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AI / Big Data

When Banks Meet Bots: The AI Transformation of Finance

Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries across the globe, and banking is no exception. The adoption of AI is revolutionizing banking products, enabling financial institutions to offer personalized service, increase efficiency, and enhance security. This article explores the impact of AI on banking products, and the innovations being driven by this technology. What is artificial […]

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AI / Big Data

Gen AI in Banking: Current State of Affairs

When it comes to tech innovations, the banking sector is usually ahead of the curve. This is especially true for Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI), the deep-learning tech that can generate human-like text, images, videos, and audio. It can even synthesize data for training other AI models. Banks are buzzing with excitement over Gen AI, […]

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Banking

Bank Valuation: Understanding Key Ratios and Metrics

In the previous article, we looked at how banks make money and how they must meet capital requirements. In this article, we will explore the importance of profitability ratios and valuation metrics that are crucial when analyzing banks. There are seven key profitability ratios and two valuation metrics that it is important to understand. We […]

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Banking

Bank Profitability: Decoding the Income Statement

How do banks make money? Where does this money ultimately go? What is a bank really worth? In this 2-part series, we will address these questions. Firstly, by outlining the major items on a bank’s income statement, and then by discussing key ratios that are commonly used to measure profitability and to estimate the market […]

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Banking

Banks – Industry Overview

The Business of Banking Banks are intermediaries for capital and hold the risk when supply and demand is not perfectly balanced. Historically, commercial banking and investment banking functions have been separated by law – these restrictions have since been repealed and larger banks tend to take on capital markets operations due to the complimentary nature […]

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AI / Big Data Banking

Is AI the Solution for the Banking Sector? (Part I: Problems)

The financial services industry has seen drastic technology-driven change over the past few years, and digital has fundamentally reshaped consumer behaviour in banking. According to Oliver Wyman, a global management consulting firm, 90% of Canadian banking customers use digital channels and more than 30% are now banking exclusively virtually. In response, banks worldwide are making […]

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AI / Big Data Banking

Is AI the Solution for the Banking Sector? (Part 2: Solution)

Before we dive into why AI is the solution for the banking sector, let’s first explore what big tech companies have in common, how many of them have grown successfully, and what banks can learn. The three ingredients that have contributed to the massive success of big tech firms might be described as: Identify big […]

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Blockchain / Crypto

Blockchain For Managers

No matter one’s professional background, these days it is almost impossible to escape at least a very basic introduction to “blockchain.” At its core, blockchain has the potential to give every individual access to data, processes, and the ability to transact with others on a scale that was never before possible. From a strictly mid-20th […]