Cybersecurity and the Financial Industry

Infographic | December 16, 2019

Owning a car should make life much easier. But while automobiles have become a modern necessity, for others, it’s a costly amenity. This infographic, courtesy of CarPaymentCalculator.net, shows how automotive debt has grown rapidly due to rising vehicle prices, longer loan terms and consumers increasingly opting to trade in vehicles with negative equity.

Infographic | December 1, 2021

But what is Big Data? In a nutshell, it is the ability to retain, process, and understand data like never before (Zikopoulos, 2015). Big Data is when you have challenges that cannot be handled by traditional database systems. Challenges in the context of Volume, Variety, Velocity, Veracity. These can be found in Financial Services. In fact, technology is so integral to banking that financial institutions are now almost indistinguishable from IT companies. This article looks at the Financial Services industry to examine Big Data and the technologies employed. It further covers ROI, Big Data analytics, regulation, governance, security, and storage as well as obstacles and challenges that have made the industry what it is today.

Infographic | November 19, 2021

Open banking technology platforms exhibit double and triple-digit revenue growth (figure 1) These platforms showcase triple-digit revenue multiples: Truelayer, Railsbank and Tink have valuations of more than 100x revenue (figure 2) High M&A and funding activity drives growth and valuation, and the cards schemes are also in the game (figure 2) Data aggregation and payments are the most common use cases, followed by personal finance, credit scoring, and business management (figure 3) Open banking platform services largely address banks and select verticals such as iGaming, insurance, and property management today. Payments and credit scoring are the most applied services across many verticals (figure 4)

Infographic | November 30, 2021

With the acceleration of digital business, financial services organisations need to ensure their IT capabilities keep up with customer and employee demands. Seamless connectivity, end-to-end security and cloud readiness are just some of the IT prerequisites that the industry must address to support hybrid working models, compete with newcomers to the sector and comply with evolving regulations.

Infographic | January 28, 2020

Since the introduction of the first credit card with a magnetic stripe in 1966, financial technology has come a long way. Silicon Valley may not have birthed the term “fintech”, but it has certainly helped catapult its applications into the mainstream. Leveraging everything from basic apps to the blockchain, the changing dynamics of fintech are creating new investment opportunities every day, growing its appetite with every new megadeal.

Infographic | February 20, 2020

When there is a lack of trust and engagement, customers don’t consume products and services. Engagement is critical to keep your customers loyal to your brand. At the same time low engagement among employees causes high levels of stress and burn out. This results in decreased performance, not to mention that stress causes higher error rates, poor quality work, staff turnover and absenteeism.