{"id":18883,"date":"2021-11-19T03:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/11\/19\/microsoft-singapores-commitment-to-building-sustainable-financial-services-for-web-3-0\/"},"modified":"2021-11-19T03:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T03:00:00","slug":"microsoft-singapores-commitment-to-building-sustainable-financial-services-for-web-3-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/11\/19\/microsoft-singapores-commitment-to-building-sustainable-financial-services-for-web-3-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Singapore&#8217;s Commitment to Building Sustainable Financial Services for Web 3.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a019 November 2021 &#8211;\u00a0We are at the forefront of&#13;<br \/>\ntechnological innovation, which has been further accelerated by the COVID\u201119&#13;<br \/>\npandemic. Fundamental disruption arising from decentralized data networks,&#13;<br \/>\nartificial intelligence, and edge computing has created a Web 3.0 era,&#13;<br \/>\npresenting the next wave of the internet. This change has shaped business models&#13;<br \/>\nand presented new opportunities for building a sustainable, resilient, and digitally&#13;<br \/>\ninclusive future.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Singapore&#8217;s tenacity for technological&#13;<br \/>\ntransformation presents a multitude of opportunities for financial institutions to innovate&#13;<br \/>\nand ramp up their digital agendas to remain relevant and achieve sustainable&#13;<br \/>\ngrowth locally and regionally. An increasing number of financial institutions are&#13;<br \/>\ntapping into cloud technologies and services to execute their digital transformation&#13;<br \/>\nprograms and instill a stronger culture of innovation as they reimagine the future&#13;<br \/>\nof financial services.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, this highly&#13;<br \/>\nregulated industry with its robust regulatory requirements entailing outsourced&#13;<br \/>\ntechnology use, risk management, and governance, may present its own set of challenges.&#13;<br \/>\nFinancial institutions cannot achieve all these on their own. They need trusted partners that can&#13;<br \/>\nprovide technologies, products, and solutions that also adhere to privacy, security,&#13;<br \/>\nand compliance obligations<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a trusted&#13;<br \/>\nally to the nation, Microsoft is committed to being a trusted strategic partner&#13;<br \/>\nin building a resilient and digitally inclusive Singapore. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here are three takeaways from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fintechfestival.sg\/\">Singapore Fintech Festival 2021<\/a>&#13;<br \/>\nthat the financial services industry, ecosystem, and partners must consider as&#13;<br \/>\nthey leverage tech capabilities and innovate to enhance customer engagement,&#13;<br \/>\ndrive security and compliance, and foster open innovation for the next wave of&#13;<br \/>\nprogress.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Enhancing Customer&#13;<br \/>\nEngagement <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The pandemic has&#13;<br \/>\nchanged customer behaviors and expectations. Financial institutions now need to&#13;<br \/>\nre\u2011think their client engagement and take it to levels that are at par, if not&#13;<br \/>\nexceeding, those set by non\u2011financial institutions in other sectors including e-commerce&#13;<br \/>\nand ride-hailing. To successfully compete means investing in new business&#13;<br \/>\nmodels, products, and solutions that are built around customer needs and create&#13;<br \/>\nlong-term loyalty.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sc.com\/sg\/\"><b>Standard Chartered Bank<\/b><\/a> embarked on a <a href=\"https:\/\/news.microsoft.com\/2020\/08\/11\/standard-chartered-bank-partners-with-microsoft-to-become-a-cloud-first-bank\/\">three-year strategic partnership<\/a> with Microsoft to accelerate their digital&#13;<br \/>\ntransformation through a cloud-first mindset. By leveraging Microsoft Azure, Standard&#13;<br \/>\nChartered Bank was successful in meeting the demand for seamless banking&#13;<br \/>\nvirtually anytime and anywhere, making banking more accessible to people across&#13;<br \/>\nits network.