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Published February 15, 2016

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Empowering the Digital Bank Video: Cortana in Banking

Global digitization, combined with unprecedented changes to the financial services business model, is mandating transformation.

Gears mechanism floats on the human hand

Published February 11, 2016

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Cortana Analytics helps insurer If P&C tackle Big Data analytics workload

Data has been an important part of the insurance industry for centuries, but the emergence of big data has brought unprecedented challenges to insurers around the world. Today, insurance companies large and small need to ingest, process, analyze and act on massive amounts of data from heterogeneous sources quickly and cost effectively.

Published February 8, 2016

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Efma announces major Fintech portal initiative with Microsoft and Avanade

Efma, Microsoft and Avanade are working together to launch a new portal, to connect the rapidly expanding fintech community with retail banks and insurance firms globally.

Published October 20, 2015

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ABB and Microsoft put electric cars on a cloud

The electric vehicle (EV) market is growing rapidly. Yet worldwide there are currently just 106,000 public EV charging stations for more than 1 million EVs. As the industry powers up to meet demand, global revenue from EV charging services is projected to grow from $152.6 million last year to $2.

Published October 5, 2015

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APIs offer banks the chance to develop innovative services while protecting vital data

The rise of APIs makes it possible for banks to share software elements with key partners without exposing customer data or proprietary information.

Published September 29, 2015

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Announcing expanded Microsoft Azure support for financial services customers

Announcing the addition of two more assessments supporting Financial Services plus as a detailed set of Payment Card Industry and Data Security Standard guidance describing Azure and customer shared responsibilities.

Published September 18, 2015

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Smart marketing, the value of free and keeping your customers happy

Data is driving transformation in every department of modern business, and marketing is no exception.

Published August 14, 2015

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An imperfect idea, what makes data big, grasping gamification and the economics of the cloud

“Perfect never leads to new.” That’s what Jesse Stanchak, social media specialist, says is the paradoxical flaw in striving for perfection.

Published August 7, 2015

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Disruptive technology, apps in the cloud and modern marketing

How does a company become a disruptive force in the market and achieve runaway success?

Published June 26, 2015

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Innovation in insurance with IoT

An increasing number of insurance carriers are looking to the internet of things (IoT) as a source of data and insight that can help with new product development, risk identification and pricing, and even new value-added services that support policyholder retention

Published June 5, 2015

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Empowering the Digital Bank: Kids don’t dream of digital pigs

The bank’s overt role in consumers’ daily lives is fast eroding. Once the primary go-to for financial support, banks now face being relegated to the position of passive utility-like service providers.

Published May 18, 2015

4 min read

Empowering the digital bank

Does your bank make you feel like a valued customer every time you engage with it?

Microsoft Industry for Financial Services Team articles

Empowering the Digital Bank Video: Cortana in Banking

Cortana Analytics helps insurer If P&C tackle Big Data analytics workload

Efma announces major Fintech portal initiative with Microsoft and Avanade

ABB and Microsoft put electric cars on a cloud

APIs offer banks the chance to develop innovative services while protecting vital data

Announcing expanded Microsoft Azure support for financial services customers

Smart marketing, the value of free and keeping your customers happy

An imperfect idea, what makes data big, grasping gamification and the economics of the cloud

Disruptive technology, apps in the cloud and modern marketing

Innovation in insurance with IoT

Empowering the Digital Bank: Kids don’t dream of digital pigs

Empowering the digital bank

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