Cloud and API – Embracing disruption in financial services

Cloud and API technologies offer an immense opportunity to create a reliable, scalable global platform for the financial community - that is if data privacy, security, and operational transparency are dealt with. Are a shared infrastructure, consistent APIs and on-demand scaling the key to rapid global adoption of financial services at a reduced cost? Can the community afford to wait for a giant infrastructure to take a lead? Can Quantum computing become affordable only as a shared infrastructure under cloud?