mkt Sees Impact of Global Finan Crisis [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - According to the findings in the 2009 Global Payments Report from the Royal Bank of Scotland and Capgemini, the global financial crisis has caused a decline in the overall global payments volume. Also, an IBM and S.W.I.F.T. study finds that risk mana
Sibos Video Preview: Risk Management Takes Center Stage [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - During the Sibos conference, Dushyant Shahrawat of TowerGroup is looking forward to hearing more about how the Asian economies are faring better than those of the U.S. and Europe, he said at the Camino-TowerGroup reception on the eve of Sibos 2009.
Daily Video Reporting from Sibos [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - Greg MacSweeney, Editor in Chief of Wall Street & Technology welcomes you to the first of a series of video reports that we will be filming at the Sibos financial securities conference...
Transforming the Payments Infrastructure [ Source: TechWeb ]
September 2009 - Financial institutions are systemically transforming their critical payments infrastructure in a variety of ways, including reducing costs; improving intelligence and analytics and partnering with third parties and other financial institutions.
The US Financial Institution Landscape: How Has It Changed? What Are the Options? [ Source: Symcor LP ]
June 2009 - There continues to be a tremendous amount of financial strife in the financial services industry that is causing banks to change the ways they are delivering services to their customers and control costs. This paper points this out and highlights outsourcing of payments processing as a legitimate option and what banks should look for in an outsourcing partner.
Creating Unique Financial Solutions from Existing Banking Applications [ Source: Metavante Corporation ]
March 2009 -
The high-tech industry has attempted to address the banking industry’s need to speed product development. Accomplishing this means getting solutions to market faster, simpler and cheaper, not to mention in a more usable state. Differences between schools of thought can be subtle, and identities sometimes blur making comparative analysis confusing.
An alternative to programming fads and trends builds on the principles of service-oriented architecture (SOA). This paper will present the option of the ....
Toward transparency and sustainability [ Source: TechWeb ]
July 2009 - Recently, IBM conducted a survey of more than 2,700 financial services industry participants to determine four things:Which forces are disrupting the industry?What will clients be willing to pay for?How will the basis for competition change?
TowerGroup and Risk [ Source: TechWeb ]
June 2009 - People haven't been able to get a holistic view of risk in their organizations. Too many silos, how do you integrate risk within financial institutions. The level of investment needed to address risk is left to the operations.
Core Systems Transformation Chalk Talk [ Source: TechWeb ]
May 2009 - Because one size doesnt fit all, IBM offers multiple solution paths and a variety of technology tools and methodologies to help financial institutions cut costs and deliver value when renovating core banking systems.