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9 pieces · updated October 2026
Modernisation
30 SEP 2026
Modernising the core without stopping the bank: equivalence has to be proved
Converting the code is only part of modernisation: rebuilding the application knowledge and proving equivalence matter just as much.
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Research
02 SEP 2026
AI agents in banking: five cases where they held up in production
Agent architectures applied to anti-money-laundering, credit assessment and document handling: what they can do in production, and where they stop.
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Mainframe
28 AUG 2026
Optimising MIPS: five changes with immediate effect
Redundant sorts, repeated reads and scheduling: what to check in the first days of a mainframe assessment.
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Data
21 AUG 2026
Data governance: the checklist that avoids the endless project
Ownership, data contracts and quality metrics: three practices that keep a data platform alive over time.
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Insurance
11 AUG 2026
Claims and document automation: the bancassurance case
Extracting information from documents, fraud checks and settlement times: the role of automation in the claims process.
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AI
30 JUL 2026
MLOps without the mythology: what it really takes to keep a model in production
Versioning, drift, retraining and accountability: the essentials for running a model in production.
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Banking
17 JUL 2026
Core banking and APIs: living with the legacy for the next ten years
The strangler pattern applied to a system that cannot stop: scope, contracts and rollback.
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Data
19 JUN 2026
Management reporting: from the spreadsheet to a certified figure
How to dismantle the ecosystem of spreadsheets that a management team uses to decide.
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