LOGISTICS & FINTECH: FROM DIRECT BENEFITS TO BIG IMPACTS

whitePaper | February 10, 2020

With corporate treasurers already adopting open banking in a strategic move to create further value in their organizations, it is now time for financial institutions (FIs) to both align their future product and servicing roadmaps to those of their clients, as well as begin to embrace the opportunities that present themselves in the open digital ecosystem.

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Climate-related financial risk has become a prominent theme that is high on the agenda of U.S. and European policymakers and regulators. A number of these organizations have publicly declared climate-related risk a potential threat to global financial stability, and many have published formal consultations related to this topic.

whitePaper | November 22, 2019

Banks seem to be adopting AI applications ranging from business process automation to credit scoring. Historically, banks have collected vast amounts of data records and even some of the more conservative banks tend to have the resources needed for AI projects. Efficiently navigating the vast data stores to gain valuable business insights involves understanding the capabilities of AI in information search and discovery applications for the banking sector.

whitePaper | March 28, 2023

Real-time processing can offer many benefits for bank treasuries, including improved accuracy, faster decision-making, enhanced liquidity management and improved customer service with faster transaction processing and real-time visibility into customer account balances. By focusing on certain key functions, we can assess which are real benefits to treasury processes, and which may require industry consensus and further investment to become worthwhile. The industry must agree a way forward, weighing cost against benefit.

whitePaper | July 10, 2023

Spreading tax returns is an essential task in commercial lending. As part of the process of standardizing information from financial statements into a consistent layout and format, it ultimately enables lenders to understand the story of a business through its numbers.

whitePaper | September 20, 2022

Banking has historically been one of the business sectors most resistant to disruption by technology. Since the first mortgage was issued in England in the 11th century, banks have built robust businesses with multiple moats: ubiquitous distribution through branches; unique expertise such as credit underwriting underpinned by both data and judgment; even the special status of being regulated institutions that supply credit, the lifeblood of economic growth, and have sovereign insurance for their liabilities (deposits). Moreover, consumer inertia in financial services is high. Consumers have generally been slow to change financial-services providers. Particularly in developed markets, consumers have historically gravitated toward the established and enduring brands in banking and insurance that were seen as bulwarks of stability even in times of turbulence.