Market Insights

A realistic guide for community banks and credit unions that want to improve efficiency and deliver a better customer experience

Getting the news that your core is going to be sunsetted can initially be unsettling and stressful ... but it doesn't have to be. With proper preparation and a plan of action, your business is about to change for the better with surprising opportunities that will position you for the future.

As fintech initiatives continue to revolutionise the trade finance industry, a group of trade experts gathered at Cyberport to discuss the main developments in the industry.

Be prepared for CECL way ahead of January 2020 with this White Paper that addresses its relationship with financial institution's risk appetites, challenges posed by modelling and more.

Banks are well aware of their need to innovate. In countless other sectors, services are digitally delivered by companies built on digital ecosystems. How can banks today double down on innovation efforts and escape legacy with new technology?

Learn how cloud based payment solutions are gaining momentum as fears ease over security, regulatory compliance, cost and risk.

Our platform partner Microsoft finds out why Finastra chose Microsoft Azure

Finastra's vision behind the strategic partnership of Microsoft and Finastra

Corporate banks who choose not to participate in the new open API ecosystem face disintermediation. How do they embrace this third wave of APIs if they want to be part of the future of payments?

How do banks combat disintermediation as geopolitical volatility, changing customer expectations and emerging technologies redefine the global trade landscape?

With the planned phase out of LIBOR in 2021, this paper looks at the operational implications the transition will cause for commercial and syndicated lenders.

Consolidating systems and support can improve operational efficiency by 20–30%, cloud computing can lower IT related costs by more than 20%, and AI can reduce costs and process times by 40% per process. Given the total investment that banks and credit unions make in IT and business process execution, such improvements...

Open Banking is an opportunity to transform the value chain of banking — in how banks engage customers, offer them new products and services, and work with third parties to bring these new propositions to market. Finastra’s Open Banking Readiness Index, powered by IDC, provides a framework for banks to discover...

Infographic based on "Bank as a Platform" white paper by Efma & Finastra.

Open APIs are emerging as the vital enabler underpinning a new era of banking and payments services, driven by global initiatives and regulations such as PSD2. The collaboration model of the Open API ecosystem enables banks to harness FinTech-led innovation to deliver smarter, better payments experiences. Discover how in our new...