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Emerging technologies present 'acute' skills shortage for financial services

Open-access content Friday 8th February 2019 — updated 5.50pm, Wednesday 29th April 2020

Financial institutions are looking to emerging technologies at a greater rate than most vertical market businesses, and are facing an “acute shortage” of skills as a result.

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That is according to a report published yesterday by 451 Research, which reveals that 60% of financial services firms expect to use multiple cloud platforms in the next two years.

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This article appeared in our February 2019 issue of The Actuary .
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