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The Collapse of Silicon Valley Bank

The Pragmatic Engineer

In case you somehow missed it: we went through the fastest bank run in history, in an event that impacted about half of all VC-funded startups in the US and UK. ” There was no certainty for startups with money in Silicon Valley Bank. Deposits in Silicon Valley Bank, 1991-2023. The bank was founded in 1983.

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Weekend maintenance kicks an Italian bank offline for days

The Pragmatic Engineer

Sella is a mid-sized bank in Italy with around $14B in assets under management. The Sella banking app, the Sella Invest app, and internet banking are all down. So, it seems all the banks’ digital properties, except those for trading, have gone down hard. It all suggests there was an unexpected edge case.

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Trends and Takeaways from Banking and Payments’ Event of the Year

Snowflake

We caught up with some of Snowflake’s experts and partners to hear what they took away from their time there, what trending use cases they were noticing and what to look out for as banking and payments evolve for the rest of 2024 and beyond.

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Smart Banking in 2025: The Intelligent Technologies Defining CX and Operations

Precisely

In a rapidly evolving financial landscape, one thing is clear: banks that prioritize agility and data-driven customer-centricity are not just staying afloattheyre thriving. Unfortunately, many banks are still stuck with fragmented systems, siloed data, and inflexible infrastructure. That dissonance erodes loyalty.

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Empowering Personalized Banking Experiences

databricks

At Zafin , our mission is to help banks modernize their core infrastructure to deliver exceptional, personalized experiences to their customers. To determine.

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Generative AI in Finance and Banking

ProjectPro

The banking sector is at the forefront of Generative AI(Gen AI) advancements, poised to revolutionize operations and address challenges like high costs and legacy technology. Large legacy organizations, especially in the banking sector, often face data silos, making it difficult to integrate information from disparate systems.

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How Databricks’ Lakehouse is helping to power a new era for TD Bank Group's Data Transformation

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This blog is the first of a 3-part series chronicling TD Bank's Data Platform transformation and the enablement of their Data as a.

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