Category: Financial Services

In a previous post titled “Engineering for DEI: Tapping IT Creativity and Technique to Address Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” authors Wesley Story and Mark Schwartz recommend rethinking organizational approaches to delivering DEI outcomes. They challenge readers to approach DEI like core engineering projects. Shifting from monolithic develop-then-test approaches to a more iterative mindset creates the […]

Goldman Sachs is a leading global financial institution that delivers a range of financial services across investment banking, securities, investment management, and consumer banking to a large and diversified customer base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments, and individuals. Goldman Sachs uses Amazon Web Services (AWS) solutions to transform the way it operates internally—from automated […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations of Amazon MSK: achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, automating audits with APIs, and operational access and security respectively. Each of the five areas includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical code that […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations for customers running workloads on Amazon CloudFront: achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, audits with APIs, and access control/security. Across each area, we’ll examine specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical code to help […]

Financial transactions are based on trust, and consumers continue to seek easier ways of transacting and garnering greater financial inclusion for the 2 billion unbanked globally. Conversely, the acceleration of digital transformation initiatives, sustained growth in the number of internet active consumers, and advancements in web3 technologies are causing an explosion of financial transactions across […]

As detailed in our previous post on the topic, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data has become an indispensable supplemental data to assess a company’s risk and performance alongside traditional financial and alternative data. Institutional investors and asset managers are increasingly integrating ESG data into investment decisions, as responsible or sustainable investing moves from niche […]

Introduction to DynamoDB In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations for customers running workloads on Amazon DynamoDB: achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, audits with APIs, and access control/security. Across each area, we will examine specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations of Elastic Load Balancing (ELB): achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, automating audits with APIs, and operational access and security. Each of the five areas will include specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical […]

John Kain, Head of Financial Services Market Development at Amazon Web Services (AWS) is joined by Vikram Dewan, Chief Information Officer at Jefferies, who recently announced plans to move core business systems, internal and customer-facing applications, IT resources, and companywide data to AWS. In this post, Vikram discussed Jefferies’ digital transformation and explained the value […]

Following the 8 June 2022 HM Treasury’s policy statement on critical third parties, on 21 July 2022, the UK regulatory authorities, the Bank of England (BoE), Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a joint discussion paper: Operational resilience: Critical third parties to the UK financial sector. The paper sets out detailed […]