Analytics in Capital Markets Deriving Strategic Value from Data to Gain Competitive Edge

whitePaper | August 18, 2022

Intercompany accounting is integral to the assignment of the profits of domestic and global enterprises. It also has a significant bearing on the effective tax rate of the group. Intercompany accounts therefore must be calculated accurately, accounted for and settled in a timely manner, and tagged properly so intercompany liabilities and profits can be eliminated when results are consolidated. Many of the most common hurdles to an efficient and effective intercompany process can be traced to low levels of process automation, lack of access to a single source of the truth, and decentralized and inconsistent practices. By adopting best practices and reducing the need for manual intervention, account-to-report organizations can not only reduce the cost of the process, but also improve its effectiveness.

whitePaper | May 23, 2023

How can AI help, no matter which stage you are at in the credit cycle? There are multiple stages in the life cycle of a loan from origination and onboarding right through to monitoring and risk management, securitization and trading or investing. Each part of the cycle requires access to comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date data. Digital transformation is leading to greater efficiency in all of these areas but going digital alone may not be enough to fully harness the benefits of new technologies when it comes to regulatory compliance and risk management. And beyond that, what is the value this enhanced data flow brings? How can AI tools give companies a competitive edge?

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.

whitePaper | April 25, 2022

Cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies are the underpinnings of a new financial infrastructure, similar to how the internet was the underpinning of a new information infrastructure. In this paper we present Ledgity, the Neo-Private Bank & Financial infrastructure dedicated to financial advisors and their clients, paving the way for a greater adoption of crypto asset investments and blockchain technology. Beyond the digitization of investors’ experience, we make it easy for financial advisors and their clients to widen their investment scope. For the first time crypto assets and tokenized financial products are easily accessible to traditional finance. Ledgity is the first digital wealth management infrastructure that harnesses the benefit of blockchain technology for the representation and the exchange of assets. Crypto asset investments opportunities and asset tokenization are offered to all, at a finger touch, on our fully integrated platform.

whitePaper | May 23, 2023

In May 2020, the European Banking Authority (EBA) published new guidelines on loan origination and monitoring that represent a demanding set of regulations aimed at enhancing banks’ lending processes from the point of underwriting to ongoing monitoring throughout the loan life cycle. Implementing these guidelines has significant implications for systems, data management and internal processes.

whitePaper | August 25, 2022

This paper studies the economics behind the investment in information technologies (IT) by U.S. commercial banks in the past decade. By linking banks’, IT spending to their lending technologies, we analyze the distinctive natures of banks’ dealings with information across various lending activities. Investment in communication IT is shown to be associated more with improving banks’ ability of soft information production and transmission, while investment in software IT helps enhance banks’ hard information processing capacity. We exploit polices that affect geographic regions differentially to show causally that banks respond to an increased demand for small business credit (mortgage refinance) by increasing their spending on communication (software) IT spending. We also find that the entry of fintech induces commercial banks to increase their investment in IT—more so in the software IT category.