Category: Financial Services

AWS Glue has successfully completed an external assessment that confirms that its reference architecture provides comprehensive controls for protecting sensitive data in the cloud. AWS is the first cloud service provider to have completed an internal and external assessment of the CDMC controls framework. A leading data and strategy consulting organization (the firm) assessed the […]

Welcome back to the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Service Spotlight monthly series. Each month we look at five key considerations that FSI customers should focus on to help streamline cloud service approval for one particular service. Each of the five key considerations includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical code that can be used […]

Chief Risk Officers (CROs) and the risk function both have an important role to play in the continued digital transformation of financial services institutions (FSIs), and the use of Cloud technology to enable it. Cloud technology differs from traditional (on-premises) IT solutions, and the relationship between FSIs and cloud service provider is also different to […]

From November 28 to December 2, thousands of participants from the financial services industry (FSI) will gather in Las Vegas for AWS re:Invent 2022 to meet, get inspired, and rethink what’s possible. This year, attendees will have access to nearly one hundred sessions focused on the FSI. To help you prioritize and make the most […]

Price Action Analysis is a trading methodology that solely focuses on recent price movements of securities. It allows traders to understand and capture the current market structure in patterns, further serving as trading signals. Reading price action intuitively is an effective way to maximize trading profits for retail traders, institutional traders, and hedge fund managers. […]

Capital One has been a disrupter in the financial services industry since 1994, using technology to transform banking and payments. Today, the “digital bank” is all in on Amazon Web Services (AWS), embracing data analytics, microservices, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and other solutions to continue to innovate. We have successfully exited all of […]

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 […]