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Enabling the digital economy
This year’s theme “Enabling the digital economy” resonates deeply with our experts from within Societe Generale’s Global...

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This year’s theme “Enabling the digital economy” resonates deeply with our experts from within Societe Generale’s Global Transaction Banking and Securities Services divisions and elsewhere across our bank. Every day is a new opportunity for our Group to take up challenges on behalf of our clients and other partners and make a positive contribution to building...

Enabling the digital economy

After the tsunami…
Eric de Gay de Nexon, Head of Strategy, Market Infrastructures and Regulation, Societe Generale Securities Services, on...

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Eric de Gay de Nexon, Head of Strategy, Market Infrastructures and Regulation, Societe Generale Securities Services, on regulating the development of new technologies and the digital transition.

After the tsunami…

ISO 20022 proves its credentials in harmonisation efforts
A relatively mature standard in Europe, momentum is building behind ISO 20022 globally as its benefits across a wide...

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A relatively mature standard in Europe, momentum is building behind ISO 20022 globally as its benefits across a wide range of financial services activities become more apparent.

ISO 20022 proves its credentials in harmonisation efforts

Market dynamics and its impact on correspondent banks
The correspondent banking industry in Europe is facing a number of challenging dynamics, not least declining revenues,...

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The correspondent banking industry in Europe is facing a number of challenging dynamics, not least declining revenues, mounting regulation and AML /KYC obligations and digitalisation, all of which are going to facilitate major changes in the world of cross-border payments. Societe Generale discusses the key trends impacting the European correspondent banking...

Market dynamics and its impact on correspondent banks

Attracting and retaining talent in the new world of work
In today’s environment, the dynamics in the workforce are changing dramatically. Not only are business needs evolving...

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In today’s environment, the dynamics in the workforce are changing dramatically. Not only are business needs evolving rapidly requiring a change from traditional business models, technology changes are influencing the nature of jobs and our approach to work. It is also becoming more widely recognised that diversity and inclusion needs to be a HR priority to...

Attracting and retaining talent in the new world of work

Separating the myth and reality of AI in financial services
There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is set to fundamentally alter the financial services world. Customer...

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There is no doubt that artificial intelligence is set to fundamentally alter the financial services world. Customer experiences will be enhanced, fraud detected and opportunities unearthed. However, at the moment the hype is overwhelming the potential and firms first need to have a better understanding of where the technology can have the greatest impact.

Separating the myth and reality of AI in financial services

The promise of the cloud and API and the security obstacles that stand in its way
Although it has been well proven that cloud and application programming interfaces (API) can create cost effective,...

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Although it has been well proven that cloud and application programming interfaces (API) can create cost effective, scaleable and innovative platforms, data security and operational transparency remain major hurdles to widespread adoption in the financial services community. To move forward, institutions must not only embrace a cloud focused culture from a...

The promise of the cloud and API and the security obstacles that stand in its way

Blockchain: Technological genius or marketing concept?
Clearly, blockchain and more widely, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) still has plenty of wind in its sails. Billed...

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Clearly, blockchain and more widely, Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) still has plenty of wind in its sails. Billed from the outset as disruptive, it has promised to revolutionise the old-fashioned centralised applications in a cost effective and efficient manner.

Blockchain: Technological genius or marketing concept?

Employees: the biggest cause of and best solution to cyber-crime
Quantifying the business losses triggered by cyber-attacks is not for the fainthearted. Industry experts predict...

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Quantifying the business losses triggered by cyber-attacks is not for the fainthearted. Industry experts predict cyber-crime will cost the world $6 trillion annually by 2021, compared to $3 trillion in 2015 (1).

Employees: the biggest cause of and best solution to cyber-crime

The SME cyber challenge
The scale of cyber-crime should not be downplayed. In fact, cyber-crime overtook asset theft as the most commonly...

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The scale of cyber-crime should not be downplayed. In fact, cyber-crime overtook asset theft as the most commonly perpetrated fraud against UK businesses for the first time ever in 2018, according to findings by PwC.

The SME cyber challenge

FMIs embrace AI and robotics but the jury is still out on DLT and blockchain
New technologies take up rapidly, also in the MI (Market Infrastructure) space. They appear in multiple shapes and forms...

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New technologies take up rapidly, also in the MI (Market Infrastructure) space. They appear in multiple shapes and forms and address problems that often still need to be discovered.

FMIs embrace AI and robotics but the jury is still out on DLT and blockchain

The 4th industrial revolution & geopolitics
A short inquiry into the nature and causes of fairness amongst nations.

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A short inquiry into the nature and causes of fairness amongst nations.

The 4th industrial revolution & geopolitics

The Global FX Code and its unintended consequences on correspondent banking
The Code does not impose any legal or regulatory obligations on market participants.

