It’s all about Implementing
Sustainable Business Solutions and Exploring New Ideas

How to use the TOGAF framework to structurally improve the Finance & Risk function

A holistic framework for the advancement of Finance & Risk transformation.

Sustainable Finance: Turning Regulatory Obligations into Commercial Success

Designing regulatory projects optimally.

Performance Assessment of the Finance & Risk Value Chain: Where can you achieve the most benefits?

Optimally optimising the reporting value chain.

Adhering to Transaction Reporting Data Quality Requirements

Exploring quality control measures to meet regulatory expectations

ESG Beyond Equities: Glimpse Into The Fund Landscape

Delving into the new possibilities with ESG

Improving Operational Efficiency Within Finance & Risk

Identifying the best approach to maximizing chain management

Designing For Complex Systems: Traditional UX research methods are not enough

Exploring crucial strategies to achieve UX Success

Implementing Effective Data Governance

Benefits of having a clear demand strategy for Data Governance.

Implementing Secrets Management Using HashiCorp Vault Enterprise

Easier routes to optimal secrets management

Getting to grips with data: The metadata challenge

Employing Metadata for successful conversion

Is your organisation suffering from “Data Management Deficit Syndrome

Curbing Costs with optimal Data Management

Compliance as Code for Financial Services

Seeking more sustainable approaches to assuring the security

Trading in Cloud

Wondering on the wonders of trading in Cloud

Calling all CIOs and CISOs: 9 Ways to Improve Cyber Resiliency and Recovery Capabilities in 2022

Discovering new routes to Cyber Resilience and Recovery Capabilities

6 Core Challenges for Adopting PaaS in Financial Services

Learning the Criticality and Productivity of PaaS for the Financial Services industry

The Rise of DCJPY: Impact on Digital Currencies

Exploring the unexpected disruption in Digital Innovation

The Case for Digital Compliance: Making compliance work for you

Exploring Digital Compliance for optimal business journeys

Understanding the Intricacies of Financial Black Swan Events: How to handle detection, prevention and response

Comprehending Black Swan events to develop safer business strategies.

The Rationale for Intelligent Automation

Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for More Intelligent Decisioning and Cost Efficiencies

Getting Ready for ISO 20022: What you need to know about the new universal, standard financial industry message scheme

Exploring the challenges and opportunities with ISO 20022

The Changing Landscape of Retail Payments: Evolution through incremental innovations

Exploring the Evolution of Payment Systems

Are Cybersecurity Certifications Really Worth It?

Exploring the recurring trends in Cybersecurity to choose the best.

The Modern Alliance: Where ESG and GRC Meet, Governance Empowers Both

Choosing the ESG-GRC management framework to enhance organizational performance

How To Build a Successful Data Science and Analytics Capability Within Your Financial Services Firm

Capturing the power of Data Science and Analytics optimally

Designing a Next Generation Pipeline for Cloud Native Application Compliance

Enabling continuous compliance in a fast-paced eco-system.

Essential Capabilities for building Defense in Depth for Public and Hybrid Cloud

Exploring the best strategies to align cloud adaption

Assessing and Governing Data Quality in the Enterprise

Devising a successful data quality monitoring system.

What’s Going on in the World of Transaction Monitoring?

Insights for a robust Transaction Monitoring system.

Mapping the ESG Landscape: Complexities, Complications and Considerations

Cyber Resilience is more than Detect and Prevent, it’s also about Respond and Recover

Deep-diving into the ocean of Risk and Cyber Security

Digital Transformations in the age of COVID-19

Rising with the digital innovation strategies developed during the pandemic.

What Are Your Competitors Doing?

Strategizing a digital journey for retirement plan platforms

Meeting your Data Obligations in the Cloud After Brexit

Understanding the future of Data in the Cloud in a post-Brexit world.

Cyber Security and the growth of untrusted infrastructure and hybrid workforces

Strategizing the best safety strategy for the new normal.

