WatersTechnology: Amid tightening regulatory pressure, good data governance is key
For Sumanda Basu, head of data quality and data domain lead at Societe Generale Americas, the 2008 global financial crisis was the “initial mandate” for banks to reassess their data governance. Fifteen years and several landmark regulations later, banks are actively managing their strategies and policies to stay compliant and on top of their data.
EDM Council welcomes Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance
Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance focuses on providing competitive products and superior customer service to their Farm Bureau policyholders and agents, while observing the highest ethical standards. Today their organization has branched into cities and towns all over the South. As a result of their dedication to quality service, Southern Farm Bureau Life Insurance has grown in strength and stability.
Justifying any significant business investment is challenging. For data managers, the struggle is especially familiar. The difficulty is convincing decision makers to invest in data when measures of data’s value either do not exist or feel too ambiguous to estimate.
As digital transformation accelerates, interest in frameworks for linking data to monetary measures grows. Connecting data and value requires an approach of “treating data as an asset.” Through wide industry collaboration, the Data ROI Working Group of EDM Council has collaborated to define a three-step framework for how organizations can advance the concept of treating data as an asset by measuring, managing, and creating value from data.
M&T bank becomes the newest member to join the EDM Council
M&T bank is a bankholding company that operates in over 1,000 branches and 12 states across the eastern United States, from Main to Southern Virginia. They offer a variety of services, including, personal business, and commercial banking.
Mind is a charity organization dedicated to improving services and raising awareness of mental health. They are dedicated to standing up to the injustices – in healthcare, in work, in law – which make life harder for those with mental health problems. They support minds – offering help through their information, advice and local services and aim to bring an unstoppable network of individuals and communities together to make a difference.
EDM Council welcomes Admiral Group as its newest member
Admiral Group is an international financial services group with customers in France, Italy, Spain, the UK and the USA. Their strategy remains highly focused on building customer-centric, sustainable businesses for the long term. Their products, car and home insurance, loans and travel, and more – help people protect what’s important to them and enable their dreams, so they can create a better tomorrow.
Brown Brothers Harriman joins EDM Council as its newest member
Brown Brothers Harriman aim to be their clients’ first call when they need help—whether it’s with a complex business challenge, a change in strategy, a fund launch, raising capital, or the transfer of wealth to the next generation. The company provides investor, private banking and investment management services to a variety of clients. Brown Brothers Harriman aspire to build long-term, trusted relationships with clients who share company values, put their interests first, and they personally commit to their success.
Bank of Valletta becomes the newest member to join the EDM Council
Bank of Valletta is committed to assisting their customers to find the best solutions to their financial needs.
Their success has been built around the trust and loyalty of their stakeholders and based on an unwavering focus on nurturing long-term, mutually profitable relationships. They position themselves as a customer and business friendly bank by:
Constantly reviewing and improving the quality of products, services and processes
Investing in technology and technology-based services and channels
Investing in the continuous development of their staff
Maintaining close contact with, and listening to, their customers to make sure they deliver what is expected from the company and more
EDM Council welcomes Webber Wentzel as its newest member
Webber Wentzel is an African firm founded in South Africa more than 150 years ago. They provide in-depth legal and tax services throughout the continent. Their alliance with Linklaters and network of deep relationships with Africa’s leading firms allows them to draw on the highest quality and most business relevant pan-African advice – matching this to the needs of their clients. Over the last 50 years, Webber Wentzel has worked on some of the most transformative and significant matters on the African continent.
Lion Group is a leading beverages company based in Australia, with fast-growing operations in the United States. They create, produce, market, sell and distribute alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks around the world. They are motivated by a mission to bring people together to be sociable and live well, and our products are in their element at the centre of life’s sociable moments.
