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Tech4Fin

Markets To Mars: How Quantum Will Change the Fabric of Finance Forever

At Symphony, we are actively preparing for the quantum era – not as a theoretical exercise but as a necessity. Quantum computing will destabilize and may invalidate many foundations of business, including current encryption methods. It will also accelerate AI to unimaginable speeds. As a result, all professional fields are going to be forced to evolve, at scale.

Brad Levy, Dietmar Fauser April 7, 2025
Webinar

Using ipushpull + Symphony to move from chat to data-driven workflows

Watch the latest in Symphony’s Partner Webinar Series on demand, highlighting ipushpull, a leading capital markets FinTech that connects people, data and applications in real-time.

During the session we heard from Matthew Cheung, CEO of ipushpull and Krishna Nadella, Global Head of Solutions at Symphony, as they discussed the journey towards standardization and automation in capital markets workflows.

Watch the recording where they discussed:

Bot development from beginning to end, including a live demonstration done in real-time
Real-time data sharing into Symphony
The genesis and future of the partnership between the companies
ipushpull’s Symphony integration and use cases of data-driven workflows

Symphony June 17, 2021
Tech4Fin

The importance of diversity of thought as firms navigate data democratization across people, processes, and platforms

The value of diversity of thought in business is well-established: Companies where 30 percent of executives or more are women are nearly 50 percent more likely to outperform financially, and 67 percent of candidates consider workforce diversity when evaluating job offers. A range of backgrounds and experiences facilitates creativity, problem-solving and positive outcomes.

Kate Chatzopoulos June 16, 2021
Community

How partnerships can enable digital transformation

In a recent webinar, David Gurlé, formerly of Symphony, and Steven Quick, Principal Solution Architect – Financial Services with Amazon Web Services (“AWS”), discussed how many financial institutions are working to transform faster while also meeting ever more stringent compliance requirements on data safety, security and transparency.

David Gurle June 14, 2021
Webinar

Build-a-Bot Session: Introducing BDK 2.0 for Python

Following the successful launch of the Bot Developer Kit (BDK) 2.0 for Java, Symphony is excited to bring the same enhanced developer experience to Python developers.

The Python variant has been redesigned from scratch to greatly simplify the bootstrapping process. It will also support common structures like RealTimeEventListeners, the Activities API and the @slash decorator that allows you to define a slash command with a single line of code.

Watch the recording where our Developer Relations team will:

Showcase the BDK 2.0 for Python
Demonstrate how you can get started building Python bots in seconds
Answer all your questions

Symphony June 8, 2021
Community

Becoming the Underlying Voice Trading Engine

Capital markets have undergone a seismic shift in recent years, particularly with the accelerated adoption of technology and cloud-based solutions over the last 15 months. One thing that has not changed, however, is the importance voice trading continues to play in the institutional landscape. And with the increasing levels of sophistication that are enabling individuals on and off the trading floor to communicate with each other – particularly through more advanced APIs – there is now a greater appetite than ever before for cloud-based trading solutions.

Jim Miller June 3, 2021
Tech4Fin

Episode 6: Leveraging voice metadata effectively to streamline trader efficiency & compliance

As the global pandemic continues to force institutional traders to work remotely, firms need to ensure they have the proper solutions in place to effectively capture, store and use voice metadata – regardless of their location. In the sixth episode of Cloud9’s podcast series examining developments in the voice trading landscape, Cloud9’s Product Manager Alex Francisci, and Intelligent Voice’s Chief Technology Officer Nigel Cannings, examine why institutional traders need to be able to leverage voice metadata to make more informed decisions, especially when it comes to their overall strategy and pertaining to the regulatory compliance process in the new working environment.

Symphony June 1, 2021
Tech4Fin

My Day 1… and a Little Bit of History

Today I proudly start my tenure as chief executive officer of Symphony. I step into this new role with a clarity of focus: I am grounded in our clients’ needs and understand they have choices. I will ensure that Symphony is the best product to fit the needs of our community and tailored to the individual user experience.

Brad Levy June 1, 2021
Tech4Fin

University FinTech Challenge Winners!

Last week we concluded the Symphony U: Fintech Challenge – a Symphony programming competition held for university students across the United States.

Olivier Poupeney May 26, 2021