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Investing in Agritech: The Future of Farming in the UAE

Ever since the industrialisation of agriculture in the early 20th century, mechanised technology such as tractors and combine harvesters have helped humans to massively...

The Future of Finance: Automation, AI – and People

From the start, financial services have been all about driving progress: in antiquity, the first gold and silver coins were designed to make life...

Rising DDoS Attacks in the Finance Industry

While the global pandemic introduced new security challenges for modern businesses and security teams, it has also presented a tremendous opportunity for cybercriminals. With...

It’s time to compose Total Experience solutions

Recent research commissioned by Avaya confirms that GCC banks are pursuing an app-centric relationship with both their corporate and consumer customers. With the closure...

Payments Modernisation in Middle East & North Africa: Trends and Opportunity

Over the past few years, the banking sector has gone through a massive transformation, with the modernisation of payments at the epicentre of this...

How to effectively deliver AI-powered analytics in the age of digital banking

First, the bad news: COVID-19 hit the region's banks hard. According to KPMG, H1 2020 net profits for the GCC banking sector were down...

Open Banking without Strong Customer Authentication creates bad customer experience and leaves banks vulnerable. So why adopt one without the other?

Regulators around the world are implementing various incarnations of Open Banking with the goal of changing how payments are made in their regions. They...

Data, the oil of the 21st Century

Internet security blog posts are usually more at home on the inside pages of IT trade periodicals than on the front pages of international...

Tax technology is transforming compliance for banks in Saudi Arabia

Since digitalization affects every facet of banking operations, KPMG latest Banking Perspectives report touched base on the scope and future of banking automation in...

Hybrid wealth management: best of both worlds or wishful thinking?

Since March last year, we have seen banks triple their revenue through online channels. That’s great, but what we aren’t seeing with these stats...

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