EP967: Transformation in banking is inevitable and existential

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Karthik Sethuraman discusses the critical need for banks to modernize their core systems to avoid existential risks.

Karthik Sethuraman, Chief Delivery & Risk Officer, audax Financial Technology Banks now view failure to modernise core systems as an existential risk. In APAC, 93% of banking leaders admitting the right platform is critical to future success – presumably the remaining 7% are contemplating career change! Robin Amlôt of IBS Intelligence talks banking transformation with Karthik Sethuraman, Chief Delivery & Risk Officer of Singapore-based digital banking solutions provider audax. Banks m...

People in this episode

Host: Robin Amlôt

Guest: Karthik Sethuraman

Topics covered

• banking transformation
• core systems modernization
• digital banking
• risk management
• APAC banking leaders

Keywords

• banking transformation
• core systems
• digital banking
• risk management
• APAC banking

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: audax Financial Technology, IBS Intelligence

Places: APAC, Singapore

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