Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Sep 25, 2020FusionFabric.cloud: September newsletterIt’s all about building the future! This month we are taking a break from talking about new features and new APIs, to focus on existing and upcoming opportunities to build with FusionFabric.cloud APIs. The Open Finance Appathon is now in full swing. …News2 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Aug 31, 2020FusionFabric.cloud: August newsletterIt’s here…dark mode! As we continue to add more functionality to Finastra’s developer portal, we are also building some fun UX features! No developer portal is complete without a dark mode, so we’ve added one. To enable dark mode, log in and navigate to ‘user settings’ in the top right…News3 min read
Published in techieCPD·Aug 20, 2020Summer Institute 2020: the 5 lessons learnt pivoting to virtualAt the end of July the Tech Allies Network completed the 3rd year of Summer Institute; a program designed to give university students an insight into how technology is used across multiple industries and gain practical industry skills. Historically the program ran physically in London over 2–3 weeks but with…Design Sprint4 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jul 30, 2020Machine Learning challenges in legacy organizationsFans of machine learning suggest it as a possible solution for everything. From customer service to finding tumours, any industry in which big data can be easily accessed, analyzed and organized is ripe for bringing about new and compelling use cases. …Machine Learning4 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jul 29, 2020How to make your ML algorithms think like a humanThe finance industry is a prime use case for machine learning, thanks to the abundant data sets, access to capital and strong incentive for efficiency and predicting future outcomes. …Innovation4 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jul 29, 2020FusionFabric.cloud: July newsletterTest market app-etite Want to assess market demand for your app? App Lab is our dedicated section on FusionStore to showcase apps undergoing development to our client base of 8,500 financial institutions. …News3 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jul 28, 2020Why Communities Naturally Reduce RiskSometimes an idea is so good that everyone has it at once. One such idea is the ROSCA — a rotating savings and credit association — known as ekub in Ethiopia, cundinas in Mexico, tanomoshiko in Japan and dhukuti or dhikuti in Nepal. …Fintech3 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jun 23, 2020FusionFabric.cloud: June newsletterNew apps live! This month we welcome 3 new fintech apps to FusionStore! Vector Risk is the first to go live using our new dataset capability, offering a compete FRTB solution for FusionOpics. For corporate banking we welcome Active.ai …News3 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jun 10, 2020It’s not all about functionality: the importance of UX in B2B finance applicationsIn 2001, Silicon Valley superinvestor Marc Andreessen declared that software was eating the world. Recent years have borne this out, with digital B2C tools shaping our travel, our eating and our love lives. …Innovation3 min read
Published in Finastra Fintechs & Devs·Jun 4, 2020How to use APIs to help your customers see the futureData modelling & machine learning offers a tantalising possibility — that by gathering enough data inputs you can predict what will happen in the future based on current information. …Innovation3 min read