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Ideas that move Fidelity forward.

The Fidelity Center for Applied Technology^SM, or FCAT^SM, is a catalyst for breakthrough achievements in research and tech. We assess, test and scale concepts and ideas that advance Fidelity’s market leadership and enhance every customer’s experience. FCAT teams are curious, inquisitive, and intently focused on the future.

FCAT NEWS

Exploring Quantum Computing with Amazon Web Services

BY: ADAM SCHOUELA | AUG 13, 2020

Today, FCAT is sharing its recent experimentation with quantum computing using Amazon Braket.

Thinking Ahead

FCAT teams are always looking beyond the horizon. We analyze social trends and experiment with an array of technologies that may impact Fidelity and its customers over the next five years. The projects featured below represent a small sample of the types of work we engage in every day.

Emerging Tech Project

Sustainable Funds Discovery

BY: JAMIE BARRAS | July 9, 2020

The team created an experimental, interactive virtual table where users search and arrange funds by category, compare attributes, and switch out one fund for another. Could this be an easier way for investors to make decisions?

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Emerging Tech Project

My Phone is My Interface

BY: CHRISTIAN LAUGENBERG | July 9, 2020

Touch screens are all around us. Given new health guidelines on touching surfaces, we tested methods that let people engage with a touchscreen, without contact.

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EMERGING TECH PROJECT

Applying Virtual Reality for Empathy Training

BY: ADAM SCHOUELA | APRIL 9, 2020

Fidelity is using VR to help associates better appreciate customer needs and concerns. FCAT created a VR experience where trainees “meet” in a client’s home or office and manage multiple interaction scenarios.

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FCAT EVENTS

Crypto Privacy Conference

Join us for a two-day, virtual conference as we host keynotes and panels related to bitcoin privacy, cryptography, financial privacy, and building a business around privacy.

September 15th-16th, 2020
1:00pm – 5:00pm EDT

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