Category Archives: Financial Technology

Win an Apple TV!!!

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

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 →

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All Eyes on the UK as FSA Mobile Recording Deadline Looms

Posted on November 9, 2011 by

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 →

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Why Most IT Projects Fail, And How to Keep it From Happening to You

Posted on October 26, 2011 by

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 →

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RIAs: Moving on up – to the Cloud Part I

Posted on August 17, 2011 by

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 →

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The Role of Big Data Analytics – Living in a 2.0 World

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

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

Posted on August 9, 2011 by

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 →

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Mobile Technology – Helpful or Hurtful?

Posted on July 5, 2011 by

Mobile technology is currently a hot topic for the financial services industry. Many industry publications, including our own FTF News, have written special reports (I will link Eugene’s article here) exploring the growing mobile technology space and the new prospects … Continue reading →

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The Perfect Outsourcing Climate – Can Vendors Deliver?

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

The financial services industry is entering a period of rapid change. Where the industry stood five years ago is extremely different than where it stands today. With any type of change ultimately come challenges, and the financial services industry is … Continue reading →

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FTF Heads to Boston – Securities Ops Seminar Wrap-Up

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

In case you weren’t following our live updates on twitter last week (#FTFSecOps), I thought I would bring you up to speed on the issues discussed at our Securities Operations Seminar in Boston last week.  The day got kicked off … Continue reading →

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Financial Innovation Trends: A New Catalyst Emerges

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

 Guest Contributor: James Pasmantier, Vice President of Professional Services at Brightidea Innovation is never easy, and the Financial Services industry is far from a safe haven for the common challenges faced by all organizations.  These days, the concept of ‘financial … Continue reading →

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