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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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

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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January 9, 2025

A CEO’s Perspective—What’s Driving Technology Investment in Capital Markets?

Our CEO Mike Powell gives his perspective on the rapid growth across technology investment in capital markets.

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January 9, 2025

The Seventh Wave…What Next in Electronic Trading Innovation?

According to surfing folklore, the seventh wave is the largest of the set. This is perhaps a fitting metaphor for…

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January 9, 2025

Trading Platform Strategy for a Faster Changing World

Rapid Addition CEO Mike Powell explores how the traditional barriers to platform modernisation can and need to be broken down…

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