Sustainable returns by recovering used assets

Traditionally, mid-term strategic plans and key performance indicators of manufacturers are focused on maximizing the production of new assets. As a result, manufacturers rarely know where their assets1 end up after the point-of-sale. In the new circular economy, manufacturers control the full technical lifecycle of assets as visualized in fi gure 1, thereby keeping raw materials in closed loops and having lengthened producer responsibility.

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The Future of Financial Centres

whitePaper | June 30, 2022

The UAE is currently celebrating its Golden Jubilee. In a mere 50 years, the UAE and especially Dubai has earned an eminent place on the world map. Dubai has diversified away from hydrocarbons through progressive policies, proving that building a foundation that supports innovation can lead an economy to surpass geographical, time and age constraints.

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When did you last upgrade your Temenos system?

whitePaper | May 5, 2023

Developing products and services to match the changing preferences of cost-conscious customers is hard and getting harder. Meanwhile, a proliferation of digital banking channels is making the technical infrastructure increasingly complex and difficult to grasp. And keeping up with evolving technologies is no easier.

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How Artificial Intelligence Will Change Payments

whitePaper | March 19, 2022

Both consumer and business payments have been moving full steam ahead, catapulted by innovations like big data, open banking, and other advancements in technology. Artificial intelligence (AI) has played a big role in the payments evolution thus far and will continue to be a main player moving forward. IDC projects that financial services companies will spend $11 billion on artificial intelligence next year. While financial services and payments certainly stand to benefit from the AI revolution, all industries will experience benefits from these developments. Accenture reports that AI can boost rates of profitability by 38% on average by 2035 and could lead to an economic boost of $14 trillion among 16 industries across 12 economies by that time, too

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Cloud momentum is building in retail banking

whitePaper | November 24, 2021

For retail banks entering a post COVID-19 world, the only way is cloud. Today, the world’s most disruptive banks are in the cloud. For newcomer banks, cloud has been the only option for some time – and the same is increasingly true for established banks as well. Why? Because cloud is not only disruptive in its own right, but also provides the foundation for harnessing other emerging technologies. As the COVID-19 crisis continues to play out, the need for banks to transform digitally using cloud is accelerating by the day. To do this, banks must steer their operations toward a new operating model. One that delivers a highly relevant customer experiences, provides easy access to innovation, and reduces total cost of ownership (TCO) without the burden of managing security and infrastructure. The way to achieve all this? Cloud. And banks worldwide are getting the message.

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Key considerations when building a digital bank

whitePaper | February 1, 2023

Digitization is more than just using digital technologies. As technology and customer expectations evolved, banks squeezed new systems into their existing infrastructures. The result was a complex set of barely connected systems. To make matters worse, many banks’ IT landscapes have become fragile, inflexible, and expensive to operate. If the use of digital technologies doesn’t make a bank TRULY DIGITAL, what does? There are several steps that must be considered before choosing the right tools to build the solution you need to create your banks’ digital future. Download this white paper to learn more.

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The Gap in Financial Services and Customer Service Innovation

whitePaper | October 26, 2022

They claim that financial services institutions (FSIs) fall short in several areas, including anticipating needs, prioritizing financial wellness, and enabling customers to control their data.

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