The Model Building Process for Forecasting REIT Financial Factors

Looking closely at variables that command REIT Financial Factors

Agile Transformation: The Necessary Cultural and Mindset Shifts

Building the core of an Agile Infrastructure

EXPLAINABLE AI: Striking the Right Balance for Financial Services

The Growing need of AI to explain its outcomes.

The Opportunities in Wealth Management in APAC-Part 2

Scrutinizing the industry trends and future of Wealth Management

The Opportunities in Wealth Management in APAC Part 1

Predicting and paving paths for potential growth in the Wealth Management Realm

Getting the ‘Edge’ on the Future of Computing and Artificial Intelligence

Explore the possibilities of real-time analysis of data during data collection with Intelligent Edge.

Implementing Chaos Engineering & Continuous Compliance for Financial Services

A Comprehensive Guide to Continuous Compliance-as-Code in the Cloud

Empowering Application Teams in Heterogeneous Cloud Environments

Top Strategic Technology Trends for 2021

Exploring the must-have tech capabilities for the FinTech in 2021

The Secret to Good Secrets Management for the Enterprise and Cloud

Focusing and decoding the secrets of managing Secrets!

Regulation: Adapting to the Constant But Shifting Landscape

Understanding the complexity of buy-side regulations.

Where to go next in a post-pandemic market?

Exploring the novel possibilities for a post-pandemic era.

It’s 2021: DAM it!

Indulging to adapt with the new normal in the world of centralised and safe storage.

How Agile Principles have Morphed

Exploring the new normal, adapting the new agile!

The Road to ‘The New Normal’ and the Impact on the Way We Deliver Change

A deep-dive on how to potentially adapt to hybrid ways of working for the financial services industry

The Agile Journey: Finding the Right Fit

An immersive read to identify routes of excellence in times of turbulence.

Applying Innovation in Investment Management

Exploring possibilities towards transcending the Investment Management Industry

Future-proof yourself: Essential traits for developers in changing times

Understanding and embracing strategies to be relevant in the future.

Your Transformation/Digital Acceleration Project Must Start With the End in Mind

How and why is Delivery the best beginning to a Digital journey?

The Unexplored Side of the Innovation Equation

Innovation is imperative to scaling up; explore its nerves.

(AR)e We Ready For a New Reality?

Explore to seize the exciting opportunity of Immersive Technology.

Implementing security for a bullet-proof, multi-cloud environment

Exploring the non-negotiable factor to build a multi-cloud structure

The Overlooked Foundation of Data Innovation: Or, why great innovations fail

Delving into the shortcomings of the data landscape to optimally utilise it.

Experience Design : Innovation at a Human Scale

Accelerating digital transformation to better the experiences

The Unexplored Side of the Innovation Equation - Part 1

Embracing Innovation to Ace in the Race

Artificial Intelligence Could Reinvent the Wheel

Exploring and untapping AI and ML’s infinite capabilities.

Non-Financial Reporting: Ready, Set, Green

Facilitating strategies towards being an environmentally responsible organisation.

Artificial Intelligence trends in 2020

Unravelling the evolution of AI towards benefitting commoners

Accelerating employee experience beyond 2020

Transcending the corporate culture and employee wellbeing in a new era

Promoting a more effective money laundering risk-based approach to virtual assets clients

The Banking regulations in the age of cryptocurrencies.

Building a Bank in the Customer Age

The Inevitable need for Innovation and Transformation in Banking today.

Five HR Trends for 2020 and Beyond: Technology Will Lead and Transform

Prediction apropos the progression of Human Resource Capital with Technology and beyond

Guide to global equity aggregation and reporting and applying innovation to solve challenges

Applying technology to manage data and global compliance requirement

IBOR replacement: How technology can contribute to a smooth transition

Transitioning towards a water-tight benchmarking

Data Science Report 2019

Moving beyond the Artificial Intelligence (AI) hype to get strategic value from data science in financial services

How blockchain can transform the mortgage industry

Empowering a Fragmented Industry with Blockchain

Anti-money laundering and financial crime: Challenges in 2016

Synechron Business Consulting shares some insights gathered from the Annual ACAMS Anti-money Laundering & Financial Crime seminar.

