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January 9, 2025

From Startup to Scaleup: The Role of Culture in Successful Fintechs

The article ‘From Startup to Scaleup: The Role of Culture in Successful Fintechs’ was originally published on The Financial Technologist…

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July 23, 2024

Under Pressure: What does DORA mean for FinTech firms?

Financial services digitisation has brought immense opportunities and efficiencies to the capital markets but also created new vulnerabilities. With cyberattacks…

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November 27, 2023

The importance of sell-side relationships to investing in regional markets

The importance of sell-side relationships to investing in regional markets By Mike Powell, CEO Rapid Addition I had the pleasure…

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November 21, 2023

Remote Working in a Post-Pandemic World

The Covid pandemic precipitated a seismic shift in white-collar workplace practices, particularly in the technology sector, and employers are struggling…

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September 15, 2023

Tilting at Giants

In Miguel de Cervantes’ seminal 17th Century novel, a delusional middle-aged man named Alonso Quixano becomes obsessed with chivalry and…

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August 23, 2023

The Future for Trading in the Cloud

If the picture of cloud adoption by trading firms and market services providers is a little grey today, is the…

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June 16, 2023

Are Capital Markets Firms Really Benefitting From Cloud?

By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition In our earlier blogs (here and here), we discussed the factors driving increased adoption…

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June 2, 2023

What’s Driving Capital Markets’ Interest in Cloud?

By Mike Powell, CEO, Rapid Addition As we pointed out in our last blog, after an extended period of reticence…

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July 8, 2022

The Future of Trading Technology

Kevin Houstoun shares his thoughts on impactful trends in trading technology during an interview at the recent TradeTech Conference in…

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April 11, 2022

New Wave of Fintechs Helping Change the Industry Dynamic

I recently attended an in-person industry conference for the first time in two years. I must admit it felt sightly…

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November 10, 2021

10 Reasons to Invest in High-value FIX Engine Technology

Why pay for a FIX Engine? Over the last couple of decades, the FIX protocol has become pervasive in capital…

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October 20, 2021

How do Financial Organisations Achieve ISO 2022 in the Current Climate?

How do financial organisations achieve ISO 20022 and other key industry standards in the current regulatory framework? By Kevin Houston

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