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Sergio Barbosa

CIO of Global Kinetic, and CEO of FutureBank.
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CIO of enterprise software development house, Global Kinetic, and CEO of its open banking platform, FutureBank

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Sergio Barbosa

Banks need a complete app overhaul to remain generationally relevant

It’s not just technology that is changing at breakneck speed, how different groups of customers engage with new technology is also shifting. While banks have spent fortunes on protecting their customers against fraud, this has slowed down spending in other areas. And the cracks are beginning to show. Currently, banks release a single app for thei...

21 February 2025 Digital Banking

Sergio Barbosa

Banks warned against failed core strategies as time runs out to modernise

Banks around the world are rushing to upgrade legacy systems that are placing them at a significant disadvantage in a time when they are already challenged by neo banks that have none of the same infrastructural baggage. But as RFPs mount up, the C-suites have been warned not to adopt a core migration strategy that could come back to bite them. T...

20 January 2025 Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Sergio Barbosa

Innovation doesn’t have to become collateral damage to FI legacy system budgets

Technology investment has continued apace and, according to Gartner, IT spending in the banking and investment services market is forecast to increase by 8.7% in 2024 and is expected to reach $1 trillion by 2028. But even with all this money being thrown at IT, many Financial Institutions (FIs) are still unable to deliver the innovation they need...

16 August 2024 Banking Architecture

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