Reimagining the Future of Finance: How Financial Services Can Thrive in a Post-Pandemic World
By Aqsa Zubair The COVID-19 pandemic was life-changing in many ways. For business leaders, it forced a break from simply focusing on routine day-to-day tasks and emphasized the necessity for thinking future forward. For me, it solidified the hard-earned lessons I have always applied to my work. My experience growing …
Creating Hyper-Personalized Financial Services in the Age of Data
By Reg Marrinier The global pandemic has accelerated the rise of the digital economy, driving financial institutions to continuously contemplate the next big innovation to differentiate their service offerings. With huge stores of transactional data and client histories, financial institutions need to activate the value of data assets if they …
Canadian SMBs weathered COVID disruptions, but struggling to meet workers’ new demands, new Sage study finds
Two in five companies have shifted priorities in the last six months to drive growth and innovation, but find it challenging to hire and mitigate employee burnout TORONTO, ON–Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions, partnered with the Angus Reid Group for a newly commissioned report, Forward Together: …
Québec joins coalition to accelerate marketing zero-emission heavy-duty vehicles in North America
NEW YORK, NY–The Government of Québec is taking part in the work of the Multi-State ZEV Task Force, a coalition of 16 U.S. states that will work together to accelerate the electrification of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles in their territories. Benoit Charette, Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate …
Canadian businesses believe burnout will hurt companies’ bottom line this year, new Sage study in Canada finds
Business leaders share concerns for employees’ wellbeing; a hybrid work model; and investing for recovery TORONTO, ON–Sage, the market leader in cloud business management solutions, uncovered the impact of burnout on Canadian businesses in a new commissioned report – 2021 Forward Together. The report found: Among businesses hurt by the …
FICO Research Highlights Challenges for Fraud, Financial Crime Teams Amidst Pandemic
SAN JOSE, CA–Global analytics software provider, FICO, released new research that highlights the key challenges North American fraud and financial crime teams faced amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. The majority of senior executives (68 percent) said that remote working had a major impact on maintaining effective fraud and financial crime prevention …
5 Growth Opportunities to Seize in the Fintech Industry in 2021
Frost & Sullivan experts present key trends and strategic recommendations for the global fintech market SANTA CLARA, CA–The COVID-19 pandemic has certainly upended the financial services industry (FSI), but the overall impact it has had around the globe – on people, businesses, and the economy – is massive. The FSI …
Younger, FOMO-inclined adults view social media as source for investment tips
VANCOUVER, BC–Younger adults and those who experience the fear of missing out (FOMO) are more likely to think social media is a good place to find investment opportunities, according to new research from the British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC). In addition, many younger adults and people who have FOMO say …
Brilliance Financial Technology Launches DPX
NEW YORK, NY–Brilliance Financial Technology has released DPX, an integrated solution that combines pricing, rates and product and profitability management. DPX gives banks new capabilities to grow profits in real time with the following: –Pricing management, with artificial intelligence and machine learning technology that helps banks structure and price deals …
VMware Releases Blockchain Platform
PALO ALTO, CA–VMware has made commercially available the VMware Blockchain product. Businesses are provided an extensible and scalable enterprise-grade platform to unlock data silos and free up data so it can flow securely, privately and instantaneously. Here are the needs that VMware Blockchain meets. Businesses run on data and workflows …