The point we’ve reached, this fast-paced world we live in where 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are produced every single day, needs fast-paced intelligence that befriends a couple of chummy and efficient robots. Only in 2020 —the unforgettable year of the pandemic— each of us generated, on average, 1.7MB of …
Although product and service innovation is, more often than not, driven by unhappy customers whose demands for seamless, delightful and outcome-driven experiences are not being met, it’s up to smart, visionary businesses to seize the opportunity and, nimbly, cover those needs. In the pandemic (and post-pandemic) world the need for …
Corporate banking is growing in importance to not only Luxembourg’s economy but also to ensure a successful future for the banking sector. Corporate banks need to differentiate themselves and generate real value and that translates into responding to increasing challenges such as cost discipline, related to end-to-end process streamlining, for …
Is your approach to compliance fit for the present and for what the future holds? There is a very common human response when someone hears the word “compliance”, as if it was embedded in our genes: most people go, “oh compliance”, and they frown or twist their mouths. Let’s be …
The world is going digital and the trend is unstoppable. In the kingdom of bites, big data and algorithms, businesses have reached the point where Excel spreadsheets are old-school; they aren’t only sufficient but also inefficient. This is where postmodern ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) softwares comes into play. In this …
By now, the business benefits of moving to the cloud aren’t questioned anymore. In fact, the adoption of cloud has followed a similar path than any other new technology. It needed first to be perceived as useful and easy to use. After all, the adoption of any digital technology always …
“To quota or not to quota” to accelerate women’s participation in boards and, in general, in leadership positions? To some, that’s the way to walk faster on the sometimes rocky path to achieving gender parity. Like in all human-centred matters, when it comes to diversity matters nothing is black or …
This week’s blog article stems from a nice exchange of emails with Koen Maris, our Cybersecurity Leader. In the midst of the exchange one of us referred to “the next normal” as the new buzzword we may want to be using. “New normal, next normal, you name it, what’s new …
Luxembourg is anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism financing (CTF) compliant. Both matters are, indeed, at the top of its agenda. This isn’t a recent commitment, rather, it dates back almost two decades. This article revisits the country’s developments on the matter. Unquestionably, the impact of money laundering (ML) and terrorist …
When talking about women in technology, the iconic English phrase “Mind the Gap” couldn’t describe the current situation better. It’s undeniable that, in the past decades, the world has taken significant strides when it comes to gender equality and women’s rights. According to Eurostat, women make up for 66.5% of …
