Financial Services Technology: Processes, Architecture, and Solutions, 2nd Edition - Softcover

E. Duran, Randall

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9814780863 ISBN 13: 9789814780865

Publisher: Cengage Asia, 2017

Synopsis

DESCRIPTION
Financial Services Technology, Second Edition explains how banks and financial institutions use technology and explores how fintech companies are revolutionizing the financial services industry. It examines innovation areas and emerging technologies, including digital currencies, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and mobile payments. Key concepts related to cybersecurity, operational risk, and regulation are reviewed in the context of how they impact financial institutions and fintech companies. This book will serve as a valuable reference for industry professionals and as a learning guide for students and newcomers to the industry.

KEY FEATURES
- Illustrates key concepts using usiness process and technical architecture diagrams.
- Describes basic theory and provides practical examples and case studies from around the world.
- Examines banking-related topics including core-banking systems, payments, and cash management.
- Reviews financial markets topics including equities, foreign exchange, and derivatives trading.
- Covers other key business considerations such as communication channels, customer relationship management, and risk management.
- Three new chapters have been added: Technology Infrastructure and Operations, Operational and Compliance Risk Management, and Innovation.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Introduction
PART 1 FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 2 Business Process Management
Chapter 3 Solution Architecture
Chapter 4 Technology Solution Delivery
Chapter 5 Technology Infrastructure and Operations
PART 2 BANKING TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 6 Banking Contexts
Chapter 7 Deposits and Cash Management
Chapter 8 Lending and Debt Collection
Chapter 9 Payments
Chapter 10 Trade Services and Finance
Chapter 11 Treasury and Foreign Exchange
Chapter 12 Treasury Derivatives
PART 3 FINANCIAL MARKETS TECHNOLOGY
Chapter 13 Capital Markets Contexts
Chapter 14 Exchanges and Execution Venues
Chapter 15 Financial Markets Intermediaries
PART 4 CROSS-FUNCTIONAL CONSIDERATIONS
Chapter 16 Channels and Customer Relationship Management
Chapter 17 Cybersecurity
Chapter 18 Market Risk Management
Chapter 19 Operational and Compliance Risk Management
Chapter 20 Innovation
Glossary
Index

About this title

About the Author

Randall E. Duran is the chairman of Catena Technologies, a fintech company that provides derivatives trade reporting solutions. He is also an adjunct professor at Singapore Management University and holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in computer science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). Over the past twenty-five years Randall has worked with financial institutions in the United States, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa, including retail banks, investment banks, and stock exchanges. He has started up and grown fintech companies, has served as the Chief Information Officer of a US-based bank, and acts as technology advisor to financial institutions. Randall is a member of the American Bankers Association Payments Systems Committee and the Cyber and Information Security Working Group.

From the Back Cover

KEY FEATURES
- Illustrates key concepts using usiness process and technical architecture diagrams.
- Describes basic theory and provides practical examples and case studies from around the world.
- Examines banking-related topics including core-banking systems, payments, and cash management.
- Reviews financial markets topics including equities, foreign exchange, and derivatives trading.
- Covers other key business considerations such as communication channels, customer relationship management, and risk management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cengage Asia
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814780863
• ISBN 13: 9789814780865
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 608