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REGTECH: WATCHING PERSONAL MOBILE DEVICES IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, BUT WHY?

However, with the advancement of the technology the new hot topic or one of those “elephant in the room” conversations banks like to avoid is the effectiveness of soft policies for monitoring personal mobile devices on trading floors. To avoid market abuse via personal mobiles and ultimately to help protect the consumer, banks and financial services organisations have to, and now can do, more.

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HOW DOCUMENTATION CAN SAVE YOUR FINTECH PROJECT

FinTech is a high risk high reward industry. Most think about the “reward” side of the equation, but the real experts understand the value of risk mitigation.

A common risk of software development is making compromises that will back the team into a corner with things like bugs or technical debt. These issues can be covered with basic development fundamentals — thorough testing, extensive quality assurance, and a diligent attitude towards refactoring. But there is one more fundamental prerequisite to a projects long-term success — documentation. This includes support documentation, testing documentation, and the general documentation of processes surrounding the development, maintenance, and functionality of the project.

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DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION: ACCELERATING THE CHANGE IN FINTECH

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the topic of digital transformation was on the agenda for most companies as they developed a strategy for 2020. The myriad benefits, efficiency enhancements and cost savings made possible by reimagining how people, technology and processes interact on a daily basis were alluring and innovative, but, at that time, not wholly essential to ensuring business continuity.

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CRYPTOCURRENCIES: WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD?

Cryptocurrency has been a hot topic among senior banking and investment figures of late, with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon describing bitcoin as a “fraud”. Speaking at a conference, Dimon said the digital currency is “not a real thing,” adding “eventually it will be closed.” Usually when an industry giant speaks, you would be wise to listen. But, whilst Dimon’s comments may have attracted headlines in the business pages, and he is not alone in his views, it is also worth noting that opinion on this topic is divided.

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HOW THE PANDEMIC CHANGED FINTECH STRATEGY FOR 2021

At the beginning of 2020, it seemed that ‘digital transformation’ was going to be the dominant industry trend for fintech throughout the year. However, at the onset of Spring, this changed unprecedentedly for most of the world as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold. From that point onwards long-standing industry pain points could no longer be ignored: digital strategies had to reflect the new normal, fast.

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