Discovery Data’s Bob Skea on Finding Answers in Data and Technology

Discovery Data’s Bob Skea on Finding Answers in Data and Technology

Asset managers, wealth managers, insurance companies, and fintechs say they want data. But in reality, what they really want is answers.

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Could Your Face Be a Ticket to Enter and Your Form of Payment?

Could Your Face Be a Ticket to Enter and Your Form of Payment?

New life may be breathed into facial ID due to the coronavirus — no cards, no phones, no touching.

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IPC Soft Turrets Powering Remote Capital Markets Trading

IPC Soft Turrets Powering Remote Capital Markets Trading

IPC provides technologies and services that are enabling traders to work from a PC in a backup center or from home during the COVID-19 crisis. CEO Bob Santella shares how the rapid transition has transpired.

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EU Wants to Be a Data Powerhouse Too

EU Wants to Be a Data Powerhouse Too

Now, instead of just prosecuting big tech, Europe is looking to compete with them.

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Going Further Down the Data Privacy Trail

Going Further Down the Data Privacy Trail

In a recent panel talk at Davos (where else?), Salesforce’s co-CEO Keith Block advocated for a national data privacy law in the U.S.

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The Big Jobs in the 2020s

The Big Jobs in the 2020s

As the 2010s dawned on us, they also ushered in a new wave of job functions (data scientists, mobile app developers, chief innovation officers, and any number of ninjas). What will be the buzzworthy job titles of the next decade?

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The Data Wars Show No Sign of Slowing Down

The Data Wars Show No Sign of Slowing Down

There’s been a long-standing battle between banks (or other financial institutions) and third parties over the sharing of customer data. This scenario is playing out again exactly as you’d expect.

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Google’s Tangled Data Web

Google’s Tangled Data Web

After news broke recently of a “data partnership” between Google and Ascension Health, a large Catholic healthcare system, many were outraged (but probably not surprised).

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Has AI in Lending Intensified?

Has AI in Lending Intensified?

You hear a lot about possible uses for artificial intelligence in financial services, but we’re still in the nascent stages of adoption. One area where we’ve started to see AI deployed is in lending.

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Too Little, Too Late?

Too Little, Too Late?

Perhaps no social media company has come under more scrutiny for lack of oversight as to the content users post than Facebook, which this week announced the suspension of “tens of thousands” of apps connected to the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

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Good Times at Boston FinTech Week

Good Times at Boston FinTech Week

The third edition of Boston FinTech Week took place last week, and the event keeps getting bigger and better. The FR was on hand to witness some great panel discussions and see some of the latest and greatest innovative fintech companies show off their wares.

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