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fintechMay 2, 2019

Banks are Becoming More Comfortable with the Cloud

Banks have started to come to terms with the importance of the cloud and what it means to their business; moving to the cloud will allow banks to cut costs and become more efficient overall; Capital One plans to move their entire operation to the cloud by 2020, other banks like TD Bank are taking a more measured approach; TD has first moved their 85,000 employees to Office 365 which has helped improve customer and employee user experience; they have started to move certain applications to the cloud but are not rushing to move everything; banks moving to the cloud is assisted by firms like Microsoft and Amazon who have spent more on security than most banks; the cloud has the potential to put firms at risk, but the benefits of being more efficient and modern outweigh those risk factors. Source.