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During these trying times we have not been idle. Quite the opposite, we found an opportunity in the pandemic. Read our unique view on implementing Scaled Agile.

Central Banks are assessing the possibility to release National Digital Currencies that could potentially substitute cash. This idea will allow Central Banks to have absolute control of all the money supplies. On top of that, they will compete with Commercial Banks for deposit accounts. An important technology that can contribute to this development is Blockchain.

The U.S. government has fined Rabobank National Association, a California-based subsidiary of Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A. (Rabobank) with EUR 298 million after admitting deficiencies with the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance program. Money Laundering is a threat to the long-term sustainability of businesses. In the eyes of the regulators, AML is critical because it compromises a company’s

The implementation of PSD2 will enable Third Party Payment Providers in executing payments on behalf of their customers, thus heightening the risk of fraudulent transactions. This is the main reason why the European Banking Authority (EBA) has developed Guidelines in cooperation with the European Central Bank (ECB) to ensure implementation of high-level fraud reporting requirements

Open Banking is emerging across worldwide global banking. The concept makes use of open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) that enable third party developers to build applications and services. The concept sets a framework for security and consumer protection as data sharing increases. In our latest paper ‘Open Banking: Impact, Challenges and Strategies in Financial Services’,

Trade finance is going through a technological revolution. There are a handful of financial institutions attempting to incorporate Blockchain technology applications in the trade finance process. This way, banks can increase the cross-border financing to SME’s and bloom their businesses. The promise of the Blockchain is that it has the ability to streamline the trade finance process

An increasing number of financial service institutions are introducing an Agile way of working as a formula for a greater chance of success.  Financial insitutions are aiming to adopt the trend eversince it was introduced. Agile is said to have great benefits in terms of increased innovation pace, competitive business, mobility and flexbility, reduced costs and