DevOps - A Foundational Building Block of Digital Transformation

Developing a culture of cross team collaboration to solve complex business problems.

Guide to Digital Assurance

Setting up a clearer path towards definitive Digital Transformation

How tech is shaping client prospecting for wealth managers and advisers

Advancing with tech towards identifying potential clients

EMIR Refit: the Good, the bad and the ugly

Exploring the three dimensions of the European Markets Infrastructure Regulation

Impact of Brexit on EU Anti-Money Laundering efforts

Strategizing business solutions towards combating Money-Laundering Mafias

Advances in Machine Learning for Quantitative Analysis

Data is the fuel of Machine Learning

Digital Strategies and Transformation 2019 and beyond: Methodologies and Practical Approaches

Digital Strategy Transformation Roadmap 2019: Bank, Asset Management, Insurance Company Approaches

Architecture Modernization

A breakthrough towards strategic evolution

Cloud Capabilities

Aligning the Cloud strategy with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

IBOR

Transitioning towards a water-tight benchmarking

Accelerating Underwriting Using Data & AI

AI and Data Science Transforming the Insurance Sector

Using microservices to unbundle software in investment banking

Implementing microservices for legacy infrastructure

Machine learning for finance

Tools like machine Learning are starting to find their feet in the financial markets

Regulatory Framework for Supporting Data Science Innovations Within Banks

Data Governance

Applying technology to Wealth Management’s most persistent problems

Solving Wealth Management’s Most Complex Business Problems

What financial institutions can learn from the Ethereum Parity Hack?

Vulnerabilities and risks associated with emerging technologies

Sustainable Finance

Integration of the sustainability considerations into financial policy frameworks in the EU

Can AI Comply to Transparency Standards?

Compliance of Artificial Intelligence to Transparency Standards

Why you should adopt an enterprise SaaS strategy

Cost pressures, regulatory requirements, and the need to innovate are key drivers for firms deciding to adopt a cloud strategy

Finding your path

It is okay to fail, and then learn the right moves for your career.

Architecting a Unified Data Platform

Architecting a Unified Data Platform - Data lake to Analytics

Financial Crime Monitoring

Time for a Paradigm Shift through Financial Crime Monitoring

Data Visualization for Financial Services

A Pragmatic Approach to Harnessing Business Insight

How the Design Industry Has Matured Beyond Graphic Design

Interactivity today is not just demanded, but expected.

The Blockchain Progress at Synechron Part-3

Short-term wins are needed before long-term revolutions

The Blockchain Progress at Synechron Part-2

A Use Case with a Business Case

The Blockchain Progress at Synechron Part-1

Expectations management is an important journey in enterprise blockchain

How Regulatory Technology (RegTech) Can Empower Financial Institutions

This will allow firms to break down regulatory siloes and manage requirements holistically.

Moving Past the Blockchain Hype: Overcoming Challenges to reach Production

Evolving solutions from POCs to pilots to achieve real business value

What to Consider in a Prospective Tech Employer

Workers must be re-skilled to remain marketable in the tech-heavy future workplace

SWIFT 2018/2019: Ushering in a Digital Revolution for Trade Finance

SWIFT is set to have a significant impact on trade finance

Data Monetization – A Practical Approach to Successfully Navigating Big Data

Navigating the cost of producing actionable insights in the pursuit of big data monetization

How Can Innovation Benefit the CFO?

Is Blockchain the solution to General Ledger Reconciliation?

A New Vision for Data Visualization: Marrying Data Science and User Experience Design

Leveraging the power of UX.

Is there a silver bullet for KYC?

New technology can help to get control over cost and improve workforce efficiency

Brexit Relocation: How will plans shift in 2018?

