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The March Tiobe Index is out. I follow Java (1, up short term), Python (3, continual rise), R (11, steady mid-term) MATLAB (15, down mid-term), SAS (21, steady-ish) and Julia (49, wildly down?) as my ...
The business landscape of today is in constant flux and continually being disrupted by rapid change. From new competitors with disruptive business models to changing customer demographics and dynamics...
"The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom." Isaac Asimov This is a reprint from article in ReadWrite It might appear that da...
One thing that banks are not lacking is data. Adding events and event streams into the mix, both the volume and the quality of data will increase exponentially. In today’s data-driven world, banks ado...
Think chatbots, intelligent virtual assistants, and digital employees. These and other related technologies enable computers to engage in dialogue with people in natural ways using conversational arti...
As technologies such as 5G, IoT and AI are rolled out across industries, old business models are being overturned and new ones created, all in the name of progress. Even the most established industrie...
When you're assessing the creditworthiness of borrowers, you need technology to help you not only do it efficiently and get it right but also give you flexibility. So, is your credit assessment soluti...
Even though UBER being banned from London is old news (from 3 months ago), this is still quite relevant nowadays https://www.bbc.com/news/business-50544283 The reason as stated in new articles was t...
Last week, the US Department of Treasury published its 2020 Strategy document that "employs a whole-of-government approach to guide the public and private sectors in addressing 21st century illi...
As we enter a new decade, many financial providers plan to harness the power of automation and invest in advanced analytics such as Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence to help transform their...
Jokingly dubbed "deal prevention units" by some front-office staff, compliance teams now have the third most-stressful City jobs after that of an investment banker and a trader. Pre-crisis, ...
This is the second in a series of three blog posts which looks at how a digital finance transformation enables a future-ready finance department - one that can use data, technology and human talent to...