After working for the leasing division of Barclays for 11 years, it was very strange to move from an established process of working, to join the ‘dark side’; a start-up software company selling trading software back to Banks. It was an exciting time, as financial services organisations were going through dramatic change and adopting new technology and practises. 

Data is at the heart of every business challenge facing financial institutions today. Solidatus has partnered with Synechron to bring shared clients industry leading consultancy capabilities combined with a powerful data lineage platform.

As we approach the looming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) deadline, you may have noticed your inbox becoming flooded with emails with the subject line ‘We’ve updated our privacy policy’. This is the onset impact of GDPR. Although you would have already clicked ‘I agree’ to receiving communications, the updates to the Data Privacy Act (1998) require businesses to update the consent for using the personal data that they have recorded.