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Category Archives: Financial Technology
FTF Takes on Retail Banking
We’re always thinking of new ways to grow at FTF and therefore we are in the midst of planning a new conference that will focus on retail banking and mobile technologies for May 22nd in NYC (agenda to be posted … Continue reading
To RFP or not to RFP, that is the Question – Do a Proof of Concept Instead
Guest Contributor: Berl Kaufman, Principal, Afferent Consulting Services In some cases you are mandated to do RFPs for your product selections. Don’t do RFPs as a reflex action. The RFP is mostly a waste of time. Vendors always lie on … Continue reading
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How to Launch a Hedge Fund … Did You Miss Out?
I am pleased to report that we received a ton of great feedback from our most recent How to Launch a Hedge Fund seminar in New York last week! Subjects discussed ranged from the up-front decisions and vendors needed to … Continue reading
Financial Technology Acquisitions: A(nother) Year-in-Review
Well, it’s hard to imagine, but another year has nearly passed, which means it’s time, once again, for my end-of-year fintech acquisition write-up. Believe it or not, I was wrong last year when I predicted that 2011 would result in … Continue reading
Win an Apple TV!!!
There’s no denying that Cloud Computing is gaining ground on Wall Street. In fact, FTF News has singled out Cloud Computing as one of the hottest trends to watch in 2012. Therefore, we are conducting a follow-up survey to the … Continue reading
All Eyes on the UK as FSA Mobile Recording Deadline Looms
Global regulators align around FSA mobile call recording regulation Guest Contributor: Curtis Nash, CEO, Compliant Phones This Monday (14th November), an important regulatory and operational milestone for firms operating in the capital markets will be reached in the UK. The … Continue reading
Why Most IT Projects Fail, And How to Keep it From Happening to You
Guest Contributor: Berl Kaufman, Consultant, Afferent Services A recurring pattern for most IT projects is a failure to state properly the true business objectives. Instead most business problems are couched in solution terms. This is known as “solutionizing”. This post … Continue reading
RIAs: Moving on up – to the Cloud Part I
Guest Contributor: Andrew Peddar, North American CEO, StatPro Registered Investment Advisors (RIAs) have long relied on one of two choices for portfolio analytics and reporting: enterprise wide technologies and services or niche technologies. While enterprise technologies are packaged with lots … Continue reading
The Role of Big Data Analytics – Living in a 2.0 World
Guest Contributer: Andrew Ettinger, Director, Sales, Greenplum Let’s face it, we live in a different world today. I am sitting here on my Mac computer, with my iPhone out, my iPad is in my briefcase, I am answering email on … Continue reading
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Catching Up to Fraud
I have to admit, I’ve never really thought about what steps go into catching the masterminds behind financial crime. I’ve heard all about firms upping their compliance and updating their strategies to catch suspicious activity internally, but I have never … Continue reading
Posted in Compliance, Financial Crime, Financial Technology
Tagged Compliance, Financial Crime, Financial Technology
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