Financial services and fintech

Will CBDCs solve crypto’s problems? Or make traditional finance even worse? This article is sponsored by:

Grappling with the big digital questions in the world of money – that thing that fewer and fewer people have much of. We assess the role of cryptocurrencies in a world of CBDCs.

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Opening up innovation - Société Générale banks on Red Hat to accelerate software development This article is sponsored by:

The finance giant is using OpenShift Dev Spaces to open up innovation to as many people as possible.

DeFi meltdown as Luna, UST, and other tokens plunge This article is sponsored by:

Chris Middleton looks at a torrid week for alternative finance.

Starbucks goes 'trenta' on NFTs and Web 3.0 to create the digital third space, but is the timing right? This article is sponsored by:

Starbucks hasn't invested where it needed to over the past couple of years and the core business needs attention. So now's the time to go big on NFTs, right?

German bank NORD/LB embraces rapid change with Kafka and Confluent This article is sponsored by:

NORD/LB is undergoing a transformation programme worth approximately 500 million euros - part of that is unleashing data across the organization to embrace rapid change.

Bank of America now selling more digitally than in person - tech budget increases to $3.6 billion This article is sponsored by:

Bank of America delivered a solid set of results and was positive on outlook. Its digital capabilities and investments continue to fuel growth at the bank.

Enteprise hits and misses - decentralized finance wins buzzword bingo, personalization gets questioned, and climate reporting heats up This article is sponsored by:

This week - decentralized finance wins buzzword bingo, but is it an enterprise disruptor? A personalization report issues benchmarks, and raises questions. Time for AI ethics - as a free service? Thanks to the Twitterati, the whiffs keep coming.

US challenger bank Current uses Neo4j graph technology to build services centered around customer relationships This article is sponsored by:

Neo4j graph also central to New York-based Fintech Current’s move into blockchain based ‘hybrid’ finance

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The Digital Dollar, the Digital Pound - where US and UK thinking on digital currencies sits in the world This article is sponsored by:

Europe's contemplating its Digital Euro plans, but what's happening in the US and the UK.

Europe looks towards the Digital Euro, but "less privacy by default" may leave it playing catch-up This article is sponsored by:

What chance a Digital Euro? Privacy is going to be a big barrier to jump on the way...

Why banks are taking a multi-cloud approach This article is sponsored by:

Leo Leung of Oracle explains why banks must now address the risks associated with an expanding and rapidly changing technology footprint and consider the benefits of multi-cloud.

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US finally moves on crypto - but it’s a hug, not a punch This article is sponsored by:

America has made a belated move to forge a policy response to cryptocurrencies and digital assets.

Lift and shift is easy to say, but the cloud reality can be different - intelligent learnings from Wells Fargo Bank This article is sponsored by:

Cloud modernization can be done, and done successfully, but a simple `lift-and-shift’ it certainly is not.