
Bill Borden articles

Bill Borden
Corporate Vice President of Worldwide Financial Services, Microsoft
Bill leads the development and execution of Microsoft’s financial services industry strategy, supporting banking, capital markets, and insurance customers worldwide in their digital transformation journeys to innovate and grow their businesses.


AI for social impact: 3 ways financial services can influence global challenges
It’s clear that generative AI opens new doors to create greater value for customers, the benefits of which are already dramatic across industries. In the unique case of financial services, generative AI also opens opportunities to address global problems that have long challenged almost every segment of society.
Microsoft at Sibos 2023: Showcasing Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services
For financial services professionals that attended the Sibos 2023 conference, Microsoft was delighted to showcase innovation in AI, share our insights and learning, and highlight the progress of our partners and customers.
The era of generative AI: Driving transformation in banking
Empowering our customers with intelligent banking capabilities is core to our mission, and we are excited to bring generative AI innovations to them through our Azure OpenAI Service and our copilot offerings.
Six priorities for the financial services industry in 2023
While there is no crystal ball for what the future will look like in this rapidly changing world, I am certain of the power of today’s cloud and AI technology advancements—and those on the horizon—to overcome our current challenges, stretch the boundaries of what we think is possible, and create a better future, together.
Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services: Premium compliance support, new features, and expanded markets
As we continue to expand our Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services offering, we are excited to share our latest updates including new features in general availability and in preview, as well as expanded availability in select new markets.
Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services: New updates to further accelerate growth, innovation, and connected customer experiences
What’s new: Strengthening of partner opportunities, expansion into new markets, and enhanced customer experience capabilities Financial services organizations around the world have been focused on how to best accelerate their digital agendas.
Accelerating payments modernization in the cloud with SWIFT
Over the last few years, financial institutions have been through seismic changes in the global economy. Among them has been the rapid increase and adoption of digital payment methods and the emergence of new cloud-native payment providers.
Microsoft and the financial services industry: A year in review and 2022 trends ahead
2021 has been an incredible year of change for the financial services industry. We saw organizations across financial services accelerate digital innovation at a record pace. This has also been an important year for us here at Microsoft.
Top 7 takeaways from Sibos 2021
The theme of last week’s Sibos 2021 financial services event was “Recharging Global Finance — the digital journey evolves” — with the opportunity to debate how to recharge global finance and accelerate change for the better. It was a very fitting and thoughtful discussion, given the seismic shifts within the financial services industry.
Microsoft Cloud for Financial Services: Accelerating innovation for sustainable growth
The pandemic cemented the value of digitization and digital channels in the financial services industry—and created new expectations with customers and employees.