Smart Contracts in Financial Services:Getting from Hype to Reality

whitePaper | June 12, 2023

Cash flow visibility is crucial in turbulent economic times because financial situations and market conditions can turn on a dime. But most AR, credit collections, and credit risk teams don’t have the visibility they need to quickly identify cash flow trends and effectively manage working capital. Many teams are sitting on mountains of data they can’t use.

whitePaper | July 27, 2022

It’s time for financial services providers to stop firefighting external challenges and technology developments and start taking control of their own destiny. That doesn’t mean taking on the full burden of core banking transformation as an individual enterprise, assuming it as a competition point – but instead working together with the wider industry to build a standardized model. From there, financial enterprises will be empowered to compete in the areas that matter – namely, the service and products they offer to customers.

whitePaper | March 29, 2022

Recent global developments have created ample opportunities for cybercriminals to take advantage of vulnerable and even traditionally non-vulnerable individuals. The COVID-19 pandemic amplified the use of digital channels for everyday banking, while other services including digital payments, contactless and cashless payments, and buy now pay later (BNPL) services were embraced by consumers around the world. Last year, 93% of consumers used one or more digital payment methods1 , such as Zelle, and made nearly $100 billion in purchases using BNPL services2 . Not to mention government stimulus programs created unusual cash flows that were ripe for the taking by scammers.

whitePaper | November 21, 2022

This white paper examines the challenges facing insurers in a rapidly changing marketplace. It focuses on the threat from insurtechs and other digital challengers, the emergence of new business models and technologies, and how customer expectations have changed.

whitePaper | November 15, 2022

Carrying cards in digital form, rather than tucked away in a purse or wallet, is now commonplace. When issued with a new card, the first thing that many of us will do is upload it to our digital wallet. The physical version goes straight into a drawer. In fact we can now skip the plastic completely, and order direct an instantly useable digital card. Digitising plastic cards is fast going out of fashion.

whitePaper | January 23, 2023

Accounts payable (AP) leaders know that paying suppliers with paper checks is costly. But transaction costs tell only part of the story. The costs associated with manually executing payments can significantly change the equation. Whether it’s time spent processing checks and ACH transactions, reconciling payments, or fielding inquiries from suppliers, these manual, repetitive tasks can have a major impact on AP business outcomes.