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Unlocking the promise of digital payments

The world is moving towards a cashless future. The benefits for both consumers and businesses – convenience, cost and speed – are indisputable. So why is it that B2B digital payments are still lagging behind their B2C cousins and what concrete actions can we take to close that gap?

Keeping your head above water

The most important result to come out of this year’s R&M Fund Accounting & Administration Survey is the fact that all providers are seen to have coped remarkably well with the challenging conditions in 2020 with COVID-19, lockdowns and working from home

Why STP efforts in post-trade need to go multi-lateral

Only by aligning all players along the custody value chain in a multi-lateral effort, will we be able to make STP a reality

The perfect fit

With payments becoming faster, digital, frictionless and invisible, collaboration between fintechs and banks will be key for future innovation and development in the payments space

Investors are driving demands for economic substance

Guernsey Finance’s Rupert Pleasant reflects on the importance of economic substance in determining a domicile for investment funds

Delivering certainty in uncertain times

TriOptima explains how it combines the reduction of gross notional exposure and the conversion of net risk exposure to deliver outsized results, partnering its portfolio compression network with core net ICE LIBOR over-the-counter swap portfolios

Time is critical

The financial services industry had several inherent challenges coming into 2020, however, IHS Markit’s Michael McPolin says the pandemic has not significantly changed the challenges for financial institutions, but it has amplified the need and time criticality to take action

Firm foundations

Operational resilience, robust infrastructure and technology in the back office of securities post trade has enabled the front end to cope with unprecedented trading volumes and prepare for an uncertain future, according to Michaela Ludbrook of Deutsche Bank

A shift in mindset

Scorpeo CEO Matt Ruoss discusses the challenges of analysing events and optimising processes to maximise value for shareholders

Just the tonic

Although they are still recovering from the impact of COVID-19, banks know they must get to grips with costly, inefficient operations. Nick Smith of SmartStream asks if a new breed of high performance, outcome-focused managed services are just the tonic they need

Compliance Corner: FCA Market Watch 65

Cappitech discusses the Financial Conduct Authority’s continued focus on transaction reporting under MiFID II

Servicing the demand

The attractive pull of technology promises countless opportunities, but with ever-changing technology, how is the fund services industry working to keep up to speed?

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