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The Code does not impose any legal or regulatory obligations on market participants.

The Global FX Code and its unintended consequences on correspondent banking

Agility a must in negociating the way ahead
It seems logical before discussing the likely future look of capital markets in the fastencroaching world of...

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It seems logical before discussing the likely future look of capital markets in the fastencroaching world of digitalisation to take a moment to consider the starting point. Digitalisation affects capital markets globally across all asset classes from traditional bonds and equities to alternatives including private equity and hedge funds.

Agility a must in negociating the way ahead

A lot more work lies ahead
Eric de Gay de Nexon, Head of Strategy, Market Infrastructures and Regulation, Societe Generale Securities Services,...

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Eric de Gay de Nexon, Head of Strategy, Market Infrastructures and Regulation, Societe Generale Securities Services, considers the role of regulation in post-crisis securities markets and who has benefitted most from the exceptional additional investment required.

A lot more work lies ahead

Digitalisation in Asset Management putting power into the hands of investors
Asset managers around the world have raised the bar, introducing new business models with the potential to disrupt the...

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Asset managers around the world have raised the bar, introducing new business models with the potential to disrupt the post-trade ecosystem. In this paper, asset managers and platform providers, share their views on the latest trends, the potential impact across the ecosystem and why moving beyond the comfort zone may be necessary for survival in an ...

Digitalisation in Asset Management putting power into the hands of investors

Open banking via API is a fact
Open banking via API is an integral component of the future of banking. Some in the industry will welcome that fact....

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Open banking via API is an integral component of the future of banking. Some in the industry will welcome that fact. Others will not. But in order to prepare we must accept that it is a fact.

Open banking via API is a fact

Reports of the death of banking grossly exaggerated
Reports of the death of traditional banking and finance have been grossly exaggerated, to misquote the celebrated author...

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Reports of the death of traditional banking and finance have been grossly exaggerated, to misquote the celebrated author Mark Twain. Why do we say that? Much fuss has been made in recent years about the disruptive impact of financial technology (fintech) upon our industry.

Reports of the death of banking grossly exaggerated

The Future-proofing of trade finance
Over the last few years, new technologies and growing digitalisation epitomised by exciting fintech solutions and...

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Over the last few years, new technologies and growing digitalisation epitomised by exciting fintech solutions and developments such as Blockchain have been recurring themes at numerous trade finance forums globally. Indeed, the $9 trillion trade finance industry has remained wedded to long-established processes and paper-based systems, opening it up to...

The Future-proofing of trade finance

The shape of things to come?
What will the bank of the future look like? This is a question that interests bankers and futurologists alike. But it is...

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What will the bank of the future look like? This is a question that interests bankers and futurologists alike. But it is more important for bankers to see the future clearly and adapt to meet it as it is, after all, their likelihood at stake. The only thing a futurologist might lose by getting it wrong is a reputation.

The shape of things to come?

Taking supply chain financing into the 21st century
Supply chain financing is a notoriously complex undertaking synonymous with widespread intermediation and...

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Supply chain financing is a notoriously complex undertaking synonymous with widespread intermediation and inefficiencies. The existing framework has created an ecosystem where manual interventions reign supreme and unnecessary costs are saddled onto businesses, adversely impacting their working capital and liquidity optimisation. Efforts are being initiated by...

Taking supply chain financing into the 21st century

The Blockchain vision of correspondent banking – The future or utopia?
Correspondent banking is being dragged into the 21st century as customers are demanding greater efficiency and...

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Correspondent banking is being dragged into the 21st century as customers are demanding greater efficiency and transparency as well as more stringent security and anti- money laundering measures. It is an area ripe for fintech solutions but there are also answers within the existing infrastructure such as SWIFT’s Global Payments Innovation Initiative (GPI),...

The Blockchain vision of correspondent banking – The future or utopia?

Fighting fraud in real-time payments: a balancing act
As the global trend towards real-time payment systems continues to accelerate, many industry stakeholders fear increased...

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As the global trend towards real-time payment systems continues to accelerate, many industry stakeholders fear increased fraud – and rightly so. One of the most pressing issues for banks, system operators and regulators is how to increase speed without sacrificing security.

Fighting fraud in real-time payments: a balancing act

The challenge of ensuring effective regulatory compliance
Ensuring effective regulatory compliance has become one of the prime challenges facing the modern banking industry in...

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Ensuring effective regulatory compliance has become one of the prime challenges facing the modern banking industry in the wake of the global financial crisis. Heightened scrutiny has become a fact of everyday banking life, affecting both the payments we initiate and those we receive to ensure compliance with, for example, regulations governing financial crime,...

The challenge of ensuring effective regulatory compliance

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