To identify the cause of banks’ rising operating costs, fingers are pointed in many directions. The capital constraints imposed by Basel III and the cost of adapting legacy systems to the increasingly real-time and digital expectations of end-users are often …
Financial services firms are facing the most significant operational challenges in decades. Transactions must now be processed in a shorter time, with lower fail rates and at higher volumes, and all aspects of trading-related communications need to be recorded, captured …
September was the start of budget season, when department heads must make their case for new funds from the central pot. In recent years, costs and revenues have been allocated more assiduously, in line with both capital constraints and regulatory …
A big heartfelt thank-you to everyone who joined us for the launch of Taskize at Sibos. I was delighted and taken aback by the level of interest. It was impossible for our team to see everyone on the day.
The OTC derivatives rules will transform operations for the buy and sell side. Firms will need to monitor, move and mobilise collateral more quickly and efficiently, as well as improve transparency and reduce risk associated with their cleared OTC derivatives. …
With unprecedented pressure on operations finding more productivity is critical, but with a squeeze on resources and reduced budgets COOs need to look beyond traditional solutions to tackle the problem.
As part of The Banker’s Tech Talk series, technology editor Joy Macknight speaks to John O’Hara, CEO of Taskize, a fintech start-up which helps back office staff work more efficiently across banks. If you cannot access YouTube from your location, please click …
Financial institutions must work cohesively to implement business changes and realise efficiencies both through automation and the harmonisation of manual processes in their existing post-trade operations before they can unleash ambitions of introducing disruptive technologies into the mix.
Speaking to John Gubert of GTL Associates at NeMa 2016 in Dubrovnik, John O’Hara, CEO & Founder of Taskize, discusses the implementation of blockchain in the post-trade industry, and embracing innovation. Click here to see the original video on YouTube.
In a period of extraordinary technological innovation, it’s still people that make innovation a reality. The people in the middle and back office who manage the supply chain, answer calls at the service centres and create workflows to handle the …
