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Face-to-Face Events:
June 26-27, 2012
Bank Systems & Technology's Treasury Services Summit
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2012
Bank Systems & Technology 7th Annual Executive Summit
June 26-27, 2012
Bank Systems & Technology's Treasury Services Summit
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2012
Bank Systems & Technology 7th Annual Executive Summit
Online Events:
February 23, 2012
Leveraging Technology to Solve the Top Regulatory Challenges of 2012
February 28, 2012
Optimizing Customer Communications and Content Management to Improve Profitability
March 7, 2012
Analytics: The Key To Avoiding Past Mistakes
March 15, 2012
Aligning Finance, Risk and Treasury Operations: Is Your Financial Institution Prepared for the Impact of New Regulations?
February 23, 2012
Leveraging Technology to Solve the Top Regulatory Challenges of 2012
February 28, 2012
Optimizing Customer Communications and Content Management to Improve Profitability
March 7, 2012
Analytics: The Key To Avoiding Past Mistakes
March 15, 2012
Aligning Finance, Risk and Treasury Operations: Is Your Financial Institution Prepared for the Impact of New Regulations?
SAS: Layered Security for Fraud Prevention
Dave Stewart, a SAS expert in bank fraud prevention, describes how a layered security framework, combined with advanced analytics, allows leading financial institutions to identify hidden exposures and dramatically reduce their losses due to fraud.
SAS: Layered Security for Fraud PreventionDave Stewart, a SAS expert in bank fraud prevention, describes how a layered security framework, combined with advanced analytics, allows leading financial institutions to identify hidden exposures and dramatically reduce their losses due to fraud.
SAS: Optimizing for Banking GrowthSAS financial services expert, Brent Lever, describes the business analytics technique known as ‘optimization.’ Lever explains how optimization can help banks improve outcomes and overcome constraints in order to maximize top and bottom-line results.
What Consumers Want From Mobile Banking AppsIn this video, Madhavi Mantha, principal and head of banking research at analyst firm Novarica, shares new research on consumer preferences vis a vis mobile banking, and what banks should do to respond to these trends.
- SAS: Layered Security for Fraud PreventionDave Stewart, a SAS expert in bank fraud prevention, describes how a layered security framework, combined with advanced analytics, allows leading financial institutions to identify hidden exposures and dramatically reduce their losses due to fraud.
- SAS: Optimizing for Banking GrowthSAS financial services expert, Brent Lever, describes the business analytics technique known as ‘optimization.’ Lever explains how optimization can help banks improve outcomes and overcome constraints in order to maximize top and bottom-line results.
- What Consumers Want From Mobile Banking AppsIn this video, Madhavi Mantha, principal and head of banking research at analyst firm Novarica, shares new research on consumer preferences vis a vis mobile banking, and what banks should do to respond to these trends.
Optimizing Costs While Improving AgilityWhile short-term cost reduction can be easily achieved, long-term cost optimization requires that financial institutions simplify their business models, rethink their organizational structures, and employ technology in new ways.
Top Strategies in Risk ManagementOne financial services discipline that has taken a lot of heat has been risk management. Some experts say the beginnings of the financial crisis were allowed to form because firms didn’t practice risk management correctly.
Risk Management: The Role of TechnologyHow did the financial services industry collectively get to where it is today, with politicians making examples of every bonus, and regulators threatening new restrictions on everything from executive pay to flash orders?
Regulation and Its Impact on Client Acquisition in BankingKeeping a client informed through good communication seems like one of the most basic things that a financial firm can do to improve customer relationships. But, more often than not, they don’t do a good job with client management.
Client Acquisition and Retention in BankingNot only have financial firms been hammered by losses due to risky investments, but they are losing clients to competitors as well.
Banking Industry Framework Accelerates Time to ValueIBM’s Banking Industry Framework provides fast, measurable returns with demonstrated payback to solve the banking industry’s newest paradox: how to cut costs while investing for the future by
Heartland Breach: Lessons LearnedHeartland Payment Systems suffered a major security breach at the hands of Russian Hackers. It sent shockwaves through the industry. We talked to CSO Kris Herrin about the attack and what's being done at Heartland and across the industry.
