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Hidden Insights: A machine learning balancing act: Payments, customer experience, fraud detection

Manuel Rodríguez DíazJuly 26, 2019 0

A machine learning balancing act: Payments, customer experience, fraud detection

The range of potential payment services has expanded rapidly over the last few years. Increasingly, we all want the flexibility of being able to pay with new payment methods, from contactless through to Apple Pay, mobile wallets and beyond. Digital natives, such as millennials, don’t just want this – they

Analytics

Datenschutz fährt seine Stacheln aus - DSGVO und wo es 2019 piksen kann

GastbeitragJuly 19, 2019 0

Datenschutz fährt seine Stacheln aus - DSGVO und wo es 2019 piksen kann

Mehr als ein Jahr ist seit dem Inkrafttreten der EU-Datenschutz-Grundverordnung (DSGVO) vergangen. Jetzt sind die ersten Abstrafungen erfolgt. Zeit für eine erste Bilanz: Wo stehen wir eigentlich beim Datenschutz? Wie wird die Gesetzeslage schon umgesetzt und welche Hürden gibt es immer noch? Mit diesen Fragen hat sich Arnd Böken, Rechtsanwalt

German

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Data Management

En crecimiento y aplicación de regulación, la analítica será el gran aliado de la banca en este 2018

Héctor CoboJuly 11, 2019 0

Las plataformas analíticas impulsan la transformación digital: mejores prácticas

Las organizaciones se enfrentan a la creciente demanda de analítica de alto rendimiento que produzcan resultados rápidos y confiables. La transformación digital y el análisis empresarial son una prioridad en la agenda de muchas organizaciones. Para los CIO en sus organizaciones, significa una oportunidad para habilitar el valor a escala

Banking | Communications | Government | Insurance | Retail

Analytics

Mauricio GonzálezJune 19, 2019 0

La banca incorpora analítica para garantizar su flexibilidad y capacidad de crecimiento

El análisis de la información en las empresas ha dejado de ser un elemento opcional para convertirse en uno fundamental que puede ser la diferencia entre mantenerse competitivo o salir del mercado. Como ejemplo, los analistas de KPMG han demostrado, a través de un estudio-consulta, que el 33% de las

Analytics | Programming Tips | Risk Management

Frederik VandenbergheJune 18, 2019 0

Deploy SAS Viya on AWS - Quick Start

As a data scientist, did you ever come to the point where you felt the need for an evolved analytics platform bringing together the disparate skills of open source and commercial software? A system that can enable advanced analytic capabilities. This is now possible and easy to implement. With many

Analytics

Gloria CaberoJune 13, 2019 0

Las 5 “íes” del liderazgo femenino

Sin duda, el liderazgo es una de las habilidades fundamentales que garantiza nuestro éxito en el mundo de los negocios, y como mujeres, siempre nos hemos visto en la obligación de respaldar cada uno de nuestros logros a través de un fuerte compromiso laboral. Sin embargo, ser una mujer trabajadora

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Machine Learning

Analítica, machine learning, inteligencia artificial, computación cognitiva ¿Cuál es cuál?

Héctor CoboJune 11, 2019 0

Analítica, un pilar fundamental de la innovación empresarial

Hoy en día, las organizaciones necesitan analítica de alto rendimiento para mejorar todos sus indicadores de negocio, ya no es un lujo: es una necesidad. La transformación digital y el análisis empresarial son una prioridad en la agenda de muchas empresas que buscan destacar en un mundo hiper competitivo que

Analytics

Caroline HermonJune 10, 2019 0

Should you be banking on open source analytics?

Banks see open source as a hotbed of innovation – and a governance nightmare. Do the rewards outweigh the risks? Open source software used to be treated almost as a joke in the financial services sector. If you wanted to build a new system, you bought tried and tested, enterprise-grade

Analytics

Tiffany CarpenterJune 7, 2019 0

Fast-tracking the evolution of banking with AI

How intelligent decisioning solutions can help you stay relevant in the era of digital banking Fierce competition, advances in technology, and consumer expectations for hyperpersonalised services are forcing the financial services sector to evolve. To adapt to rapid market developments, many banks and insurers are launching ambitious digital transformation projects.

