The Digital Insurer: Putting customers at the centre
In a digitally-connected world insurers need to focus on individual customers, not siloed products – and the latest technologies are enabling them to do just that.
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How Frontier Firms use agentic AI to gain an edge in capital markets
Agentic AI is becoming a practical operating advantage in capital markets. Discover how frontier firms redesign workflows, strengthen governance, and turn AI investment into measurable operational impact.
IFX Forum Re-elects Board Director from Microsoft
The IFX Forum has announced the results of its Board of Directors elections. Member company representatives re-elected Victor Dossey, Industry Technology Strategist Worldwide Financial Services of Microsoft, for a new three-year term as Director.
The Digital Bank: Empowering the workforce
Banking professionals have access to a whole host of modern productivity tools to enable them to work more effectively. We hear from Peter Hazou about the opportunities available to banks and their employees.
Global banks join Efma, Microsoft and Avanade to recognize fintech solution award winners at the 2016 Efma Distribution Summit
Efma, Microsoft and Avanade are working together with some of the world’s largest financial institutions to launch a new Fintech portal, www.efma.com/fintech, to connect the rapidly expanding fintech community with retail banks and insurance firms globally. Today at the Efma Distribution Summit in London, Efma announced the fintech solution winners, based on entries within the portal, and selected by a committee of senior banking and insurance executives. The committee selected best-in-class fintech solutions within the following categories: Business Banking; Distribution and Marketing; Insurance; and PFM-Payments.
The FINTECH Book: An industry insider’s guide for the financial technology revolution
The FINTECH Book is your primary guide to the financial technology revolution and the disruption, innovation and opportunity therein.
Microsoft Envision: Breakthrough ideas in banking and capital markets—and the solutions to get you there
At Microsoft Envision you will gain crucial insights, discover new solutions, and build connections to help you drive your digital transformation.
Microsoft Envision: Gain crucial insights, discover new solutions, and build connections in Insurance
Disruption sounds scary—because it can be. But, with the rapid advances in business today you have to be a leader that makes smart, bold – and right! – decisions.
Azure Blockchain as a Service update #7
Azure's Blockchain as a Service continues to grow at a very rapid pace. In order to consolidate all of the various partner offerings and make them more easily discoverable for the most common uses, there are now going to be three main places where these assets can be found: •Certified Marketplace •Template library •DevTest labs •Artifact repo. Also- This week Microsoft welcomes: Algorythmix, Expanse, Influx, Monero, Radium and Tendermint.
Microsoft Envision: Breakthrough business insights in financial services
Global digitization combined with unprecedented changes to the financial services business model is mandating transformation. What’s your plan for digital transformation? How will you transform and perform in this new environment, satisfying clients and shareholders alike? Join us at Microsoft Envision from April 4-6, 2016 in New Orleans.
Azure Blockchain as a Service Update #6
Its getting hard to keep saying blockchain for everything in this space, so I'll just start referring to it as the distributed ledger ecosystem. Azure Blockchain as a Service has become a very diverse ecosystem hosting a wide variety of technologies. Open, is perhaps what best describes the current environment: A place for partners to put new platforms, frameworks, tools and services for curious customers to discover and experiment with.
The cost of insuring the world’s population is only $190 trillion
According to a calculation run by Willis Towers Watson, the cost of insuring the world’s population has been calculated at approximately $190 trillion, or roughly 2.5 times world GDP*.
Customer-Centricity Leading to a New Era of Digital Transformation
Digital disruption is now occurring at every level – accelerated by the rise of next generation customers who are much more mobile, socially connected and demanding for state-of-the-art services.