Client Acquisition & Retention: Transparency, TransparencyNot only have financial firms been hammered by losses due to risky investments, they are also losing clients to competitors as well. Research shows that firms couldn't have kept their clients by simply providing a few answers - something very....
How Technology Is Changing Corporate TreasuryThe Financial Crisis has dramatically changed the landscape for Corporate Banking, and posed new challenges for corporate Treasurers. Technology innovations are revolutionizing the corporate banking, treasury, and cash management functions.
New Products at Sibos: SmartstreamAt the Sibos conference, dozens of new financial services products are released. Smartstream’s CEO discusses his company’s take on the 2009 Sibos conference as well as his firm’s new product releases.
Martin Wolf unpluggedMartin Wolf, Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times, speaks about the current state of the financial industry. Mr. Wolf also talks about his concerns, predictions, and what we can expect in the months to come. 
Expense Reduction: The New IT OrganizationAlthough the credit markets have thawed and things are looking better, no one expects technology budgets to return to 2007 levels. Therefore, managing with limited budgets is something that CIO's will need to do in the foreseeable future.
Risk Management: Enterprisewide Risk AnalysisOne financial services discipline that has taken a lot of heat has been risk management. Some experts say the beginnings of the financial crisis were allowed to form because firms didn't practice risk management correctly.
Sibos Video Wrap Up: Risk, Central Clearing and Efficiency As Sibos 2009 closes, experts discuss some of the trends at the show, including the future of central clearing, risk management and how new applications can further increase efficiency in financial service.
M&A: Cost Savings Through Rapid IntegrationBanks have combined over the years hoping to find the perfect match of clients, staff, and technology. Too often technology is never integrated. Integrating technology from two companies is no easy task, but cost and operating savings can be enormous
Sibos Day 2: Typhoon and Crowd SourcingAt the Sibos conference in Hong Kong Typhoon Koppu was the talk of the show. Also, Chris Skinner, chair of the Financial Services Club, discusses the future of crowd sourcing in financial services.
SIBOS Day 1: Payments Mkt Sees Impact of Global Finan CrisisAccording to the findings in the 2009 Global Payments Report from the Royal Bank of Scotland and Capgemini, the global financial crisis has caused a decline in the overall global payments volume. Also, an IBM and S.W.I.F.T. study finds that risk mana
Daily Video Reporting from SibosGreg MacSweeney, Editor in Chief of Wall Street & Technology welcomes you to the first of a series of video reports that we will be filming at the Sibos financial securities conference...
Toward transparency and sustainabilityRecently, IBM conducted a survey of more than 2,700 financial services industry participants to determine four things:Which forces are disrupting the industry?What will clients be willing to pay for?How will the basis for competition change?
Core Systems Transformation Chalk TalkBecause one size doesn’t fit all, IBM offers multiple solution paths and a variety of technology tools and methodologies to help financial institutions cut costs and deliver value when renovating core banking systems.
TowerGroup and RiskPeople haven't been able to get a holistic view of risk in their organizations. Too many silos, how do you integrate risk within financial institutions. The level of investment needed to address risk is left to the operations. 
Banking Centers of Excellence IBM’s Banking Centers of Excellence help financial institutions and payments processers optimize their current technology investments, increase flexibility, and create a roadmap for the future. 
Eco-Finance in Brazil: One Bank's Green JourneyBanco Real believes there is a high correlation between organizations that are environmentally sound and those that are financially sound. Those are the organizations the bank wants to do business with. 
Core Banking TransformationTransforming core banking systems may not seem prudent in today’s uncertain economic environment, but financial institutions can mitigate risks and costs by focusing on progressive renovation and incremental changes. 
IBM Integrated Workplaces One of the primary challenges facing retail banks these days is improving communications with their customers. This includes not only exploiting new technologies available in the online world, but also empowering their employees with better tools.
Managing Credit RiskThe IBM Cognos Credit Risk business intelligence reporting application provides financial institutions with an up-to-date and comprehensive analytical view of their credit portfolio across the enterprise. With a timely, accurate and consistent view 
Combating Financial CrimeTo combat increasingly sophisticated types of financial crime, financial institutions need an enterprise-wide view of areas of vulnerability coupled with effective decision-making to reduce fraud losses and protect their reputations. 
