SIFMA 2019 Outlook, Trends in the Capital Markets

whitePaper | July 12, 2022

Over the past 10 years, the cloud has grown from an idea into a significant reality. More and more organizations are using the cloud for increasingly more functionalities. Measurements by Quint together with Whitelane Research1 show that 64% of the 200 respondents predicted that by 2022, more than 30% of their applications will run in the cloud (and 33% even expected it to be more than 50%). And perhaps more importantly, cloud is currently rated higher than other forms of outsourcing: 79% of respondents are satisfied with cloud infrastructure and 74% with cloud applications (compared to an average of only 69% for other forms of outsourcing). If this trend continues, all IT will be running in the cloud by 2030.

whitePaper | May 24, 2022

Trends in customer demand, technology, and regulation drive the development of an open financial ecosystem in which the consensual sharing of customer data among financial institutions (FIs) and businesses creates new value for consumers and business users. This Aite-Novarica Group report analyzes this trend and the evolution from open banking to open finance and to a truly open economy. The report is based on interviews with executives from banks and fintech firms in Europe and North America.

whitePaper | October 1, 2022

Africa has enjoyed an earlymover’s position in the application of fintech in effecting financial inclusion and economic transformation. The success of the continent’s mobile money revolution caught the world’s attention over a decade ago, bringing into sharp focus the potential inherent in the combination of finance and technology – with innovation and empathy.

whitePaper | October 6, 2021

ESG investing has grown exponentially in the last decade and is estimated to be somewhere between 35.31 to 40.52 trillion USD (according to the GSIA, 2021, and OPIMAS, 2020). The ESG investment industry is constantly in transition, with rapid developments across ESG strategies, approaches, and technologies reshaping the industry towards best standards of practice. This transition is leading to variations in the scale and growth of sustainable investment in different regions, according to GSIA. Many regions continue to see strong growth in sustainable investment assets under management – most notably Canada, the United States and Japan. Other regions are slowing down their rate of growth or have seen a reported reversal – in particular Europe and Australasia. In both cases, this is largely due to changes in how sustainable investment is defined, either by law as in the case of the EU, or by new industry standards as is the case in Australasia.

whitePaper | May 11, 2023

Financial institutions are transforming how they interact with customers and employees. They are seeing the immense value of implementing digital tools to meet today’s expectations and demands — specifically, mobile technology tools that enable banking from anywhere.

whitePaper | December 10, 2019

Customer interaction and channel preferences have experienced significant changes over time and are constantly evolving and expanding across all industries, including banking. To consolidate customer satisfaction and cultivate customer advocacy, banks must endeavour to continue to meet these changing needs through use of innovative and progressive technology