This book demystifies the developments and defines the buzzwords in the wide open space of digitalization and finance, exploring the space of FinTech through the lens of the financial services professional and what they need to know to stay ahead. With chapters focusing on the customer interface, payments, smart contracts, workforce automation, robotics, crypto currencies and beyond, this book aims to be the go-to guide for professionals in financial services and banking on how to better understand the digitalization of their industry. The book provides an outlook of the impact digitalization will have in the daily work of a CFO/CRO and a structural influence to the financial management (including risk management) department of a bank.

About the Author
Volker Liermann, a Partner at ifb group, brings twenty years of experience in financial risk management. His focus has additionally been on integrated stress testing and liquidity risk management as it impacts asset liability management and profitability. In recent years, he added digital transformation and machine learning to his subjects of expertise. Volker is leading the global business development for banking at ifb. He has an economics background and has a degree in mathematics from the University of Bonn, Germany.

Claus Stegmann, a Partner at ifb group and Member of the Executive Board, acquired extensive know-how during the last two decades in topics like SAP Bank Analyzer, risk management for banks, accounting, regulatory and compliance (Basel III, CRR/CRD IV, Solvency II), and in the management of complex projects in the financial industry. He also co-authored books on stress tests in banks and Basel III. He has an academic background as Diplom-Kaufmann (business school graduate) from the University of Passau, Germany.

Book Information
ISBN 9783030237189
Author Volker Liermann
Format Hardback
Page Count 414
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG