Finance

Here is a look at where Fintech is leading us and Why
Fintech is opening floodgates of opportunity for ambitious startups that previously had no hopes of overcoming barriers to entry in the finance field. With the desire to innovate and succeed, however, gutsy startups are now promoting financial literacy and reaching previously underserved groups with brand-new retail banking and investment services.

Why large financial institutions struggle to adopt technology and data science
Data innovation and technology are a much discussed but rarely successfully implemented in large financial services firms. Despite $480 Billion spent globally in 2016 on financial services IT, the pace of financial innovation from incumbents lags behind FinTech which received a comparatively puny $17 Billion in investment in 2016. What

The Impact of Big Data on Banking and Financial Systems
Today, most banking, financial services, and insurance (BFSI) organizations are working hard to adopt a fully data-driven approach to grow their businesses and enhance the services they provide to customers. Like most other industries, analytics will be a critical game changer for those in the financial sector. Though many BFSI

AI, Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis Applied to Finance
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Sentiment Analysis are changing the way in which numerous client services are offered. In particular, Financial Organisations are creating and leveraging such innovation in the domain of wealth management, while academia, start-ups, and technology companies are creating novel and disruptive applications, particularly in the field

Big Data in Real Estate: Staying Ahead of the Curve
Rapidly changing data management technology in the 21st Century has created cost-saving, business-expanding opportunities. Big companies around the world have realized the potential of modern technology to take over complex operations with more ease than a skilled worker could. There are debates about how it is pushing some traditional methods

Investing, fast and slow – Part 2: Investment for Data Scientists 101
Financial markets offer countless ways of making (or losing) money. A key distinction among them is the investment horizon, which can range from fractions of a second to years. Walnut Algorithms and Global Systematic Investors are new investment management firms representing the high-frequency and low-frequency sides, respectively. I sat down

Investing, fast and slow – Part 1: The Present and the Future of AI in Investment
Financial markets offer countless ways of making (or losing) money. A key distinction among them is the investment horizon, which can range from fractions of a second to years. Walnut Algorithms and Global Systematic Investors are new investment management firms representing the high-frequency and low-frequency sides, respectively. I sat down

The Definitive Guide to Digital Banking Platforms
Did you doze off and miss the digital banking revolution? If so, here is your indispensable guide to choosing a digital banking platform The innovative nature of the financial services industry calls for constantly introducing new solutions to the market. Nowadays, implementing digital banking platform is a must, and should

Data Hoarding and Alternative Data In Finance – How to Overcome the Challenges
Financial institutions have become data hoarders Banks, hedge funds, and asset managers have become data hoarders. However, many of these firms find it difficult to make use of all of this data. They need tools that can be used to extract information from various internal unstructured content and to democratise

What are banks telling their investors about FinTech?
Interest in fintech disruption is at an all-time high, but who will be the winners and who the losers is far from clear. Banks themselves have been sending mixed messages. As a particularly high profile example, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon famously raised the alarm when he said in