Testing and quality assurance are an essential part of the software development life cycle (SDLC) and without them software programmes would not be what they are today – useful, time-saving applications that help businesses carry out day-to-day processes in an efficient, secure and methodical manner. However, testing and quality assurance should not only be carried […]
Another day another regulation, and this time it’s the Fundamental Review of the Trading Book. FRTB, as it is known, is part of the Basel III rules and is aimed at significantly transforming the way banks manage their capital requirements and how they are structured and managed internally. Risk models, liquidity horizons and data for […]
This year is expected to be all about the acceleration of the process to replace people with robotics and automation – but are we really that close to seeing robots as fellow employees in the financial services sector, and, if so, how will it actually work? Brickendon’s resident robotics expert, Quality & Testing Practice Director […]
Another new year and another financial deadline, one which has the potential to significantly impact the banking marketplace for both financial institutions and their retail customers. This time it’s the second Payments Services Directive (PSD2), which comes into force on January 13th, with the aim of promoting security and transparency in retail payments processing, whilst […]
It will take a combination of hot topics to change the financial services game in 2018, say Brickendon’s experts. 2017 may now be behind us, but the year of the Rooster’s hot topics of data, Brexit and regulation are not. According to Brickendon’s senior leadership team, the very same topics, with a sprinkling of digitalisation, Blockchain, cloud enablement and […]
Imagine a day in the not-so-distant future: you are on the train on your way to work, you check a dashboard produced by an app on your phone that shows your spending patterns aggregated from all your bank accounts. The dashboard shows that you are spending too much on entertainment and are falling short of […]
In 1998 a Spanish newspaper published two articles on their website about the auctioning of two properties owned by Mario Costeja Gonzalez. The state forced the sale of the properties because of Costeja’s failure to honour his social security debts. Eleven years later, Costeja contacted the newspaper and asked them to remove the articles on […]
Brickendon CEO Christopher Burke discusses gender diversity in the financial services sector, and crucially, how the sector can support women returning to the workplace. To read the full article, click on http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/launch.aspx?eid=ba84a22b-e216-4656-bf30-02de5575ca14&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=read_the_latest_issue_of_the_european_magazine_now&utm_term=2018-01-02 and turn to page 68.
With the MiFID II deadline fast approaching – January 2018 – now is the time to ensure you are prepared. As well as the obvious data and operating model challenges, many firms are also struggling with the testing aspect. Firms that are unable to structure and deploy a cohesive MiFID test strategy will struggle to […]
The new EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into effect in May 2018 and will change the way we handle personal data. Where current data privacy legislation focuses on organisations and what they are permitted to do with the data they hold, GDPR places the emphasis on the rights of the individual. Its aim, […]