It’s not all gloom and doom at the moment
By Rupert Thompson, Chief Economist at Kingswood After a weekend of football disappointment and travel chaos, and with a s..
FINANCE
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Protecting the UK financial services sector from cyberattacks now and in 2023
By Darren Guccione, CEO and Co-Founder of Keeper Security The financial services sector is one of the UK’s greatest export..
FINANCE
Eliminating Payment Barriers: The Future of Supply Chain Payments is Digitization
By KEO World CEO and Founder Paolo Fidanza A supply chain crisis born of the Covid-19 pandemic continues to grow with a re..
FINANCE
Meeting Customers “Where They Are” Through Financial Inclusion and Hyper-Personalization
How Data, Machine Learning and AI are helping the financial services sector adapt and deliver on these customer service imperatives By..
FINANCE
5 Key Takeaways From the Finance Sector’s Digital Transformation Revolution
By Chintan Jain, the Director of Product Marketing at Kissflow Cutthroat competition, complex regulations, and changing customer behav..
FINANCE
How to support employees amid financial strains
By Marcus Beaver, UKI Country leader at Alight Solutions Financial concerns are emerging to the forefront of employees’ mi..
BUSINESS
2023 supply chain trends for businesses to ensure a more efficient supply chain strategy
By Jean-Baptiste Clouard, CEO and Co-Founder at Flowlity The supply chain network is complex, full of different facilities..
BUSINESS
EU meets to try to break gas price cap impasse
By Kate Abnett, Gabriela Baczynska and Benoit Van Overstraeten BRUSSELS (Reuters) -European Union energy ministers meeting in Brussels..
NEWS
Sterling holds firm after UK jobs data muddies rate outlook
By Amanda Cooper LONDON (Reuters) – The pound held broadly steady on Tuesday, as gains following UK employment data were offset ..
FINANCE
Explainer-Europe’s fiercely contested plan to cap gas prices
By Susanna Twidale, Kate Abnett and Gabriela Baczynska (Reuters) – A proposed cap on gas prices has divided European Union count..
NEWS
Food inflation: Tight grain, oilseed supplies to keep prices elevated
By Naveen Thukral SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Drought or too much rain, the war in Ukraine and high energy costs look set to curb glob..
NEWS
5 Tips for Selecting the Best Car Insurance Coverage
Shopping for car insurance can be an overwhelming experience, especially if you’re a first-time buyer. However, don’t let ..
INSURANCE
How to Get Started on a Career in Accounting (and How to Know if It’s Right for You)
Accountancy is a noble profession, and one which is always in demand, so anyone seeking a secure and stable career path will find it a..
BUSINESS
Optable continues on growth trajectory with senior hires
Optable announces the appointment of Simon Theakston as Head of Solutions Consulting and Brad Jeffrey as VP North American Sales. The ..
NEWS
Grelly: A Visual Search Engine For Ebay
Online shopping has become a part of the daily lives of many people. With Ebay, anyone can find virtually any product they want, as lo..
TECHNOLOGY
Don’t let the promises of virtual desktop security cloud your judgement
By Dave Waterson, CEO, SentryBay As banks, financial services companies and other large enterprises accelerate their digit..
TECHNOLOGY
End of year overview of the payments industry
By Luke Ladyman, COO and Co-founder of Cheddar Over the past year, the payments industry has gone through some pretty incr..
BANKING
2023 Finance Predictions
By Venkatesh Varadarajan, Partner, Financial Services, Infosys Consulting Banking on a switch The switching trend w..
FINANCE
The digital IR revolution: how new technology is bringing companies and shareholders closer together
By Dean Little, Co-Founder, Proxymity Today, more than ever, shareholders are demanding their voice be heard. Against a b..
TECHNOLOGY
How Biometric Payments Are Tackling Financial Exclusion
By Catharina Eklof, CCO, IDEX Biometrics We are moving closer to a cashless society: 89% of payments in the UK are contac..
TECHNOLOGY
Navigating the Global Technology Skills Gap with AI-Moderated Upskilling
By Rehan Haque, CEO of metatalent.ai Work trends have rapidly changed across the world, post-pandemic. How and where peopl..
TECHNOLOGY
What Financial Institutions Will Be Like In 10 Years
By Martin Hartley, UK Managing Director of emagine, a management and technology consulting firm operating from 24 location..
FINANCE
London stocks slip ahead of key interest rate decisions
By Johann M Cherian and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) – British shares closed lower on Monday, with investors treading cautiously ah..
NEWS
EU could face gas shortage next year, IEA warns
By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The European Union has enough gas for the winter but could face a shortage next year if Russia cuts..
NEWS
Keystone oil pipeline restart timetable unclear; traders worry about supply
By Erwin Seba and Stephanie Kelly WASHINGTON, Kan. (Reuters) -Traders expressed worry on Monday about how long Canada’s TC Energ..
NEWS
Queues form at fever clinics as China wrestles with COVID surge
By Eduardo Baptista and Josh Ye BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) -People queued outside fever clinics at Chinese hospitals for COVID-19 che..
NEWS
Wall St seen steady ahead of inflation data, Fed later in week
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks, oil and the dollar languished on Monday as investors braced for the last round of..
INVESTING
Croatia’s coast turns to solar in bid to become energy-sustainable
By Daria Sito-Sucic MAKARSKA, Croatia (Reuters) – As high electricity bills have closed most hotels along Croatia’s Adriat..
NEWS
Britain braces for winter of strike action as nurses walk out
By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) – British nurses will go on strike this week, hitting already stretched hospitals and cranking u..
NEWS
Metro Bank, former top bosses fined over reporting error
By Iain Withers LONDON (Reuters) – British challenger bank Metro and two of its former executives have been slapped with fines b..
NEWS
European food delivery shapes up with Getir’s Gorillas buy
By Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -Grocery-in-minutes company Getir’s $1.2 billion deal to buy rival Gorillas is an important..
NEWS
Oil edges up on U.S. pipeline restart uncertainty, Russian supplies
By Emily Chow SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices rose as much as more than 1% on Monday as a key pipeline supplying the United States rem..
NEWS
UK manufacturers expect output to fall 3.2% in 2023
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British manufacturers expect output to fall by 3.2% next year after a 4.4% decline in 2022,..
NEWS
King Charles releases photo for first Christmas card as monarch
LONDON (Reuters) – Buckingham Palace on Sunday released the photograph for King Charles’ first Christmas card as monarch, ..
NEWS
Explainer-How Britain is exploiting Brexit to reform finance?
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain proposed over 30 reforms on Friday to bolster the City of London’s role as a globa..
NEWS
Cold spell tests Europe’s gas cutback ambitions
By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – Europe’s first cold spell heading into the depths of winter is testing the resolve of co..
NEWS
Stocks, dollar little changed as inflation data sends mixed signals
By Herbert Lash and Carolyn Cohn NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar and Wall Street stocks traded little changed on Friday a..
INVESTING