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The confluence of advances in technology, cultural shifts, and regulatory changes has brought financial services to a pivotal moment. Financial institutions must architect for agility and new business models \u2013 and the keys to success will focus on how they leverage technology to reimagine how they offer and create value, in increasingly interdependent networks and value chains. The business models of the future must combine agility and security at their core.<\/p>\n

Read \u2018The Sky\u2019s the Limit\u2019 <\/a>in the Wall Street Journal to see how the Microsoft Cloud is shaping the future of banking. In this series of articles, the Wall Street Journal explores how the Microsoft Cloud enables financial institutions to deliver innovative customer and employee experiences with speed and agility \u2014 while \u2014 managing the realities of risk, regulation, and cost pressures.<\/p>\n

As the financial services industry faces disruption \u2014 innovative banks are transforming themselves into customer-driven, data-informed powerhouses, and are using the Microsoft Cloud to get there. Read \u2018The Sky\u2019s the Limit\u2019 <\/a>to find out how.<\/p>\n

Read more on the Microsoft Banking & Capital Markets <\/a>and Insurance <\/a>blogs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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