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our&#13;<br \/>\npartnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.holywally.com\/\"><b>HolyWally<\/b>,<\/a> a white-label digital wallet solution built on&#13;<br \/>\nMicrosoft Azure, has democratized the ability of its customers, including&#13;<br \/>\nEastWest Bank in the Philippines, the first tap-to-pay wallet in the country,&#13;<br \/>\nto create digital wallets with more services and greater control over data.&#13;<br \/>\nThis collaboration has accelerated HolyWally&#8217;s growth in the FinTech space and provided&#13;<br \/>\nthe business greater access to products, sales, and technical support, and&#13;<br \/>\nco-selling opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/alphafin.tech\/\"><b>Alpha Fintech<\/b><\/a> has made merchant acquiring easier for banks, payment&#13;<br \/>\ngateways, and acquirers like Grab, by integrating the entire payment lifecycle solution&#13;<br \/>\nprovider ecosystem all on the Azure platform. Users can now onboard merchants&#13;<br \/>\nquicker, sell more products via tailored solutions for each vertical, monetize&#13;<br \/>\nnew data intelligence \u2013 all while benefiting from massive IT savings. Alpha&#13;<br \/>\nFintech&#8217;s partnership with Microsoft to develop this one-stop solution has&#13;<br \/>\nenabled acquirers to compete with digital unicorns quickly and easily. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Driving&#13;<br \/>\nSecurity and Compliance <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Financial&#13;<br \/>\ninstitutions that know how to manage their regulatory and compliance data will&#13;<br \/>\nbe on an accelerated path to stronger risk management and improved operational&#13;<br \/>\nefficiency. Ensuring that financial services operate within appropriate&#13;<br \/>\ncompliance constructs is key to maintaining their application security posture.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chainstack.com\/\"><b>Chainstack<\/b>,<\/a> a blockchain service platform that&#13;<br \/>\ngraduated from Microsoft Azure&#8217;s Startup program in 2020, works closely with&#13;<br \/>\nMicrosoft to provide developers and independent software vendors with the&#13;<br \/>\nApplication Programming Interface (API) to build, run, and scale blockchain&#13;<br \/>\napplications. Chainstack has successfully delivered complete solutions for&#13;<br \/>\npartners like <a href=\"https:\/\/bloxroute.com\/\">bloXroute Labs<\/a>,&#13;<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/hoprnet.org\/\">HOPR<\/a>, and the hugely popular <a href=\"https:\/\/polygon.technology\/\">Polygon&#13;<br \/>\nNetwork<\/a>, by leveraging&#13;<br \/>\nMicrosoft Azure to provide enterprise-grade blockchain infrastructure and&#13;<br \/>\nnetwork gateways that are extremely secure and dependable. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our&#13;<br \/>\ncollaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.letsbloom.io\/\"><b>letsbloom<\/b><\/a>, a venture by SC Ventures, the&#13;<br \/>\ninnovation, fintech investment and ventures arm of Standard Charted Bank, has&#13;<br \/>\nallowed them to streamline security and compliance cloud processes for organizations&#13;<br \/>\noperating in highly regulated industries. Organizations in financial services,&#13;<br \/>\nhealthcare, and the government can now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sc.com\/en\/media\/press-release\/sc-ventures-launches-letsbloom-to-enable-organisations-in-regulated-industries-to-build-run-and-deploy-in-the-cloud\/\">securely build, deploy, and run&#13;<br \/>\nbusiness applications on the cloud quickly and cost-efficiently<\/a> with letsbloom Platform-as-a-Service&#13;<br \/>\n(PaaS) and letsbloom Marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><b>Fostering&#13;<br \/>\nan Environment for Open Platforms <\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We are also&#13;<br \/>\nseeing the shift towards open and interconnected ecosystems through the&#13;<br \/>\nmodernization of core platforms including payments and banking systems. With&#13;<br \/>\nopen banking becoming a reality in many markets, including Singapore, there is&#13;<br \/>\nan urgent need for financial institutions to develop, test, and validate value&#13;<br \/>\npropositions faster and more effectively to foster innovation, as well as to&#13;<br \/>\nenhance customer service. