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Technical Oversight Committee Candidacy

On July 19th 2023, the Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) became an official body of the FINOS charter. This group has a number of responsibilities including, shaping and growing the overall landscape of projects, and providing strategic direction to the board. There are currently 2 vacant seats at the TOC and today we’re announcing the opening for candidacies, starting on Monday 18th of September and closing on Monday 2nd of October.

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Emerging Technologies, The Spatial Computing Panel - Peter Smulovics, Morgan Stanley

September 12, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Peter Smulovics, Executive Director at Morgan Stanley about.. well, just about everything. We hit his developer journey, metaverse, XR, spatial computing, Big Boost Mondays, autism hackathons, and painting fences.

He is currently Executive Director for Windows and .NET develop practices and spatial computing and metaverse development practices at Morgan Stanley, and co-chair for Open Source Readiness (https://osr.finos.org) and Emerging Technologies (https://zenith.finos.org) at The Linux Foundation / FINOS.

He will be speaking at the Open Source in Finance Forum on November 1st in New York: ⁠⁠https://sched.co/1PzH7

Just Launched: Introduction to FDC3 (LFEL1000)

September 11, 2023

Build Your Foundation in the Key Interoperability Standard for the Financial Industry

Open Source Readiness - Weekly Update - 6 September 2023

September 06, 2023

This year at FINOS we are focusing on one of FINOS' key existing projects: Open Source Readiness. This is FINOS' term for helping the finance industry "do open source properly". Welcome to the weekly Open Source Readiness blog! A couple of small items for your attention...

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Enabling Real Time Regulatory Compliance with Kafka Streams and Morphir - Anna McDonald, Technical Voice of the Customer, Confluent

September 01, 2023

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Anna McDonald, Technical Voice of the Customer at Confluent to talk about her OSFF talk: "Enabling Real Time Regulatory Compliance with Kafka Streams and Morphir". We talk about Kafka Streams, Morphir, Open Regulation, and what it's like to figure out your passion for coding at 5 years old.

She will be speaking at the Open Source in Finance Forum on November 1st in New York: ⁠⁠https://sched.co/1PzH7⁠⁠

FDC3 News: FDC3 Certification

August 31, 2023

Do you want to be a Certified FDC3 Practitioner? This month FINOS will be testing out our new FINOS Certified FDC3 Practitioner exam. Would you like to be among the first to hold this coveted qualification?  

A Discussion of “The Future of the Securities Lending Market: An Agenda for Change”

August 30, 2023

ISLA published a paper entitled ‘The Future of the Securities Lending Market | An Agenda for Change in September 2019, looking at the conjunction of market complexity, technical architecture and regulatory impacts. The conclusion reached was that a transformation was overdue and the solution would be underpinned by common standards.

Open Source Readiness - Weekly Update - 30 August 2023

August 30, 2023

This year at FINOS we are focusing on one of FINOS' key existing projects: Open Source Readiness. This is FINOS' term for helping the finance industry "do open source properly".

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