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What’s Ahead for Fintech in 2017?
Having robust structured data as the foundation for FinTech applications will only improve the utilisation and utility of both.
Having robust structured data as the foundation for FinTech applications will only improve the utilisation and utility of both.
We expect significant advancement in analytics using structured data in 2017.
A lot happened this year, but a few things stand out as not just being news for 2016, but for indicating trends that will continue or accelerate in 2017 as well.
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Earlier this year we brought to your attention the fact that firms just aren’t using the massive amounts of data they collect (see story, right). Now there’s new research bolstering that notion. In a new 136-page report, The Age of Analytics: Competing in a Data-Driven World, the McKinsey Global Institute examines the application of analytics, and […]
Alternative presentations of XBRL data using JSON and CSV, along with the increased use of iXBRL, are creating new opportunities for investors, analysts and others to access XBRL data directly.
There is proven phenomenon of countries without significant telecommunications infrastructure “leapfrogging” landlines and moving straight to a robust mobile network. Could business reporting work the same way? Business reporting in Tunisia is currently paper based and not particularly comprehensive, but the government in Tunisia is actively seeking foreign investment and is under pressure to enact […]
We’ve got some more news from our friends at the Data Coalition in the US this week. Their research arm, the Data Foundation, is publishing a paper in cooperation with PwC on Standard Business Reporting. An excerpt shared this week highlights the potential for SBR to reduce some of the costs to business for regulatory […]
The four major regulators in India involved in the adoption of XBRL are the Reserve Bank of India, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA). XBRL is also used by the BSE (formerly the Bombay Stock Exchange) and even by the state […]
Our view is that minimising constraints within filing manuals and maximising the use of taxonomies for standardising the filing process leads to enhanced interoperability. What’s yours?