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By working&#13;<br \/>\nwith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.accenture.com\/sg-en\"><b>Accenture<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avanade.com\/en\"><b>Avanade<\/b><\/a><b> <\/b>we have created a unique API management accelerator that&#13;<br \/>\nis hosted on Microsoft Azure. This accelerator enables financial services firms&#13;<br \/>\nto fast-track innovation with open APIs and provides them with the ability to&#13;<br \/>\nmarket-test value propositions and engage with partners in a marketplace model.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We have also&#13;<br \/>\ncollaborated with industry partners to develop a <b>Common Data Model<\/b> to&#13;<br \/>\nprovide consistent metadata definitions for common banking and financial&#13;<br \/>\nindustry data elements, including loans and mortgages, to simplify application&#13;<br \/>\ndevelopment and data integration. This unified data model allows partners and&#13;<br \/>\ncustomers to share data more easily across applications and business processes&#13;<br \/>\nas they build interoperable open banking solutions.<b\/><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Enabling a&#13;<br \/>\nsustainable future <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Asia accounts&#13;<br \/>\nfor about half of the global greenhouse gas emissions. As a leading technology&#13;<br \/>\nand innovation hub, Singapore is well-positioned to support Asia&#8217;s journey&#13;<br \/>\ntowards sustainability. Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore (MAS) highlighted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mas.gov.sg\/news\/speeches\/2020\/fintech-for-an-inclusive-society-and-a-sustainable-planet\">several initiatives<\/a> that will help drive this change,&#13;<br \/>\nnamely the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mas.gov.sg\/news\/speeches\/2021\/a-vibrant-carbon-market-for-a-low-carbon-future\">Asian Carbon Credit Market,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mas.gov.sg\/-\/media\/MAS\/News\/Media-Releases\/2020\/MAS-Green-Finance-Action-Plan.pdf\">Green Finance Action Plan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mas.gov.sg\/development\/fintech\/Green-FinTech\">Green FinTech<\/a>. The transition to a low carbon&#13;<br \/>\nfuture will require fundamental changes to be made and technology presents solutions&#13;<br \/>\nto do that and advance the sustainability agenda. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft is&#13;<br \/>\ncommitted to helping financial organizations nurture a sustainable planet for&#13;<br \/>\nall. The recent <a href=\"https:\/\/myignite.microsoft.com\/home\">Microsoft Ignite 2021 conference<\/a> announced the availability of <a href=\"https:\/\/cloudblogs.microsoft.com\/industry-blog\/financial-services\/2021\/11\/02\/microsoft-cloud-for-financial-services-is-now-generally-available\/\">Microsoft Cloud for Financial&#13;<br \/>\nServices<\/a>,&#13;<br \/>\nintroducing new capabilities that unlock the power of Microsoft Cloud to help&#13;<br \/>\nfinancial institutions innovate for responsible and sustainable growth. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our&#13;<br \/>\ncapabilities allow us to deliver innovative tech products and solutions that&#13;<br \/>\nhelp our partners and customers in the financial services industry achieve&#13;<br \/>\nbetter business outcomes. By building a robust culture of resilience and&#13;<br \/>\ndigital inclusivity locally, we empower every person and organization in&#13;<br \/>\nSingapore to achieve more. <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Learn more&#13;<br \/>\nabout our ongoing work in the financial services industry  via our Microsoft Cloud  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/industry\/financial-services\/microsoft-cloud-for-financial-services?rtc=1\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-11-19\/105708\/microsoft-singapores-commitment-to-building-sustainable-financial-services-for-web-3-0\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211;\u00a019 November 2021 &#8211;\u00a0We are at the forefront of&#13; technological innovation, which has been further accelerated by the COVID\u201119&#13; pandemic. 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