Paul Lashmet
The Two Sides of Custody Services and ...

In this article, Solution Architect Virendrasinh Gohil and Business Integration Architect Paul Lashmet explore two types of distributed technologies and the fit-for-purpose of each to external and internal facing business scenarios of custody services in the financial services industry.

The Two Sides of Custody Services and Distributed Technologies
Paul Lashmet
Risk Stewards in the Expanding Algo Frontier

The automated nature of algo trading can improve business outcomes but magnify risks. If risk stewards do not have the right tools to effectively oversee a business that is running faster and faster, operational losses, regulatory fines, and oft-occurring reputational risk could increase. That's why it is important to look to risk stewards, to ensure opportunities are not missed.

Risk Stewards in the Expanding Algo Frontier
Paul Lashmet
New Approaches To Combating Economic Crime

Client: Cloudera. Published on September 19, 2019 on Medium

Criminal networks are pervasive in their determination to identify and exploit business vulnerabilities. Their ability to constantly evolve means new approaches are required to disrupt the cycle of financial crime.

This story is the second in a series and describes how the financial services industry has evolved its approach to combating financial/economic crime as outlined in my introductory story: “The Pervasiveness of Financial Crime”. In the third and final story in this series, I will describe how we can execute proactive solutions by moving towards the next generation financial crimes platform.

New Approaches To Combating Economic Crime
Paul Lashmet
Beyond Money Laundering

Client: Cloudera. Published on September 12, 2019 on Medium

Financial Crime is both pervasive and rapidly-evolving. Surges in human trafficking, synthetic identity fraud and crime at the edge of the banking network require new approaches to financial crime which work beyond the neat boundary lines of business functions. This story is the first of three about moving towards the next generation of financial crimes platform.

Beyond Money Laundering
Paul Lashmet
White Paper: When Zero Latency Matters - Adapt ...

Client: Hazelcast

We were happy to have participated in the writing and research for this white paper about the global #payments landscape, current challenges, and solutions provided by #inMemory technology.

White Paper: When Zero Latency Matters - Adapt to an Evolving Global Payments Landscape

operational risk management

Enterprise Risk Management: How to Get There

Enterprise Risk Management: How to Get There

Clients: Fusion Risk Management and Salesforce (Lightning Platform and Einstein).

First Published on TabbForum, September 25, 2019

Often, the risk functions across an organization operate in silos. As a result, the knowledge gap and lack of interoperability between risk groups poses systemic risk across the organization. But there are steps a company can take to establish an integrated, enterprise-wide risk management framework and, employed along with advanced analytics powered by artificial intelligence, to maximize the understanding of the operational risks across the entire organization.

Operational Risk Management Is Exciting!

Operational Risk Management Is Exciting!

Clients: Fusion Risk Management and Salesforce (Lightning Platform).

First Published on TabbForum, March 28, 2019

With the heightened expectations of regulators and the application of advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, operational risk management has become a futuristic and exciting space in which to work. Here’s how you can evolve from a reactive program of monitoring events and establishing codes of conduct to a proactive one of prediction and prevention.