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Introduction Mastercard’s AI-powered real-time fraud prevention platform, Brighterion, has been delivering advanced fraud detection and risk management solutions to enterprise customers for over 20 years. Trusted by more than 2,000 clients worldwide, including 74 of the top 100 U.S. banks, Mastercard’s Brighterion AI platform scores over 150 billion transactions annually, helping organizations prevent fraud while […]

AMI 2.0 has gained traction since the early 2020s, promising real-time insights, enhanced grid management, and demand response. By 2029, U.S. smart meter installations will reach 182.9 million, covering 94% of customers. However, AMI 2.0 isn’t just about meters, it demands high-bandwidth communication and scalable storage. A single meter now generates 1,440 data points daily, […]

In today’s dynamic rapidly evolving financial landscape, banks face evolving challenges and opportunities. Rising customer expectations, increasing stringent regulatory requirements, and ongoing digital disruption are reshaping the industry. The Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) framework, when implemented using Amazon Web Services (AWS), offers an effective solution to these challenges. This blog outlines a strategy approach […]

Introduction In “Your Telecom Cloud Journey on AWS: Part 1 – Establishing a Foundation” and “Accelerating Your Telecom Cloud Journey: A Technical Roadmap with AWS” we covered the transformation journey that many Telcos are embarking on when running complex and critical Telco workloads on AWS. Once a cloud foundation is established and workloads are running […]

In this blog we discuss why Yaala Labs built their matching engine solution, P8, on AWS and explore the architectural decisions they made to achieve their performance and business objectives. We also share some of the benefits that Yaala Labs and their customers gained by running on AWS. Who is Yaala Labs Yaala Labs was […]

Operational technology (OT) data refers to the data generated by sensors and other devices used in industrial settings to monitor and control physical processes. Supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, data historians, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs) are examples of technologies that generate OT data. SCADA systems are used to monitor and control industrial […]

In this edition of the Financial Services Industry (FSI) Services Spotlight monthly blog series, we highlight five key considerations of AWS Private Certificate Authority (AWS Private CA): achieving compliance, data protection, isolation of compute environments, automating audits with APIs, and operational access and security respectively. Each of the five areas includes specific guidance, suggested reference architectures, and technical […]

The Financial Services Industry (FSI) is in the midst of a significant transformation and given the key role digitization plays, electronic payments are at the epicenter of this transformation. Payments are becoming increasingly cashless, and the industry’s role in fostering inclusion has become a significant priority. Innovation and development of digital economies are supported by […]

With 4,000 wells to manage and intelligent alerts to build and run, Marathon Oil decided to use Amazon Web Services (AWS) to improve its alert development time from months to hours. With its existing environment, the team at Marathon Oil was developing on average four intelligent alerts per year. “We weren’t getting any traction because […]

Financial Services Institutions (FSIs) are looking for opportunities to exploit interoperability across a collaborative ecosystem to boost transactions through their channels, partners’ channels, and payment methods. From this post: “Forrester asserts that aggregators and intermediaries that create value across industries will become important agents in a diverse collaborative ecosystem. However, not all organizations have the […]