Analytics

Ivan Fernando HerreraJune 6, 2019 0

Avances en la prevención del fraude en el sector financiero

El riesgo cibernético se ha convertido en una amenaza importante para el sistema financiero. Según la directora gerente del Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI), Christine Legarde, se estima que, en promedio, las pérdidas anuales de las instituciones financieras causadas por ataques cibernéticos podrían llegar a varios cientos de miles de millones de

Analytics | Risk Management

La analítica será un aliado clave en materia regulatoria para 2018

Luis BarrientosJune 4, 2019 0

Para el sector financiero las soluciones de analítica son vitales en el cumplimiento de IFRS 9

Los orígenes de la crisis hipotecaria subprime en septiembre de 2008 se encuentran en una burbuja, en la sobrevaloración de activos (en este caso inmobiliarios) a través de bursatilizaciones hipotecarias en Estados Unidos. Esto vino a sumarse a un entorno de bajas tasas de interés y presiones por generar ganancias

Analytics

Tiffany CarpenterMay 22, 2019 0

Open banking: Threat or opportunity?

Redefining banking in a financial services market where your biggest competitor may be Amazon or Google, not a traditional bank. Open banking may not have made much of an impression on consumers yet. But it’s a topic that the industry cannot afford to ignore. Tier one UK banks are already

Analytics | Data Management

Iván LópezMay 21, 2019 0

¿Ya está su empresa en línea con las nuevas tendencias de protección de datos?

Desde el primero de mayo, la GDPR (Reglamento General de Protección de Datos de la Unión Europea) pasó a ser de cumplimiento obligatorio. Eso significa que todas las organizaciones que manejan datos de ciudadanos europeos (sin importar dónde estén ubicadas) deben cumplir con los más altos estándares de transparencia y

Banking | Communications | Government | Insurance | Retail

Risk Management

Hidden Insights: The need for closer integration between risk and finance

Anders LanggaardMay 16, 2019 0

The need for closer integration between risk and finance

A long time ago, I was working on analytics in a bank, primarily in the area of risk. One project I worked on was about working out which products were profitable to help clean up the product portfolio. The project involved people from both risk and finance. As we worked

Advanced Analytics | Analytics | Risk Management

Enzo RoccasalvaMay 6, 2019 0

Sommelier del Riesgo Entrega 2: Backtesting Riesgo de Mercado

“In God we trust, all others must bring data” - Dr. W. Edwards Deming En el mundo de los sommelier se denomina cata a la acción encaminada a examinar, valorar, comparar o identificar vino (te o café, etc.) mediante el empleo de un análisis realizado con nuestros sentidos: es lo

Banking | Insurance

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 30, 2019 0

Mortgage rate graph animation

I always recommend looking at data in several different ways to get a more complete mental picture. And when the data is changing over time, one great way to view it is using an animation. Follow along for some tips & tricks to animate your own data over time. I'll

Analytics | Artificial Intelligence | Risk Management

Jeanne (Hyunjin) ByunApril 29, 2019 0

SAS, “금융 리스크 전문가 81%, 인공지능(AI) 기술 효과 누려”

SAS, “금융 리스크 전문가 81%, 인공지능(AI) 기술 효과 누려” 프로세스 자동화·신용 평가·데이터 클렌징 분야에서 가장 큰 AI 도입 효과 나타나 응답자 절반 이상(52%) AI 활용 기술 격차 체감 2019년 4월 24일, 서울 – 세계적인 분석 선두 기업 SAS(www.sas.com/korea)와 국제재무위험관리전문가협회(GARP, Global Association of Risk Professionals)가 발표한 ‘금융권 리스크 관리 분야의 인공지능

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Analytics | Risk Management

Anders LanggaardApril 25, 2019 0

3 challenges banks must overcome to thrive

Banks increasingly face challenges that put pressure on the bottom line. In this post, I’ll focus on the threats that affect the risk departments of banks. In my view, there are three critical areas. The 3 core challenges 1. Regulatory and accounting demands The first is increased regulatory and accounting

Analytics

Hidden Insights: Do banks really need to choose between operations and innovation?

