In the first quarter of 2022, a multi-organisation, multi-location team of developers planned, scheduled and delivered an ambitious three day “RegTech” collaboration challenge.
The event, dubbed a “TechSprint”, looked to demonstrate how financial institutions could comply with trade reporting rules for the upcoming US CFTC requirements using entirely open-source components.
In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Mick Semb Wever, Principal Architect, The Apache Software Foundation for the Apache Cassandra Project, and Principal Architect at DataStax working in Professional Services. We talk about "Mission Critical Data, and Evaluating the Community in OSS Tech". Plus, we discuss if open source is up to the challenge of continuous delivery needed to keep up with the financial services industry, and how FSI companies can spend more time and resources on open source, and more.
Episode show notes and transcript are available below.
In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Eugene Sorenson, Chief Product Officer at Cosaic to talk about his talk at the FINOS Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) on July 13th in London with Rob Friend of Symphony about "FDC3 in the Wild - Real World Use Cases that Help Evolve the Standard". Plus, we talk about UX design before it was UX design, and how frontend folks can get involved with open source in financial services.
Episode show notes and transcript are available below.
In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Chris Howard, Lead Open Source Program (OSPO) Manager at EPAM Systems to talk about his talk at the FINOS Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) on July 13th in London talking about "Leveraging your Organization's OS Engagements to Recruit and Retain". Plus, we look at other open source benefits seen from the OSPO level, and opportunities at all levels of the financial / technical organization.
Episode show notes and transcript are available below.
In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Sebastian Javier Marchano, Developer for Taler System and founder and organizer of the React.js Buenos Aires Community. Sebastian will be taking the stage at the FINOS Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) on July 13th in London talking about "Building an Open Source Payment System" specifically with GNU Taler. But then we get into the value of open sourcing a payments system, some central bank talk, and open source benefits in general.
Episode show notes and transcript are available below.
In this episode of the podcast, Grizz sits down with Riko Eksteen, Head of Desktop Strategy for Adaptive Financial Consulting to talk about The FDC3 Journey. Riko will be taking the stage at the FINOS Open Source in Finance Forum (OSFF) on July 13th in London talking about what is new in FDC3, but we wanted to have a more in depth talk on Riko's journey, and the journey that FDC3 has taken over the years. Plus, we delve into the importance of open sourcing an interoperability standards project like FDC3, and the inherent benefits you derive from that process.
Episode show notes and transcript are available below.
From our recent State of Open Source in Financial Services report, it indicates that financial organizations should engage in collaborative activities across various types of job functions to reap the benefits of open source.
