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How SFTR compliance creates a new vantage point for firms

By Ralph Sutter Posted 23/06/2017

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How SFTR compliance creates a new vantage point for firms

With the deadline for the Securities Finance Transaction Regulation (SFTR) advancing rapidly (end of 2018), firms need to ensure they have a sustainable and low cost plan for how they ...

Stage Four | Operate: Have you considered the impact on your support and maintenance teams?

By Andrew Scotland Posted 22/06/2017

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Stage Four | Operate: Have you considered the impact on your support and maintenance teams?

In the previous blogs of this cloud migration series, you’ve read about the significant cost savings offered by migrating to the cloud, learned the various migration strategies available to your ...

Albert Creixell: “Banks are seeking to understand augmented reality and its potential in the financial world”

By Javier Goncer Posted 16/06/2017

Albert Creixell: “Banks are seeking to understand augmented reality and its potential in the financial world”

At the end of May, Samsung conducted a workshop in collaboration with GFT’s Digital Transformation Unit for the heads of a number of European financial institutions. The workshop was held ...

FX operations: The next frontier for mutualisation

New paper on challenges affecting FX

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Stage Three: Security | Concerned the Cloud isn’t as secure?

By Carlos Mattos Posted 06/06/2017

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Stage Three: Security | Concerned the Cloud isn’t as secure?

In the third of this five-stage Cloud migration journey blog series, we’ll address the very real issue of cloud security. A perceived lack of security in cloud applications continues to ...

New GFT company head Marika Lulay: “We’re establishing a foundation for our continuing success”

By Filiz Sarah Gärtner Posted 01/06/2017

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New GFT company head Marika Lulay: “We’re establishing a foundation for our continuing success”

It was officially announced at the Annual General Meeting on 31 May: Marika Lulay, previously GFT Chief Operating Officer, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO), thereby assuming leadership of ...

How banks can learn the lessons of BlackBerry

By Christian Ball Posted 19/05/2017

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How banks can learn the lessons of BlackBerry

There was once a time when the mobile smartphone market was dominated by BlackBerry handsets. In recent years BlackBerry’s sales have plummeted and it seems unlikely they will ever regain ...

Stage Two: Migrate | Which strategy will you adopt?

By Roberto De Micheli Posted 18/05/2017

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Stage Two: Migrate | Which strategy will you adopt?

Banks and financial institutions have a number of options to choose from when deciding which cloud migration strategy to adopt. How institutions make their decision will depend on a series ...

The Bank as a Platform vision – a great win for all

By Filiz Sarah Gärtner Posted 17/05/2017

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The Bank as a Platform vision – a great win for all

The “Bank as a platform” (BaaP) vision is the idea that banks distribute their own products as well as those of third parties through Open APIs and front-ends, so that ...

Stage One: Assess | Why Cloud?

By Ami Grewal Posted 10/05/2017

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Stage One: Assess | Why Cloud?

Major changes have occurred within the asset management industry since 2008. Regulatory change and lower profits have forced asset managers to take a closer look at their operational efficiency. However, ...