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Opinions15.07.2021

Biometric authentication offers added value – for customers and for companies!

Now that the final game at the legendary Wembley Stadium has been played, we can consign the EURO 2020 to the history books. During the championship, logging in to our smartphones using facial or fingerprint recognition to get the latest information on upcoming team line-ups or live scores was incredibly easy and user-friendly. This type of biometric authentication offers customers real added value also in a banking context.

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Opinions06.07.2021

Are concerns about the mortgage market justified?

Switzerland’s banks are in sound shape. That’s the message from the SNB’s Financial Stability Report. Nevertheless, the National Bank is concerned – not about cyber risks or tech firms entering the market, but because the real estate market has come through the coronavirus crisis unscathed.

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Opinions30.06.2021

Lost in translation? The position you need to fill to ensure that your AI projects are successful

According to the research and consulting firm Gartner*, some 50% of companies will struggle to bring their artificial intelligence (AI) projects to fruition. The most frequently cited reasons are a lack of AI skills among staff, insufficient knowledge of the benefits and limits of AI, and challenges concerning data (e.g. data silos).

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Swiss Bankers Association Publishes Discussion Paper on Digital Currencies

Programmable digital currency - and especially central bank digital currency (CBDC) - offers potentially considerable added social and economic value. Using digital currency is convenient, fast, and cost-effective, and it opens up new opportunities for the economy. It is therefore not a matter of if but when and in what way it will be introduced and widely used.

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Bankers Day 2021: “The Future of Banking”

What will banks look like in the year 2030? How will they respond to customers’ changing needs? What will this mean for financial market supervision? This year’s Bankers Day on September 16, 2021 will focus on these questions and more. We spoke to FINMA Chair Marlene Amstad ahead of her keynote speech at Bankers Day under the heading “The Future of Banking”.

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Opinions24.06.2021

Sustainable Switzerland: financial centre moving forward

The new CO2 Act was rejected by 51% of voters. This is a setback in terms of protecting the environment, making it even harder to achieve the climate goals that have been defined.

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Press releases23.06.2021

New value creation models: is it time
for a step change?

Joint study by the Swiss Bankers Association and Accenture highlights the potential evolution of value creation models

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