Financial services resources
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Missed the 2008 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum? Watch these featured videos.
Missed the 2008 ACORD LOMA ISF? Here's a chance to see real-life examples of how insurers can leverage innovative technology, solutions, business models and processes to meet industry challenges |
26 Sep 2008 |
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Gain fast, scalable and flexible access to market data to seize competitive advantage for your financial markets firm
The demand for low-latency market data transfer is rising among financial markets firms moving toward direct exchange data. This brochure discusses how IBM WebSphere® Front Office for Financial Markets can help you manage the explosion in data, meet client needs and maintain a competitive edge. |
18 Sep 2008 |
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IBM Payments Framework for financial services brochure
Payments organizations must meet the needs of a growing global economy and comply with industry regulations and standards, while also increasing revenues and cutting costs. This brochure outlines how the IBM Payments Framework can help you transform your payments infrastructure to simplify your payments operations. |
12 Sep 2008 |
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The enterprise of the future in the insurance industry
In 2008, IBM surveyed more than 1000 CEOs to discover how they envisioned the enterprise of the future. This paper provide insight and discovery into insurance industry CEO's and their thoughts on the industry. |
05 Sep 2008 |
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Payments hubs: recent industry interest
The payments hub concept is a hot topic in the banking industry today, offering the potential for lower processing costs, reduced fraud and better customer service. This white paper gives an overview of payments hubs, including a definition, hub solutions, sample approaches and more. |
11 Aug 2008 |
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IBM and ACI Worldwide - Providing enterprise fraud solutions for retail and wholesale payments
Financial institutions face rising fraudulent attacks on their payment systems and mounting regulatory pressures. Choosing the right technology partners to protect you and your customers from financial crime is crucial. IBM and ACI Worldwide have joined forces to help reduce the risk inherent in payment system migrations. |
07 Jul 2008 |
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IBM's $20 billion Software Man Steve Mills on sustaining growth through innovation
Financial institutions have turned to innovation and technology for advantage in today’s highly commoditized and competitive industry. In an interview with Steve Mills, SVP and group executive of IBM’s software business, we asked about IBM’s impact on the financial services industry. |
05 Jun 2008 |
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Taking the wraps off retirement annuities and why, for insurers, STP may be the gift that keeps on giving
Sales of annuities and income payouts are expected to increase dramatically as baby boomers retire. This paper from IBM Global Business Services describes one avenue for insurance companies determined to take advantage of this opportunity—straight through processing (STP) enabled by a services-oriented architecture. |
21 May 2008 |
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White paper: Develop high-volume, low-latency financial markets solutions with IBM WebSphere MQ Low Latency Messaging
Financial services organizations need to speed transactions with extremely low latency and very high throughput. To achieve this, they need to automate, integrate and optimize their messaging systems. This white paper addresses the messaging challenges they face and how WebSphere® MQ Low Latency Messaging can help. |
21 May 2008 |
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One hub or two? Implementation approaches for enterprise payment hubs
This paper explores why TowerGroup sees banks moving from the conceptualization of “enterprise payments” to implementation during 2008 and 2009. Their point of view is that leading banks will implement service-oriented architecture (SOA) models that combine expert processing capability and open, standards-based integration. |
29 Apr 2008 |
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Insurance & Technology video: Driving insurance industry innovation
What does innovation mean to insurance companies? Innovative products and services are a necessity, but true innovation also requires a shift in business models. Watch this video to learn more. |
23 Apr 2008 |
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Insurance and technology video: The business of being green
Is your insurance company ready to go green? And what does going green mean to insurers? Bob Hoey, Worldwide Vice President of Hardware Sales for IBM, cuts through the hype associated with going green in this video and shares insights on how green technology impacts the insurance industry. |
22 Apr 2008 |
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Front office and agent: how innovation and collaboration can make insurance carriers more competitive
In the insurance industry, everyone benefits from more effective communication and collaboration. Employees improve productivity with easy access to client data. Clients receive better, more personalized service. This paper shows how embracing innovative business models can deliver immediate, solid results for insurers. |
22 Apr 2008 |
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Innovation man video
A business guy is tasked with “firing up” the troops for innovation. Innovation is good. But what about implementation? |
09 Apr 2008 |
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Risk appetite: A multifaceted approach to risk management
The financial crisis that started in the summer of 2007 with a sharp devaluation of U.S. sub-prime mortgage assets has raised concerns about the effectiveness of financial firms’ risk management. |
04 Apr 2008 |
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Building client advocacy: New opportunities for wealth management
The key to standing out in a marketplace flooded with similar wealth management products is becoming a customer focused enterprises. This brochure explores how you can promote client advocacy throughout your organization and start building a compelling client experience. |
27 Feb 2008 |
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No bank is an island
Banks’ perennial quest for growth can lead them astray—witness the recent sub-prime debacle in the U.S. Yet even against the backdrop of large write-downs, firms are continuing their search for significant, sustainable bottom-line improvement. |
26 Feb 2008 |
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Data convergence in the financial services sector
As business risk, customer and regulatory data converge in massive quantities to fulfill compliance mandates, many financial institutions are seeking ways to turn compliance cost into an investment, and use the same data to deliver greater business value. |
26 Feb 2008 |
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From CBM to SOA: The "how to" for transforming the insurance business
To help introduce products more quickly, decrease operational costs and manage compliance, IBM offers insurers an approach that can help transform agencies using Component Business Modeling (CBM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA). |
26 Feb 2008 |
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The changing agency model
Several factors are combining to transform the nature of insurance carriers. Insurers who prepare now with a collaborative approach designed to empower both direct and independent agents can help them better adapt to the changes. |
26 Feb 2008 |
