eCo Perspective
Is wholesale banking disruption-proof?
There is a school of thought that wholesale and investment banking is immune to true disruption by financial technology – that the protective complexity of these businesses will give the incumbents time to assimilate new technologies. In a recent report, for example,...
Fintech and wholesale banking: why nothing has changed
Staff turnover, regulation among five factors holding banks back Over the past decade the software industry has been revolutionised by a set of new technologies. They keep close company – where you find one you’ll often find several – and the firms that have played...
Pre-trade risk checks
When a “tech issue” becomes a management catastrophe Amidst all of the change and turbulence in the years since the financial crisis, one constant trend has been a continuing rise in the proportion of trades that are conducted electronically. This brings many...
How to use the Jetson TK1 as a remote development environment for CUDA
Learn how to compile and debug a CUDA program using a Jetson TK1 single board computer and an IDE running on your desktop.
The New Equations of Tech Value
A pre-crisis focus on creating value through proprietary technology has been superseded by the search to find smart, effective ways to utilise the best software from elsewhere.
Life in a start-up
Why “living the dream” necessarily involves an uncertain future and less pay.