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PCI DSS Compliance
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is the global security standard defined by the PCI Security Standards Council (founded by Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover and JCB) to protect cardholder data (CHD) and sensitive authentication data (SAD) wherever they are stored, processed or transmitted.
Explore PCI DSSCybersecurity Resilience: Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing
Vulnerability Assessment (VA) and Penetration Testing (PT) is the global security methodology designed to identify, evaluate, and safely exploit vulnerabilities across IT infrastructures, networks, and applications, regardless of where they are deployed, managed, or hosted.
Explore VA & PTT+1 Settlement: Transition Process
The coordinated migration to the T+1 settlement cycle, mandated for October 11, 2027, across Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the European Union, represents a profound paradigm shift that compresses the core post-trade operational window from 48 to 24 hours.
Explore T+1Regulatory Reporting: Managed Services
The continuous evolution of supervisory standards mandated by ESMA and FINMA presents a complex operational challenge for Swiss financial institutions, requiring simultaneous alignment across four distinct reporting frameworks: EMIR (including REFIT), FinfraG, MiFIR/MiFID, and CRS.
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Financial ServicesT+1 Settlement: the back office has half the time. Is it ready?
The accelerated cycle does not forgive delays. Operations, liquidity and exception handling must be rethought before, not after, the first trade fail. Institutions that have not yet redesigned their post-trade workflows face compounding risk as settlement windows shrink.
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AI GovernanceAI Act readiness: can your organization evidence how AI is governed?
AI systems require inventory, classification, risk assessment, governance and technical documentation. We help organizations prepare practical control models for responsible and auditable AI adoption across regulated environments.
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Payment SecurityPCI DSS v4.0: from gap analysis to sustainable control discipline
Payment data security requires scope control, remediation, evidence, policies and operating procedures that remain effective beyond the assessment. v4.0 raises the bar on customized implementation and continuous monitoring obligations.
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Financial ServicesRegulatory Reporting: when "report once" becomes the only sustainable model
Since the EMIR REFIT technical standards became applicable on 29 April 2024, transaction reporting has moved to ISO 20022 XML, expanded data fields and tighter reconciliation tolerances, while ESMA is already consulting on a unified "report-once" model that could converge EMIR, MiFIR and SFTR over the coming years.
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Gen AIFinancial Institutions: why most AI pilots never reach the P&L
Adoption is now mainstream, yet only a small minority of organizations qualify as high performers with measurable enterprise-level EBIT impact, while the majority remain in pilot mode. The differentiator is rarely the model itself: it is the redesign of workflows, governance and operating models around the technology.
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PaymentsDigital Franc and Digital Euro: the wholesale settlement layer is already moving
In Switzerland, the wholesale central bank digital currency pilot on a regulated DLT platform has been extended until at least mid-2027 and expanded to additional institutions and transaction types. Tokenised settlement in central bank money is shifting from experiment to infrastructure.
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IT Operational ResilienceVulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing as a regulatory baseline
Under emerging operational-resilience expectations aligned with FINMA and DORA, periodic vulnerability assessment and penetration testing are shifting from good practice to supervisory baseline for regulated entities. The question is no longer whether testing is performed, but whether findings feed a governed remediation cycle that can be evidenced to the board and to regulators. We help organizations turn VA and PT from point-in-time exercises into a continuous, auditable resilience capability.
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An integrated IT Outsourcing model: technology, skills and governance to reduce risk, ensure operational continuity and support business growth.
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Corporate and Growth Strategy: from Market Evidence to Execution Roadmap
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IT Governance: from Technology Roadmap to Execution Control
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Post-Trade Operations: from Settlement Pressure to Operational Control
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AI Act Readiness: from AI Inventory to Governance and Evidence
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