Banking

From risk‑management practices to competitive positioning, the Banking section delivers detailed articles and opinion pieces on global banks and financial institutions. It examines regulatory shifts, digital transformation and the evolving role of banks in the wider economy.

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Banking

New Banking Solutions from FICO Focused on Reducing Complexity While Increasing Sophistication

Highlights: FICO released new versions of its industry-leading risk solutions: FICO® Origination Man...

21st April, 2018

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Banking

Open Banking and Cambridge Analytica: What does the data scandal mean for banks?

Nick Caley is Vice President – Financial Services and Regulatory at ForgeRock and frequently s...

21st April, 2018

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Banking

What the rest of the world can learn from Europe’s Open Banking push

By Mark Jackson, Head of Financial Services, at Collinson Group – a global leader in influencing cus...

20th April, 2018

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Banking

Mechanics Cooperative Bank chooses Finastra for core banking system

Enterprise-scale technology from Finastra will produce superior consumer experiences and transformat...

19th April, 2018

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Banking

73% of employees in the banking and financial services industries are looking for better physical and mental wellbeing support in the workplace

Three quarters believe that some of the National Insurance payments should be redirected towards imp...

19th April, 2018

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Squirro research reveals banks believe artificial intelligence can have a significant and positive impact on their business

But 83% are unaware of how to deploy artificial intelligence & machine learning to address speci...

19th April, 2018

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Banking

Banks need to experiment with artificial intelligence or get left behind

Jason Hill is a financial services expert at PA Consulting Group Artificial intelligence (AI) is eve...

18th April, 2018

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Banking

EU Bank Resolution Powers Open to Abuse

By Robert Lyddon Oppression is the exercise of authority in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. T...

18th April, 2018

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Banking

Research finds that Open Banking has a Consumer Perception Problem

Identity theft and data breaches a significant concern for consumers in Open Banking. Security conce...

16th April, 2018

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Majority Of Brits Willing To Flirt With ‘Digital Only’ Banks, But Not Ready To Commit

Awareness of ‘digital only’ challenger banks on the rise with 60% of Brits knowing at least one Two-...

16th April, 2018

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Banking

Asset quality is becoming less of an existential threat for the Italian banking sector on aggregate

Heavy scrutiny by supervisors has put the balance sheet clean-up plans of Italian banks under the sp...

13th April, 2018

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Oracle Financial Services Global Survey Reveals Consumer Expectations for Digital Banking

67 percent of consumers surveyed have made the switch to digital; increasingly open to non- bank opt...

12th April, 2018