Executive Overview Operational Resilience in the financial sector due to increasing cyber threats, technological disruptions and regulatory scrutiny has gained importance over time. The Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) was introduced by the European Union in 2020 as part of Digital Finance Package to improve the financial sector’s ability to withstand ICT (Information and Communication […]
To Strengthen Control, Compliance and Competitive Advantage with Brickendon’s Data Solutions Executive Overview As we enter 2026, the regulatory banking landscape is defined by heightened supervisory scrutiny, accelerated digital transformation, AI-enabled decisioning, and increasingly complex data ecosystems. Financial institutions are expected not only to meet evolving regulatory obligations, but to demonstrate control, transparency and resilience […]
Firms that manage these risks effectively will gain a clear competitive advantage. Executive Overview The migration from SWIFT MT messages to ISO 20022 represents one of the most significant changes to global payments in decades. While many institutions have focused on meeting technical deadlines, experience across the industry shows that the real challenge is not […]
Strategic Implications for Market Risk and Counterparty Credit Risk Executive Overview The publication of the UK’s final Basel 3.1 rules in January 2026 has brought long-awaited clarity to the regulatory agenda, while also confirming a delay to implementation. The UK authorities have now confirmed that Basel 3.1 will come into force on 1 January 2027, […]
Navigating European Central Bank (ECB) Valuation Inspections with Confidence Executive Overview European Central Bank (ECB) inspections of valuation frameworks have become markedly more rigorous, forensic, and data-driven. Supervisors now undertake deep reviews across valuation governance, pricing models, market data, methodologies, controls, and underlying system architecture. These inspections extend well beyond high-level compliance checks, placing sustained […]
ISO 20022 was published in 2014 and is a global standard for financial messaging that provides a standard model across business domains such as payments, securities, trade services, card services, and foreign exchange (FX). The new standard defines messages between parties within a payment chain. It also defines message specifications for each message type. It […]
The scale of the environmental impact of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is beginning to become clearer. On the positive side, AI will no doubt be used to find ways to optimise energy use and reduce waste across various industries and be better at allocating scare resources. However, the development and deployment of AI requires substantial computational […]
Innovation is not a new concept but embracing it rapidly and adapting to the disruption it brings is going to be key in 2025. Those that fail to innovate, and in particular quickly embrace technological innovations to enhance their core offerings, risk being left behind in the race to triumph in the financial markets. As […]
Brickendon was engaged by a global bank to rollout DevOps across their organisation. Our specialists were able to successfully embed DevOps within the organisation globally, working directly with development teams, senior management, country heads and C-suite executives to increase the number of releases and decrease the number of incidents impacting the business. The team worked […]
What are Corporate Advisory Services? A wide range of company activities is covered by the corporate services. Some of them would fit in particularly well with investment banks, while the others would fit in with specialised advice businesses. The main elements of corporate consulting services for investment banking are business advice, restructuring advisory, strat […]