Financial Services Technology Consortium

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to uncover a financial system built and designed to address the business needs of today including the latest technologies, functionality, and design ethics. Also find 6 key capabilities of modern financial software.

Posted: 27 Jul 2012 | Published: 27 Jul 2012

WHITE PAPER: CFO Research conducted a survey with senior finance executives working at U.S companies to explore the factors that motivated companies to make changes to their financial management systems in the past, as well as systems-related challenges they are currently facing. This resource presents the findings of that study.

Posted: 14 Dec 2012 | Published: 14 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this resource, financial services organizations will learn how they can use five key actions to develop a successful information strategy in order to improve processes, boost productivity, enhance decision-making, and more.

Posted: 01 May 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper to learn how to provide an always-on, instant banking channel that enables banks to service contextual interactions in real time.  Explore more inside to find out how to enhance mobile offerings without sacrificing security and flexibility.

Posted: 17 Aug 2012 | Published: 17 Aug 2012

WHITE PAPER: This quarters figures compiled by jobadswatch.co.uk show that during the fourth quarter of 2010 the IT jobs market for permanent staff being recruited by media organisations is up by 1.8%. This is the sixth consecutive quarter that has seen higher demand.

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 | Published: 15 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Read this paper and learn why automating The Last Mile of Finance can enable your organization to meet evolving requirements and reduce risk without increasing your costs. Gain insight into why upgrading your Last Mile processes is essential to remaining in line with regulatory reporting and compliance initiatives.

Posted: 09 May 2012 | Published: 18 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: Sponsored by Information Builders, this Ventana research paper explains how performance management can improve operations while aligning processes with strategy and goals.

Posted: 03 May 2013 | Published: 31 Dec 2012

WHITE PAPER: Packed with practical tips and actionable guidance, this 16-page report covers all of the key technology systems that family offices need to evaluate—along with the pros and cons of each and tradeoffs to consider. It’s a must-read for any family office looking to build competitive advantage in today’s environment.

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 | Published: 08 Nov 2010

WHITE PAPER: In February 2008, CFO Research Services, a unit of CFO Publishing and part of The Economist Group, began a research project with Business Objects, an SAP company, asking senior finance executives to give views on their priorities and challenges around integrating operational and financial planning processes.

Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 May 2008

WHITE PAPER: This white paper discusses how to optimize Java application performance in a virtualized environment. Discover how to effectively operate a Java Virtual Machine in conjunction with emerging hypervisor technology.

Posted: 29 Jan 2008 | Published: 01 Jan 2007

WHITE PAPER: While there is no silver bullet to eliminate cybercrime and malware, there are ways to mitigate risk, requiring a combination of multiple technologies to protect endpoints, online sessions and transactions. View this paper to examine the regulatory environment and uncover successful strategies for beating the bad guys.

Posted: 23 Nov 2011 | Published: 23 Nov 2011

WHITE PAPER: SAP analytics solutions can help today's government agencies overcome the many challenges associated with tax discovery. Read on to learn how SAP's public sector software solutions can benefit government agencies by improving performance, reducing costs and streamlining service delivery.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This research report explains how to ensure long-term viability in the financial services industry by depending on your ability to invest wisely in projects, meet regulatory targets and avoid the costly and public failures that brought down so many other organizations in the financial services industry.

Posted: 31 Jan 2011 | Published: 31 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: In today’s highly competitive and crowded marketplace, reaching your target audience with information and compelling brand messaging is more critical than ever before. Advertising has long been viewed as the key to generating mindshare among consumers for products and services.

Posted: 20 Jan 2011 | Published: 06 Apr 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses leadership development and the role of technology-based learning in leadership development programs.

Posted: 18 Apr 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: Learn how one company was able to utilize cost effective offshore support for use acceptance testing (UAT) of customer applications, ensuring cost benefits and reduce failure rates.

Posted: 10 Apr 2008 | Published: 01 Apr 2008

WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper sets out some of the key rules, guidelines and associated risks for FINRA member firms and suggests ways that organisations can use technology to protect themselves and their RRs. In addition, it looks at some of the other issues that enterprises may encounter when enabling the new internet.

Posted: 21 Sep 2010 | Published: 21 Sep 2010

WHITE PAPER: Join Gartner analysts from 28 February to 1 March in Dubai, industry thought leaders and a select group of your peers to find new answers to new questions - and learn how your IT leadership can create and follow the path to world class best practice.

Posted: 28 Jan 2011 | Published: 28 Jan 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper details SAP's range of public sector solutions, designed specifically to assist government agencies in proactively monitoring their current and future spending. Learn how to get a better handle on unspent funds such as unliquidated obligations (ULOs) by drilling into layers of data to create accurate reports and projections in real time.

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 | Published: 29 Jun 2012

WHITE PAPER: This TDWI Best Practices report identifies how business intelligence (BI) enables finance and accounting executives, managers and analysts to be powerful agents of organizational change. The paper includes practical advice and best practices for finance departments to partner with IT to leverage financial and non-financial data strategically.

Posted: 30 Jun 2010 | Published: 30 Jun 2010

WHITE PAPER: Financial services institutions (FSIs) are under tight pressure to reduce cost and risk in the business while improving profitability and enhancing customer satisfaction. But achieving these goals can be a daunting task.  View this paper to explore a systematic approach and key recommendations that FSI should invest in to help tackle these goals.

Posted: 08 Aug 2011 | Published: 08 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: LogRhythm has extensive experience in helping organizations improve their overall security and compliance posture while reducing costs. This paper illustrates and discusses the 6 domains of PCI DSS requirements as well as uses tables to outline how LogRhythm supports PCI compliance.

Posted: 09 Sep 2009 | Published: 09 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: Organisations face many challenges as they become more reliant on web technology: web applications are increasingly being targeted, and at the same time, compliance regulations continue to grow in complexity. Learn how to tackle these issues with IBM Rational, a comprehensive solution that provides protection, while helping to ensure compliance.

Posted: 04 Aug 2011 | Published: 04 Aug 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper discusses the ways that identify and social network analysis can help you prevent fraud and enable compliance by focusing not only on transactions, but also on person and groups and how they are related. Learn the requirements for a proactive fraud detection systems, and how ongoing data analysis can alert you to the need for action.

Posted: 28 Jul 2011 | Published: 28 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper looks at the ways that banks are having to adapt to rise to these challenges, the constraints they face and how innovative changes in IT infrastructure can release time, money and capacity to meet the demands of the new banking landscape.

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 | Published: 22 Jul 2010