Alex Kreger Founder & CEO at UXDA
What if there was a banking solution designed by Apple? Would all the other digital financial solutions be forced out of business? There are rumors about what would happen if Google, Apple, Facebook or Amazon (also referred to as GAFA) decided to enter the world of banking. My team decided to put this idea into action and dare to use UX design met...
20 September 2018 /retail /devops Innovation in Financial Services
Shailendra Malik SVP - Tech Delivery (Data Platform) at DBS Bank
In today’s ever-evolving IT systems world the cloud & big data are no longer buzzwords, they drive strategy and an even heavy chunk of budgeting discussion. As big organizations gear up to invest big in their cloud strategies and the follower herd readies themselves, there are many trends that are coming to fore that are causing the CIOs bad h...
15 September 2018 /devops Fintech innovation and startups
Retired Member
I was invited to a meeting recently, to explain APIs and why they are important for our digital blueprint. I had no idea who the audience was nor their level of understanding of the basics of APIs. So, with no handy deck prepared for the meeting I entered the room, armed with my laptop full of previous presentations. I was introduced to the team
11 September 2018 /devops Banking Architecture
Inversion of Control: Don't call us, we'll call you. Remember when you were a child, going on a long trip with your parents. Remember the frustration; “Are we there yet?”, “Are we there yet?” Now, as an adult - imagine or remember your own frustration from being nagged! For both parties, this pattern is not ideal; children are frustrated with not
09 September 2018 /devops Banking Architecture
We are currently doing some domain driven design to understand our primary business domains and identify the appropriate core APIs required. This is an exciting yet daunting time - some domains look far too simple while others seem overly complex and almost impossible to model. One such domain is the payments domain. A few weeks ago, during one o
06 September 2018 /devops Banking Architecture
While researching on potential use cases of a Gig economy I stumbled upon an article that narrated the story of potential of a Gig Economy or Gig culture in an organisation. The author narrated a scenario where a company’s disengaged employee spends time on picking up small gigs that gives the person Real Satisfaction which she never gets in her w...
23 August 2018 /devops Whatever...
James Wooster COO at Glue42
I’ve had an epiphany. Sadly, it’s about IT stuff – but I thought I would share it anyway! More specifically, it’s about Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and when to use it. As you will see below, scenarios which appear to be good candidates for RPA could turn into very costly mistakes. Anyone who’s spent time in contact centres or shared-service ...
01 August 2018 /devops Digital Insurance Trends
Each year technology makes the world more complex for people to understand. So, easy-to-use services for consumers are in particularly great demand. Due to the nature of the human mind: it is vital to perceive the world in a simple way. Any financial service can get an advantage by delivering a perfect user experience based on a simple interface. ...
17 April 2018 /retail /devops Innovation in Financial Services
Every day, millions of people, both offline and online, do not make their desired purchases. Unfortunately, financial services is no exception. Let's try to figure out how businesses lose prospective customers who are willing and ready to pay for goods and services and how you can prevent this to grow your sales. Many years ago, I drastically ch...
12 June 2017 /retail /devops Innovation in Financial Services
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