For those operating in the financial services sector, the regulators continue to pile on the pressure with a wave of new challenges in the pipeline to add to those already implemented. Institutions, already struggling with less than optimal legacy technology platforms, must begin to feel like they have become recipients of the proverbial (uninvited) gift that just keeps on giving (but not in a good way). A new, modern, open, integrated core system could be the one item on the wish-list this festive season that would change the narrative and transform the challenges into opportunities.