Industry Insights

Looking for concise analysis and insightful perspectives on innovative technologies in financial services? We offer a library of timely articles and commentaries on late-breaking business trends that can help you get up to speed–fast.

Industry Insights

Looking for concise analysis and insightful perspectives on innovative technologies in financial services? We offer a library of timely articles and commentaries on late-breaking business trends that can help you get up to speed–fast.

Blockchain 2017: Done talking, start building

Blockchain is a digital, distributed transaction ledger with identical copies maintained on each of the network’s members’ computers. All parties can review previous entries and record new ones. Transactions are grouped in blocks, recorded one after the other in a chain of blocks (the ‘blockchain’). The links between blocks and their content are protected by cryptography, so previous transactions cannot be destroyed or forged. This means that the ledger and the transaction network are trusted without a central authority – a ‘middleman’.
Cleared for takeoff

This report identifies the clusters of innovation that are affecting business in the financial services industry: Primary accounts, payments, capital markets, investment management and insurance.

A little less conversation, a lot more action

Data, and making sense of it through analytics, is at the heart of all disruptive innovations and is key to becoming an insurer of the future. It’s in the DNA of start-ups, who continue to grow and bring game-changing propositions to market, and yet is often overlooked by incumbents. Will your current tactics get you to the top of the league?
The Big Shift
The global business landscape is fundamentally changing

The world around us is changing. Long-term trends, driven by the liberalization of public policy and the exponential cost-performance improvement of digital infrastructure—computing, storage, and bandwidth—are fundamentally altering the business environment across all industries. This is what we call the Big Shift.

Turbulence ahead

Transformative forces are effecting the general insurance industry – what may the future look like?

Blockchain technology for investment management firms

Blockchain technology has the power to transform the asset management value chain—and the firms that adopt it early will reap the rewards. This report examines unique blockchain developments and provides a six-step guide to implementing blockchain. Position your firm for the future by advancing asset management technology.

Making blockchain real for payments and settlements

Deloitte has furthered its leadership in blockchain with an investment in SETL, a start-up focussing on the provision of financial grade blockchain technology for settlement and payment activities. This investment is key to our commitment to be the architect in building the future of capital markets through new technologies like blockchain.

A tale of 44 cities

The Connecting Global FinTech: Interim Hub Review 2017

Borderless FinTech

This year’s Innovate Finance Global Summit saw the launch of Deloitte’s interim Global FinTech Hub Review, compiled in collaboration with the Global FinTech Hubs Federation.

Reimagining financial services with Blockchain

Deloitte Global report highlights use cases for distributed ledger technology to transform the industry
Over the horizon: Blockchain and the future of financial infrastructure

When the industry can be fueled by distributed ledger technology what does the future of financial services infrastructure look like?

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Michael Tang

Michael Tang
Global Digital Transformation Leader, Financial Services Consulting
mtang@deloitte.ca

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Stephen Marshall

Stephen Marshall
Global Technology Leader, Financial Services Consulting
stephenmarshall@deloitte.co.uk

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