The FinTech space has grown dramatically this year as more consumers shift their financial transactions online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Financial services companies are learning how to ship better code, faster by adopting DevOps methodologies. DevOps helps companies develop fast, fail fast and learn fast so they can fulfill customer expectations and deliver quality […]
How to Secure Fintech Applications and Protect Customer Data
All industries are feeling the pain of preventing rising risks to their applications, private information and customers’ data, and it is not surprising that this is especially true in the financial services sector. In fact, fintech companies on average spent more than $18 million in 2019 battling cybercrime, while other markets’ companies spend an average […]
Financial Services Rise Above in Database DevOps
Financial services, pat yourselves on the back. A new study from Redgate shows financial services have superior database DevOps and database monitoring compared to other sectors. Financial IT appears to outperform other industries with high-quality database monitoring benchmarks consistently. For example, financial services on average are far quicker to detect and remediate failed deployments. Below, […]
TechStrong TV: strongDM With Betterment
Betterment is a goal-based financial advisory company that provides robo-advising services to help customers make the most of their money, taking away all the complexities of investing and saving. In this interview for TechStrong TV, strongDM co-founder and CEO Elizabeth Zalman and Chris Becker, SRE manager at Betterment, joined us to discuss how strongDM helps […]
Financial Services: Future Proofing Your Digital Transformation Strategy
The Financial Services: Future Proofing Your Digital Transformation Strategy virtual event will explore the state of development and DevOps in the finance industry, and how organizations can digitally transform their strategy in order to release new, compliant applications and safely adapt to change at any speed demanded by the business. The virtual event will take […]
Fintech: A Profitable and Growing Developer Career Path
What do you think when you hear the word “fintech”? It’s been around for almost five decades, yet it has only just been officially recognized as part of the English language. In the Merriam Webster dictionary, the word is defined as: “Products and companies that employ newly developed digital and online technologies in the banking […]
Why Banks Must Ditch the ‘Build vs. Buy’ Mentality and Embrace a Platform Approach
The past decade has seen digital transformation change nearly every aspect of our lives, and banking has proven no exception. Indeed, proprietary data from Avoka shows that in mid-2017, mobile overtook desktop as the most popular channel for applying for new deposit accounts at one top 10 U.S. bank. Banks have accordingly ramped up their […]
Enabling the Financial Services Shift to Microservices
The financial services industry historically has been riddled with barriers to entry. Challengers found it difficult to break through low margins and tightening regulations. However, large enterprises that once dominated the market are now facing disruption from smaller, leaner fintech companies that are eating away at the value chain. These disruptors are marked by technological […]
The Move to Platform: Unleashing a Wealth of Opportunities in Fintech
Closed, legacy systems and requirements around availability and security remain major obstacles to innovation in the financial services industry. But there’s now an appetite for change and a growing recognition of the benefits to be gained from a platform-based approach. This article explores the legacy challenges that still plague financial services, examines the case for […]
The Role of DevOps in the Financial Services Industry
We are living in a fast-changing environment where unexpected technological, economic and political changes can be expected and where it is necessary to adapt quickly to these changes. This statement is especially true in the financial services sector, where there is a greater need to exceed the expectations of customers and provide uninterrupted service. From […]