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Whether it’s consumer banking, trade finance, audit, or HR, Singapore-based DBS has led the way in transforming its operations via data analytics in order to make better-informed decisions, distinguish trends and stay at the top of its game.
As traditional banks look for new ways to compete in an increasingly connected global market, DBS Bank has embraced change and innovation, reimagining itself as a 22,000-person start-up and shedding the misperception of being a slow-paced financial institution.
Tim Decker Head of Payments Product Development, Global Transaction Banking, Lloyds Banking Group Global Finance: What are the key drivers of change right now? Tim Decker: For Lloyds Banking Group and the payments industry in general, several factors are driving ...
Based on an increasingly populist view that job losses and adverse economic impact have resulted from cross-border commerce, redistribution of manufacturing capabilities and offshoring, globalisation and trade have taken the brunt of bad press and negative reaction. Geopolitically, trade has long been a channel for the exercise of influence and power and has been creating value around the world for centuries.
This article deals with emerging issues in trading floor support, connectivity and the challenges in finding alpha, as well as examining the regulations, practices and systems that support the trading processes of investment banks.
David Wilkins, head of Global Markets E-Commerce at National Bank of Abu Dhabi, discusses the bank's digital platform, its e-commerce strategy, and Abu Dhabi as a Fintech hub straddling West and East.
Corporate treasurers are tasked with the responsibility to predict the future cash flow performance of their organiation
Companies are increasingly being targeted by fraud attacks – and the techniques used by fraudsters are becoming ever more sophisticated.
Susanna Scheffold, Head of Global Securities Services, UniCredit at SIBOS 2016 Geneva talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano.
Global banks have been reducing correspondent banking clients, either because they are commercially unviable or they fail today’s higher financial crime prevention standards. Efforts are now being made to rectify the situation.
Lisa Rossi, Deutsche Bank’s Global Head of Liquidity & Investment Product Development, Global Transaction Banking, discusses corporate concerns about liquidity management, the impact of regulations such as Basel III and the implications of negative interest rate regimes.
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To thrive, banks will need to find creative solutions for their customers – both new and old; known and unknown.
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Deutsche Bank’s Isabel Schmidt discusses FinTech and the banks digital strategy to delivering cutting edge digital payment services to clients and the challenges and opportunities presented by blockchain technology. She continues with the effect of standardized and streamlined digital payments on fees and Deutsche Bank's efforts to deliver advanced connectivity systems.
Deutsche Bank’s Graham Warner discusses the ways the Bank is taking advantage of big data to better service customers, their approach to keeping customer data and bank assets safe and how it differentiates its digital offerings in the marketplace.
Infosys discuss how utilities can help banks better compete in a more challenging economic and regulatory environment.
Deutsche Bank’s Jim Volkwein, named recently to Global Finance’s Who Who in Treasury, discusses three key market drivers in corporate cash management and trade finance: the changing role of treasury, the rapid growth of FinTech and the effects of regulation on banks and their clients
Companies find switching to digital trade documents saves time and money