Caroline HermonApril 24, 2019 0

Do banks really need to choose between operations and innovation?

Analytics can help today’s leaders transform banking for the digital age without compromising on efficiency It’s no secret that challenger banks and fintech companies are changing the banking industry as we know it. The main issue for today’s banking leaders is not that customers are switching to new high-street providers,

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 22, 2019 0

Mortgage rates - overlaying multiple years in the same graph

While we're on the topic of mortgage rates, let's explore another technique for plotting and comparing the rate data over several years. Last time, we plotted each year's data in a separate graph, and paneled them across the page. This time, let's overlay multiple years together in the same graph.

Banking | Government

Data Visualization | Programming Tips

Robert AllisonApril 17, 2019 0

Diving deeper into a mortgage rate graph

Did you recently lock in a mortgage rate of 3.5-5%, or perhaps even lower? How do today's rates compare to rates in the past? Let's dig a little deeper into this topic, with some graphs! But before we get started, here's a picture to get you into the mood for

Banking | Government

Artificial Intelligence

Christian EngelApril 16, 2019 0

8 ways for banks to use AI

If a bank gets in touch with a software company and wants to know how it could use artificial intelligence (AI), that means two things. First, the bank is willing to consider AI, and second, that it really does not know much about the subject. Banks want AI, and they

Artificial Intelligence | Fraud & Security Intelligence

Marcin NadolnyApril 15, 2019 0

Here and now: Boosting anti-money laundering efforts with Artificial Intelligence

Anti-money laundering has been an issue for banks and financial institutions for some time. Transaction monitoring systems have been around for many years. Meeting and complying with regulations at the regional or national level, however, remains a challenge. Many financial institutions are almost playing catch-up with regulators, as anti-money laundering

Risk Management

Giada ScalpelliApril 13, 2019 0

What’s next for risk management?

Which topics and priorities will be the focus for chief risk officers in 2019? A range of experts and representatives of major banking institutions addressed these questions at a recent event, CRO and CFO Banking Agenda 2019, organised by CeTIF, the Research Center on Technologies, Innovation and Financial Services, in collaboration

Analytics

Renato FioriniApril 11, 2019 0

La Analítica Avanzada hace que los datos no estructurados disminuyan el riesgo para la banca

El 95% de los datos que las empresas de diferentes sectores de la economía manejan se consideran, generalmente, como datos no estructurados y, según compañías consultoras como Deloitte, no se utilizan para la toma de decisiones. En el caso de la banca este porcentaje es menor, y aunque llega al

Risk Management

Tony CartiaApril 11, 2019 0

Stepping up from model governance to model risk management

The number of models used by large operators in the financial sector is increasing by around 10 to 25 percent per year. Most of the new models are designed to meet business needs, such as pricing, the definition of strategic plans and the management of liquidity. Some, though, are for

Artificial Intelligence | Risk Management

Alex KwiatkowskiApril 9, 2019 0

The acceleration of AI in risk management: Getting in with the AI crowd

The recently released results of a new joint survey from SAS and the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) on the use of AI in risk management makes for very interesting reading. Here are the highlights from the study, which involved more than 2,000 participants from across the global financial

Fraud & Security Intelligence

Yuri RuedaApril 2, 2019 0

Los sistemas de prevención del fraude impulsan el crecimiento de una nueva generación de aseguradoras

El fraude en seguros siempre ha existido, presentándose de diferentes maneras para adaptarse a cada época. Hoy en día, la magnitud del fraude en seguros no solamente es sorprendente, sino que aumenta. Las actividades fraudulentas prevalecen a lo largo de todo el ciclo de vida de la póliza. A medida

Banking | Insurance

Analytics

Rodrigo AriasMarch 29, 2019 0

La oferta perfecta, a la persona correcta, en el momento justo

El uso de herramientas de analítica avanzada permite a las organizaciones desplegar capacidades de “Customer Decisioning” para entregar a sus clientes una experiencia de consumo excepcional, gracias a una mayor relevancia en cada interacción. En la actualidad, los clientes esperan una experiencia perfecta, altamente personalizada y relevante ya sea en