Blockchains and the future of finance

whitePaper | October 9, 2022

Fintech has emerged as one of the most widely used if not poorly defined buzzwords in the finance industry over the past few years. Fintech players are becoming an increasingly important part of the financial services ecosystem, with leading banks scrambling to leverage technological advances by partnering with or acquiring fintech start-ups, to strengthen customer relationships and build scalable networks.

whitePaper | June 14, 2023

The capital markets have not really benefitted from any tailwinds recently: Inflation rose and is not yet close to being stabilized; global interest rates jumped dramatically; there is slower growth, and geopolitical tensions seem to keep getting worse, among other headwinds.

whitePaper | January 3, 2020

A NEW WAVE OF disruption more forceful and more pervasive than what we have seen in recent years will likely unfold in the next decade. While the roots of this disruption— technological, economic, geopolitical, demographic or environmental—may remain the same, the unique convergence of these factors should unleash unprecedented change in the broader society and economy, and, consequently, in the banking industry as well.

whitePaper | June 15, 2023

Asset managers headquartered in Europe saw their private market assets continue to grow in 2022, albeit more slowly than in previous years, and their total assets under management (AUM) exceeded €2.3 trillion (US$2.4 billion) by the end of the year. Institutional investors remain the region’s major allocators to private assets—European high-net-worth (HNW) and ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW) investors are still underexposed to private asset classes, although that is set to change.

whitePaper | April 6, 2023

In a survey of over 780 interviews with 250 major banks across the globe, Finastra and East & Partners open the lid providing insights into how the tactical playbook for banking is changing for banks, and why the growing importance of technology in the banking industry is fueling a new age of competitive, ESG-related digital banking.

whitePaper | May 23, 2022

The need to accelerate the journey to financial operations excellence has seen the emergence of packaged, purpose-built Financial Operations Management solutions to elevate persistently manual processes that are ripe for transformation. They typically include workflows and automation, intelligence, analytics, and collaboration. These are all proven to deliver predictable returns, from speeding up the close, to reducing DSO, to streamlining netting and settlement processes. A purpose-built approach accelerates delivery and reduces delivery risk while realizing predictable returns on investment.