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Congratulations to the FINOS Community Award Winners 2023

November 01, 2023

During our recent Open Source in Finance Forum, we had the opportunity to recognize many of the incredible individuals and companies making significant contributions and creating a positive impact in open source in financial services. We're extremely grateful for all of their work, along with so many others, and want to give them another shout out in this post!

Open Source Readiness - Weekly Update - 31 October 2023

October 31, 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".

Happy Halloween to all the Open Source Readiness readership. This week: the ominous OSFF occurs, possessed pull-requests are closed and bewitching breakout sessions are announced. 

Open Source in Finance Podcast: Hackathons, Open Source, Finance? Oh My! - Jon Gottfried, Major League Hacking

In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Jon Gottfried, Co-Founder of Major League Hacking. They talk about hackathons in finance, and developer/engineering talent, from both the individual and hiring manager perspectives.

2023 OSFF Week

October 25, 2023


Are you going to be in NYC for our Open Source in Finance Forum on Wednesday, November 1st? We’re so excited it’s finally approaching - but that’s not all we have in store for you! We have a packed agenda for the week of October 30th. From our first stateside Big Boost Mondays to various FINOS project meetings to our full day of sessions at our conference, there’s something for everyone! Grab your diary and let’s plan for the week ahead...

Open Source in Finance Podcast: The CDM - Adrian Dale - ISLA, David Shone - ISDA, Jane Gavronsky - FINOS

In this episode of the podcast, our FINOS COO, Jane Gavronsky sits down with Adrian Dale of ISLA and David Shone of ISDA to discuss the associations contribution and backing of the FINOS CDM, Common Domain Model to the FINOS open source community.

5 Lessons for Organizations Starting Their Open Source Contribution Journeys

October 24, 2023

While Discover® Financial Services has a long history of using open source, in 2021, I joined Discover to formally drive the open source strategy. I have spent the past year listening to our business units, collaborating with our legal team, and working within our developer community to develop a framework for open source contribution.

The blog post shares some of the fundamental principles I’ve learned that can help organizations that are charting their open source contribution path for the first time.

Optimizing Cloud Efficiency for FinServ Enterprises with FinOps

In the dynamic landscape of the financial services industry, cloud technologies have become the catalyst of innovation for enterprises. However, optimizing cloud resources and managing costs in a highly regulated environment poses unique challenges.

Open Source Readiness - Weekly Update - 18 October 2023

October 18, 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 article!  A quick thank-you to Peter Smulovics for writing the blog for the last two weeks while I was on holiday - awesome work Peter! 

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