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How DORA compliance future-proofs your organisation

As of the 17th of January 2025, financial services organisations operating within the EU must comply with the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). This mandates that they must adopt robust risk management and prevention frameworks to boost their resilience against cyber-attacks. As cyberattacks and threat actors become more advanced, it is a...

27 March 2025

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Why the advantages different sized businesses have in DORA compliance shouldn't be overlooked

The deadline for organisational compliance with DORA is at our doorstep. With the 17th of January 2025 just under 6 months away, it’s safe to say that the clock is ticking for financial services to be ready for the regulation. Preparing for such a significant piece of regulation can be difficult for financial organisations of all sizes, but it is ...

04 July 2024 Financial Services Regulation

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Tackling DORA is a challenge for the entire business – not just the IT team

The enforceable deadline for DORA is now under a year away and organisations in the FS sector are in a difficult position. Preparing for any change in regulation is hard enough, but with the European Banking Authority yet to publish the final technical specification or a list of critical IT providers, businesses are effectively still in the dark i...

22 February 2024 Banking Regulations

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From open banking to open finance: what’s next for innovation in financial services?

Fair question, and one I have thought about a lot myself in the past.  I think one of the big reasons is how the consumer has changed as well as the competition. 

When I was younger (I always promised myself I wouldn't say that after hearing my father say it 😄), I had 1 bank that I went to for everything, there wasn't as much choice anyway and it wasn't that easy to swap.

Now, there are so many more organistaions offering financial services the choice is so great and the barriers to change services are so much lower that if a financial services firm isn't part of this new market place, they are more liekly to be over-looked. 

Better to be involved and fighting for the business than not even considered in the first place.

02 Mar 2022 12:53 Read comment

UBS Big Data tool tracks the risks to companies from activist investors

Great to see UBS realising the value of data not just to themselves but also their customers and offering services around it!

10 Jul 2020 12:12 Read comment

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