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Emmanuel Hadjidakis | Chair of the Global Financial Institutions Group
Emmanuel Hadjidakis | Chair of the Global Financial Institutions Group
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AI in Financial Services
AI is already used within the financial sector, but with the arrival of generative AI, what new use cases are there and how are they likely to affect the industry?
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Why Banks Are Cautious About Fintech M&A
Acquiring technology may be cheaper and quicker than developing it in-house, but traditional banks are wary of overpaying and cautious about the risks inherent in innovative business models.
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Biometrics in Financial Services
Will biometrics be a game changer in the race to fortify the financial ecosystem against fraudsters?
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Central Bank Digital Currencies
Central banks in all the world's major economies and many others are exploring the creation of digital currencies, with a handful of emerging economies having already launched their own.
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Modular Financial Services
Digital technology promises the modularization of many services — characterized by the involvement
Quantum Computing
Quantum computing remains under development, but because it promises to be a game changer for business, financial institutions can no longer ignore the benefits and risks
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Financial Stability
For all the benefits fintech has introduced it has also exposed the financial system to new vulnerabilities. These interconnected risks include destabilizing factors, raising questions about the financial systems’ fragility.
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THE NEXT DECADE IN FINTECH
The financial sector exemplifies the huge benefits that come from embracing innovation and digital disruption, but staying on the cutting edge of progress demands constant evolution.
The Next Decade in Fintech explores the technologies reshaping the financial sector and looks at how the structure of financial institutions and the delivery of its services are evolving.
"Fintech and digital transformation are transforming the business models of financial institutions; the need to increase the return on capital and reduce costs in the face of investor and competitive forces are causing financial institutions to invest in new technologies. As a result, these technologies are reshaping how financial institutions deliver services, earn revenue and monetize value.
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"Some third parties are not licensed. This raises questions over consumer protection, prudential sufficiency and potentially,
"Only a small handful of dominant market players will have the capital to invest not just in collecting and analyzing that data,
"The combination of banks' customer data with start-ups' digital strengths has brought a number of innovative new services to the market in areas such as mobile payments."
"[The system must be interoperable] not only [to] foster inclusion, but also a competitive environment where private sector companies — banks and merchants — can both interoperate with the CBDC and compete among themselves to drive down the prices of services to individuals."
"There is a concern over future cyber security and resilience if there is no investment in [quantum] systems, and the National Cyber Security Center in the UK has previously warned that firms should be considering now already how to protect their data from
quantum powered threats."