Fidor is a bank without a branch. It does however have a license. Launched in Germany in 2009, Fidor has integrated social media into the heart of its operations (it changes its interest rate on savings based on the number of Likes on its Facebook page) and is implementing the concept of ‘banking as-a-service’ by […]
In today’s data-driven society things are changing fast. Banks and other organisations need to embrace change and adapt in order to survive. Data portability, a relatively new concept born out of the new Open Banking legislation, is providing a raft of opportunities, benefits and challenges for organisations, depending which hat they are wearing. As consumers, […]
For many years data monetisation has been seen as a way for data organisations (traditionally seen as cost centres) to reduce, or at least justify, their expense. By assembling data and then selling it either externally to third-party vendors, or internally within their own company, a data organisation could recoup some of its costs. This is, […]
Development and implementation of a regulatory compliant, critical end-user developed application enabled opportunities for efficiency gain, application investment and cost control to be identified quickly and safely for a leading Bank.
GDPR US impact Much has been written in Europe about the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a new set of legislation due to come into effect on May 25, 2018, and billed as having the greatest impact on data collection, storage and usage of any regulation in the last 20 years. Fundamentally, from this date, […]
A Tier 2 Bank achieves $10 million in additional revenue from increased Delta 1 trading capabilities, while reducing infrastructure overheads and enhancing data accuracy and completeness.
Enable teams to work remotely or on site, safe in the knowledge there will always be adequate space.
The term data science may not yet have made it into the official Oxford or Webster’s dictionaries, but it won’t be long. Also known as data-driven science, it is an interdisciplinary field about scientific methods, processes and systems used to extract knowledge or insights from data in various forms. Used correctly, it has the potential […]
Reimagining the banking sector – staying ahead of the buzzwords Business, and particularly banking, is all about buzzwords. Whether it’s DevOps, Big Data, robotics or Blockchain, most people have been talking and reading about them for a while now – and in the background, a few teams have actually been practicing them. Here at Brickendon, […]
Brickendon’s Executive Director and MiFID specialist, Harpreet Singh features in the latest edition of Intercontinental Finance & Law (issue: 148/18) discussing the impact of Brexit on MiFID II and the implications that have dominated the financial services sector. MiFID II went live on 3rd January 2018 however there are already speculations of a newer version of […]