This article sheds light on a significant debate about the final shape of a post-Brexit arrangement

FRTB – Fundamental Review of the Trading Book Sensitivities-based Method of the Standardised Approach: the step-by-step recipe

The paramount focus is on the calculation of market risk

Innovation is anything, but business as usual post Brexit

A read on how large institutions are revising their organizational structures and business strategy

How Prime Brokers can use Blockchain to transform their Business Models

How Blockchain is helping in collateral management and real-time credit risk

Blockchain Path to Production: Why Blockchain Interoperability Needs to be a Key focus for 2018

Focusing on key Blockchain interoperability strategies for 2018

Give Me Back My Data

Sorting out the facts: What exactly is GDPR?

Cybersecurity

Preventing criminal or unauthorized use of electronic data

Looking Past the AI Hype: Benefits of Data Science Application in Financial Services

How AI is making a significant impact.

The next steps for technology in Insurance

Synechron’s InsurTech Accelerator Program

Why Innovation and Cost Pressure Have Made It the Time for Cloud in Financial Services

Time for Cloud in Financial Services

International Payments Eco-systems

Reduced settlement time and fees for end users is the Blockchain promise

What WannaCry Can Teach Businesses about Legacy Technology

Vulnerability of legacy systems to cyber-attacks

Assessing the likelihood of ‘Soft Brexit’

Brexit and the uncertainties

Rethinking Experience Design

Enabling Innovation through Design Thinking – The Synechron Way

NoSQL Data Modelling Techniques

Different data modeling techniques will help businesses add greater depth to future initiatives.

The potential overlaps between FRTB and MiFID II

Complexities that could cause an overlap between MiFID II and FRTB

How Blockchain Would Improve the Mortgage Process

Blockchain has the potential to transform the entire mortgage financing industry.

UK to leave Single Market

Globalization has strengthened London’s position as a global financial hub.

The Equivalence Regime and What it Means for Countries outside the EU

The equivalence regime and its nitty-gritties

A ‘Smart’ Approach to Blockchain for Collateral Management: Bringing Banks and Blockchain Together

Automating collateral management through Blockchain

One API for General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Data portability and PSD2 XS2A?

APIs enable systems to communicate with each other without any human intervention.

What Blockchain Could Mean for Compliance Professionals

Blockchain can transform the way banks and corporates address KYC regulation and compliance

Look out Fintech: It’s a bumpy but fruitful road ahead

Are investors running out of patience to see tangible results from fintech?

The latest developments in the battle against banking fraud

The fight against banking fraud goes to the next level

Why blockchain is not just for banks

Blockchain enables faster processing of transactions between and within parties.

What Financial Services Firms Can Learn about UX

How the Financial Services Industry can be benefitted by UX Design

What You Need to Know about PSD2 in 2017

PSD2 in a nutshell

Revision of the Dutch Act on financial supervision

Dutch Ministry of Finance to revise the Act of the Financial Supervision

Why Patch Management Matters in the Private Cloud

Patch execution with TDCs and different fundamental components

So you want to be a CDO?

Here’s how you can join the exclusive club of Chief Data Officers (CDOs).

Brexit

The Cost of Relocation

BCBS 239

Cutting through complexity and moving forward

Treasury to expect more from T2S

Optimizing the secured funding process

Experts Speak

Insights on Blockchain

Experts Speak

Insights on Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Liquidity Risk Management in Europe

Baseline Basel III Pillar 2 by Dutch ILAAP

Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime

Challenges in 2016

Solvency II

A brief introduction

AIFMD & UCITS

An overview of the changing scenario

You are having data issues

Combating data quality & integration issues

Blockchain

The case for banks to love the blockchain – six use cases

Risk Management

Managing intraday liquidity risk

The Impact of EMIR

Is your organization ready?

Artificial Intelligence

The robotification of banking: Why AI is really smart

Securities Financing Transaction Regulation (SFTR)

Balancing transaction transparency & collateral fluidity

Agile Scrum

Enabling IT to meet rising business demands