Category Archives: Data Warehousing
TDWI: Real-Time BI: A Banking Perspective
Real-time business intelligence and analytics have been steadily gaining importance in the banking industry over the last few months. This article evaluates the need for real-time BI from a banking perspective and its edge over traditional BI. Continue Reading –> … Continue reading
CIO East Africa: Helping banks stay ahead of the curve
The banking decision sciences market is evolving with a noticeable shift towards pre-built BI & Analytics solutions. Banks are seeking ready-to-deploy solutions for specific functions, with significantly lower implementation times and measurable ROIs. Continue Reading >> http://goo.gl/mDSGd
ProductNation: How a Niche Banking Product was Born – The iCreate Story
It was an early stage in my career and life, when I had an abundance of energy and not too many strings attached, which made it easier for me. We were clear on the direction, given our past lives in … Continue reading
TDWI: Streamlining BI Projects: How a Techno-Functional Expert Can Help
IT and business users have rarely maximized their work together on BI and data warehousing projects. A new position in your organization may be just the solution you need. As with any business-critical technology, DW/BI is a strategic investment organizations … Continue reading
Guest Post: Harnessing Innovation for Growth and Compliance
SAIB’s Chief Information Officer Khaled M Gad walks us through dynamics of the Egyptian banking ecosystem and how SAIB is gearing up to address the challenges and opportunities.
South African banks attract global players
iCreate Software, a global Bangalore-based banking analytics company, is tackling the developing world – and South Africa is one of its key markets.iCreate, which develops banking-specific enterprise software products (particularly business intelligence and analytics solutions), is taking the road less … Continue reading
Ideal Banking Data Warehousing project: 10 steps for setting the right pace
Data Warehousing in a banking context is meant to consolidate disparate data across siloed systems and churn decision enabling information from the consolidated data. Although a Data Warehouse can address data consolidation issues, it cannot be a magic wand for … Continue reading
‘Level-relevant’ dashboards for delivering effective intelligence
A dashboard is a device which displays the general performance indicators, key performance indicators, and any other relevant information to a business user. In a bank, dashboards are built for users, across strategic and operational functions.
Basel I to Basel II – The evolution of Risk Management Standards
Basel II was introduced in the year 2005 to address new risks which had arisen in the world of Banking. Credit Risk was enhanced to evaluate risk at client level for wholesale banking while Basel I evaluated it at a … Continue reading
Expanding business using Business Intelligence: A Trade Finance case in point
Business Intelligence (BI) has conventionally been used to increase revenue & profits while delivering greater customer value by means of managing geographies, product portfolios, customer segments & costs more efficiently. Business Intelligence has also been used to increase the share-of-wallet … Continue reading