Mainstreaming Cryptoassets: Risk or Opportunity?

Ecosystems forming for financial services, and will find it harder and harder to maintain their competitive market position. Knowing what you need, what to avoid, and solutions for leading your organisation to innovate with fintechs collaboratively can seem daunting. Sign up here and listen to Red Hat and FinTech Futures explain how this can be easily simplified.

Manual processes may be costing your team more than just valuable hours. When accounting teams rely too heavily on spreadsheets for managing period-end tasks, they may unknowingly put your business at significant risk for financial statement inaccuracies and noncompliance; in addition, unstandardized processes can hinder growth and breed inefficiency.

It took ten years for customers to shift from branches to digital channels. Industry estimates suggest, it will take half as much time, for fifty percent of banking transactions to move from bank-owned channels to third-party channels – thanks to open banking, which is a key trend reshaping the banking industry.Combining this big industry shift with eleven other key trends, one can be fully certain that our industry will reset itself forever! This research report deliberates on the 12 trends that are set to re-shape banking in 2019 and beyond.

The New York State Department of Financial Services has issued new cybersecurity requirements for financial services companies – defined to include New York-chartered banks, Department of Financial Services-authorized branches of out-of-country foreign banks, and New York-licensed insurance companies and insurance agencies. Compliance with some requirements is required by August 28, 2017. Is your company prepared to comply? This session with attorney Chrys Lemon will help you understand and comply with New York’s new cybersecurity requirements. Under the regulations, covered entities will have to conduct a cybersecurity risk assessment, develop and implement a cybersecurity program, adopt other cybersecurity practices, and ensure third-party service providers have adequate cybersecurity programs in place.