Practice – AI & Data

To Strengthen Control, Compliance and Competitive Advantage with Brickendon’s Data Solutions Executive Overview As we enter 2026, the regulatory banking landscape is defined by heightened supervisory scrutiny, accelerated digital transformation, AI-enabled decisioning, and increasingly complex data ecosystems. Financial institutions are expected not only to meet evolving regulatory obligations, but to demonstrate control, transparency and resilience […]

Firms that manage these risks effectively will gain a clear competitive advantage. Executive Overview The migration from SWIFT MT messages to ISO 20022 represents one of the most significant changes to global payments in decades. While many institutions have focused on meeting technical deadlines, experience across the industry shows that the real challenge is not […]

Strategic Implications for Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk Executive Overview The publication of the UK’s final Basel 3.1 rules in January 2026 has brought long-awaited clarity to the regulatory agenda, while also confirming a delay to implementation. The UK authorities have now confirmed that Basel 3.1 will come into force on 1 January 2027, […]

Navigating European Central Bank (ECB) Valuation Inspections with Confidence Executive Overview European Central Bank (ECB) inspections of valuation frameworks have become markedly more rigorous, forensic, and data-driven. Supervisors now undertake deep reviews across valuation governance, pricing models, market data, methodologies, controls, and underlying system architecture. These inspections extend well beyond high-level compliance checks, placing sustained […]

Employee governance best practices, provide high-quality products and services and ensure technical proficiency in holistic ways that help reduce costs and improve customer service.

The scale of the environmental impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beginning to become clearer. On the positive side, AI will no doubt be used to find ways to optimise energy use and reduce waste across various industries and be better at allocating scare resources. However, the development and deployment of AI requires substantial computational […]

Innovation is not a new concept but embracing it rapidly and adapting to the disruption it brings is going to be key in 2025. Those that fail to innovate, and in particular quickly embrace technological innovations to enhance their core offerings, risk being left behind in the race to triumph in the financial markets. As […]

Many organizations are struggling with rising costs and the ongoing need to invest intheir business to survive in an increasingly competitive marketplace. ImplementingRobotic Process Automation (RPA) has been proven to help organizations address theseissues. Here we look at how a leading eFX trading organization increased tradingvolumes and revenues by implementing RPA within their Customer Integration […]

Dealing with the vast amounts of data within an organisation can be challenging. Brickendon believes that addressing these needs in a holistic way helps reduce costs and improve customer service. Our data quality solution aims to be the internal data provider of choice within the firm by employing governance best practices, providing high-quality products and services […]

“Know yourself and know your enemy. You win all battles” – so states Sun Tzu in his Art of War. Other prominent leaders have also stressed the importance of good information. Knowing and understanding your business is essential for good decision making which has a direct impact on its performance. One could argue that many […]