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AWS re:Invent 2023 - SMB financial services landscape: Top projects for impact (SMB207)

Summary

Oziuma Ozeogwu, a principal solution architect at AWS, discusses the SMB Financial Services landscape and impactful projects.
Financial services are categorized into banking, capital markets, insurance, and payments.
SMBs in banking offer credit and loans to specific sectors, while capital markets are the majority of AWS's financial services customers.
Challenges faced by SMBs include regulatory changes, high customer expectations, and balancing innovation with operational maintenance.
AWS helps SMBs with customer experience transformation, leveraging data for personalized services, and adopting omni-channel strategies.
AWS solutions for financial data ingestion and analysis include AWS PrivateLink, Data Exchange, and Glue, among others.
Generative AI is emerging in financial services for customer experience improvement, process automation, and product innovation.
AWS Resilience Hub and secure foundation setup are tools for due diligence and security in financial applications.
Resources for learning and a treasure hunt for SMB customers with prizes were mentioned.

The financial services industry is rapidly adopting cloud services to innovate and meet regulatory requirements.
AWS is focusing on helping SMBs in the financial sector to overcome challenges related to customer experience, data analysis, and regulatory compliance.
The use of omni-channel strategies and personalized services indicates a shift towards more customer-centric financial services.
AWS's partnerships with data providers like Bloomberg and Refinitiv demonstrate the importance of secure and efficient data ingestion for financial analysis.
The emergence of generative AI in financial services suggests a trend towards more sophisticated and automated customer interactions and internal processes.
AWS's emphasis on resilience and security reflects the critical nature of these aspects in the highly regulated financial services industry.
AWS provides a community and resources specifically tailored for SMBs, indicating a commitment to supporting smaller businesses in leveraging cloud technology for growth and innovation.