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Gareth Lodge

London

Senior Analyst, Payments at Celent

Payments analyst & consultant - ACH, real-time, SEPA, cards, payment hubs and whatever else I find interesting, globally. Natural curiosity, about everything

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  • 1 month ago | celent.com | Colin Kerr |Gareth Lodge

    IT spending in corporate banking will continue to grow from 2024 through to 2026 – even accelerating in most regions. Some of these increases will be eroded by inflation, and there is also a clear trend toward focusing investments that improve how the bank is run rather than toward innovation and growth initiatives. Top-level drivers of investment have subtly changed, with security and operational resilience jumping into the top three top three drivers or themes for the first time.

  • 1 month ago | celent.com | Gareth Lodge

    Many people around the world today will have woken up to the pictures of the fire at Heathrow. To say it will have caused disruption is an understatement – its not just those people going on holiday or travelling on business, but the amount of freight handled every day. And of course, the c1300 flights a day that are now disrupted.

  • 1 month ago | celent.com | Gareth Lodge

    Last week should have marked the first full week of FedWire running on the new ISO 20022 format, with go live date of March 10th. However, to absolutely nobodies surprise, on February 13th, Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) announced that the launch would move back to July 14th. We had been predicting that this was in danger of happening for over a year.

  • 1 month ago | celent.com | Colin Kerr |Gareth Lodge

    As we move into 2025, the landscape for banks and their clients may shift back towards uncertainty, despite improvements in market conditions and risks observed in 2024. With the rapid adoption of new technologies, banks are under pressure to demonstrate the returns on their investments while effectively managing risk. Has this evolving environment led to a re-evaluation of strategic and product priorities within banks?

  • Nov 19, 2024 | celent.com | Alenka Grealish |Patricia Hines |Colin Kerr |Gareth Lodge

    20 November 2024 As we near the end of 2024, the macroeconomic and geopolitical landscape remains challenging. These dynamics have the potential to reshape economic and regulatory policies worldwide in the coming year. At the same time, banks are grappling with heightened cyber threats while beginning to embrace the transformative changes brought by Generative AI.

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Gareth Lodge
Gareth Lodge @Gareth_Lodge
23 May 23

As the use cases for direct indexing expand, so, too, will the need for technology capable of robust data gathering > https://t.co/Sq99Fp33fl #directindexing #wealthmanagement https://t.co/qy11f81fGv via @Celent_Research

Gareth Lodge
Gareth Lodge @Gareth_Lodge
18 May 23

We summarize the public first quarter presentations by the largest US banks through a digital strategy lens > https://t.co/O6LVsdB2Fy https://t.co/oBP4FMHHIj via @Celent_Research

Gareth Lodge
Gareth Lodge @Gareth_Lodge
15 May 23

Andrew Schwartz, analyst in our #Insurance practice, remarks that "the genie is out of the bottle" when it comes to large financial institutions using #AI to manage #risk. https://t.co/nMyEfATEaT via @Celent_Research