RESETTING THE PENSIONS AGENDA: PENSION AND INVESTMENT

We know that more and more banks are moving away from payments acquisition. Look to Santander with PagoNxt or Deutsche Bank’s acquisition of Better Payments; examples where large banks – with large business banking portfolios – are setting up payments capabilities by creating (or partnering with) fintechs. This proves the need for a flexible fintech payment service provider (PSP) that can acquire the technology and systems needed to cope with growing demands from customers. The difficulty lies in scaling up PSPs’ capability to cope with the added stresses that higher volumes – of different payments – will cause.

Finance teams are the new drivers of innovation. In this talk, IDC and Oracle discuss how you can get your organisation ready for it – and how you can ensure its success. Watch now to learn: How to put a funding model in place for digital How soon to expect ROI How to forecast and measure digital outcomes

Strict data regulations and cumbersome data governance processes are causing innovation inertia in banks and financial institutions. Where data should drive product development and fuel analysis, we see slow and tedious processes preventing teams from accessing, sharing, and leveraging data

According to the S&P Global Purchasing Managers’ Index™ (PMI™), global business activity fell for a fifth consecutive month in December, with the rate of decline moderating slightly amid improved supply conditions but still rounding off the worst quarter since 2009 barring lockdown months. In this context, economists can help with understanding the market in which businesses are operating, but forecasts have a high degree of uncertainty, and external events can swiftly change the business outlook.