Customer Care and Insight Across Channels IBM’s Customer Care and Insight solution provides a holistic, enterprise-wide view of customer information, helping solve customer-oriented business problems across marketing, sales, service and compliance. 
KANA Multi-Channel Customer Service SolutionsFinancial institutions can use multi-channel access combined with integrated case management and knowledge management to drive down the high cost of multi-channel customer service, while at the same time significantly enhancing the customer experienc
Consolidated Payments Hub Enables Green Computing Consolidating payment systems on a single platform can help you drive towards improved efficiency in your payments business as well as savings in energy, floor space and cooling. 
Driving Revenue and Deepening Customer RelationshipsReducing costs, deepening customer relationships, and increasing revenue are achievable by deploying customer care solutions that help employees understand their customers’ needs better and provide efficient, accurate and informed service. 
World Bank's CGAP: Drive Mobile MicrofinanceCGAP is the global microfinance center for The World Bank, and is co-funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We talked to microfinance analyst, Mark Pickens, about CGAP, its research, and how the world of microfinance should progress.
Case Management Integrated Solution Excellence in customer service is becoming a key differentiator for retail banking organizations. But, delivering excellent customer service is especially challenging for banks as they strive to bring multiple lines of business 
Dynamic Product & Service Management For BanksIn today’s tumultuous times banks in the U.S. and across the world are faced with four key challenges: revenue enhancement, expense reduction, consolidation, and the onslaught of regulatory requirements coming out of Washington and other governments
Enterprise Content Management for Customer Care Banks and other financial services companies were among the earliest adopters of content management – from the early days of scanning documents, all the way through to workflow-based document processing. 
Experimenting with Web 2.0Managing the reputational risk in social networking 
Microsoft - Payments Services FactoryA single processing platform for payments, Microsoft’s payments services factory enables banks to offer their corporate customers streamlined treasury operations to make their payments processes more efficient and affordable. 
Delivering a Secure Customer Experience Unisys provides a fully secure financial services supply chain using technologies that support an enterprise-wide, holistic approach to identity management, risk assessment and mitigation, physical security, and business process outsourcing. 
Innovating Out of Crisis The winners in the banking industry need to simplify their current business models and make conscious choices where to focus their business, including taking a customer-centric view of pricing and risk. 
Dynamic Service and Guided SellingBanks that have invested in technology and innovation to reduce costs and improve efficiency during the past several years are best prepared to weather the current liquidity and credit crisis. 
2008 Global CEO Study Priorities for financial institutions include globalizing their enterprise to capitalize on growth in new marketplaces, establishing partners in complimentary businesses, and undertaking socially and environmentally responsible practices.
Emerging Opportunities in Payments Financial institutions miss opportunities by not getting involved with their corporate customers early in the financial supply chain payments process and offering new products such as reconciliation and cash and liquidity management. 
Risk Management: Part 1 Achieving an enterprise-wide view of risk 
Risk Management: Part 2 Role specific data for on-demand risk management 
The Evolving Role of Payments Mobile payments continue to evolve. Contactless payment types are especially promising in less-developed economies. Microloans and remittance processing provide an entry into the financial mainstream for scores of new bank customers. 
Convergence and Efficiency in Payments IBM provides many products and services that can help financial institutions become more efficient, including business modeling tools, best practices, and payments solutions with embedded business processes. 
Big Winners & Losers in Payments: Where are you Headed?A follow on to Unisys’ Big Winners & Big Losers thought leadership series validating the five critical actions that must be taken in order to survive and prosper in tomorrow’s payments business is the research being conducted by Financial Insights. 
Customer Care and InsightWayne Wilczynski, Executive, IBM Global Business Services on the changing needs of banking customers.
The Business of Being GreenIBM's Bob Hoey Talks About Green Computing
TCS Financial Solutions Global FocusTCS Financial Soutions Helps Manage Risk, Support Growth
Core Systems TransformationProgressive Renovation: Simplicity, Efficiency, Low Risk 
Innovation in BankingInnovation Drives New Services, Culture & Growth
Delivering The Customer ExperienceUnderstanding Customer Expectations Through Technology
Globalization In The Banking SectorGrowth Requires Expansion; Affects Every Bank
