Financial Technology Insight

Content Sessions

The Crisis of Confidence in Financial Services and Impact on IT
Bank on IT: Cost Reduction and Process Improvement for Today's Banking Operations
Panel Discussion. Who Does IT Well?
Looking for the Silver Lining as More Regulatory & Storm Clouds Build for thePost Credit Crunch Bankers
How Green is Your Financial Institution’s House?

The Crisis of Confidence in Financial Services and Impact on IT

Dave Potterton, Global VP Research, Financial Insights
Jeanne Capachin, VP, Financial Insights Global Banking and Insurance Practices

The financial services industry is in turmoil like never before, and there are "instant experts" offering opinions about out future. Dave Potterton, Global VP Research, and Jeanne Capachin, Vice President Research, from Financial Insights will provide insight into their analysis of the impact on IT in the industry. How will the large mergers and acquisition impact spend an ongoing projects? Where are the areas banks will continue to invest? What will the large scale restructuring of the industry mean to the future of vendors serving the industry and IT and business executives as they try to execute their plans.

Bank on IT: Cost Reduction and Process Improvement for Today's Banking Operations

Moderated by Financial Insights Analysts

Bank operations are the groups that bear the impact of cost reductions most heavily when bank's reduce staff. The staff in operations are not customer-facing, but it is the operations group that make sure payments get processed, loans get approved, and statements are generated. Before staff reductions can be made, institutions msut review processes and with appropriate technology investments automate processes, imporve exception management, and increase efficiencies. this panel will review some of the approaches banks can take to achieve cost savings without degrading customer experience.

Panel Discussion. Who Does IT Well?

Jeanne Capachin, VP, Financial Insights Global Banking and Insurance Practices
Peter Farley, MD, Financial Insights EMEA
Patricia McGinnis, Research Director, Corporate Banking Practice

There are pockets of IT excellence in financial institutions from all corners of the globe. In this panel discussion Financial Insight's team of analysts will discuss the ways in which institutions excel in their regions. Which are leaders, what do they do well, and where can they learn from the best practices of another region.

Looking for the Silver Lining as More Regulatory & Storm Clouds Build for the Post Credit Crunch Bankers

Peter Farley, MD, Financial Insights EMEA

Do banks again have themselves to blame for a likely new wave of regulatory and compliance requirements in the wake of credit crunch exposed business and risk management deficiencies? Some banks have already positioned themselves to take advantage of these new challenges through a combination of new technology solutions and business practises. Nowhere is this more evident than in Europe where financial institutions have also had to come to terms with the twin impositions of SEPA and MiFID, but which if treated as deregulation can create more opportunities than threats.

How Green is Your Financial Institution’s House?

Patricia McGinnis, Research Director, Corporate Banking Practice

This session will provide financial institutions with timely guidance about maximizing their "Green IT" technology investments. Patricia McGinnis, research director, Corporate Banking will focus on the best practices of "greening" the financial services industry. In many financial institutions, the concept and the mission seem firmly planted on executive desktops versus just being green marketing hype. Financial institutions are making a real difference and this session will highlight several initiatives in place throughout the banking industry. We will discuss ways to create a "green enterprise" framework that institutions can utilize to balance business demands while building a "greener" AND better bottom line. This session provides a framework that defines greening, particularly on initiatives and issues that fall outside the datacenter, for all three financial industry segments (banking, capital markets, and insurance). In addition, it will provide guidance to financial institutions, FinTech, and infrastructure vendors that serve one or more of the industry segments.

Please note that all sessions are subject to change.