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Finastra creates new era of fintech using Microsoft machine learning and analytics tools 

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    By Ed FandreyVice President Financial Services, US at Microsoft
  Created in 2017 from the combination of two long-standing companies, Finastra has already emerged as one of the largest financial technology (fintech) companies in the world, building solutions to support banking and other financial services. Finastra has made innovation its hallmark, constantly seeking new ways to use technology to improve financial services for banks...Read more
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Canada Federal PBMM Azure Blueprint Available 

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    By Lily KimGeneral Manager, Azure Global
For organizations planning to host IaaS or PaaS workloads in Microsoft Azure, Microsoft is publishing a series of blueprint samples built in to Azure to help you proactively manage and monitor your compliance obligations....Read more
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The evolution of the Chief Financial Officer 

  • Nadeem Yusufaly Headshot
    By Nadeem YusufalyBusiness Group Lead – Dynamics 365 Finance and Operation
With Digital Transformation changing the way businesses operate, executive roles are changing just as rapidly to meet today’s challenges head on. Organizations that fall behind risk losing market share to their competition....Read more
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Risk management and the cloud 

In the financial services world, both regulatory changes and increasingly complex, data-intensive modeling are creating challenges for risk teams. In Canada and around the world, regulators are mandating increased compliance, capital adequacy and reporting requirements to avoid systemic risk, improve transparency, and make markets safer for investors....Read more