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UK financial watchdog urges political support for crypto bans

UK financial watchdog urges political support for crypto bans

By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) on Tuesday called on lawmakers to show their s..

Spain expects to agree with banks mortgage relief measures by end of week

Spain expects to agree with banks mortgage relief measures by end of week

MADRID (Reuters) – Spain’s government expects to reach by the end of this week an agreement with banks on mortgage relief ..

Customer Experience: creating the calm in the chaos

Customer Experience: creating the calm in the chaos

  By Warren Newbert, CEO at Infinity. Almost half of consumers agree they have been on the end of a poor call in the..

Cloud Migration for Financial Services Organisations – What’s the best approach?

Cloud Migration for Financial Services Organisations – What’s the best approach?

  By Rachel Mcelroy, Marketing Director at Cloud Gateway Financial Services Organisations, such as banks, insurance firms, and ac..

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

  By Rupert Thompson, Chief Economist at Kingswood Last week was a volatile one for markets generally, not just crypto. US equiti..

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Closing the door before the horse bolts: Developing a proactive network detection and response (NDR) strategy 

Closing the door before the horse bolts: Developing a proactive network detection and response (NDR) strategy 

    By Adrian Jones, UK country manager, Gatewatcher It is an unfortunate truth that most cyber-security is reactive.  Despite huge investme..

The Benefits of Creating a Great Working Environment

The Benefits of Creating a Great Working Environment

  By Lucy Hurst, Managing Director- Sherbet Donkey Media  Employee wellbeing should be incredibly important to any company that ..

High streets remain an important factor for people choosing where to live – property investors on alert

High streets remain an important factor for people choosing where to live – property investors on alert

New survey data  reveals that despite the impact of the pandemic, social distancing regulations, changing shopping habits, and cost o..

How businesses can overcome their doubts and be a part of the eCommerce revolution

How businesses can overcome their doubts and be a part of the eCommerce revolution

By Nathan Shinn, Founder and CSO, BillingPlatform eCommerce has grown rapidly within the previous decade, becoming the nor..

The digital finance revolution: empowered consumers turn digital to protect financial security

The digital finance revolution: empowered consumers turn digital to protect financial security

By Julia McColl, Chief Product Officer, Chetwood Financial For many today, it seems harder and harder just to get by. We’re in the sec..

WHY OPEN BANKING IS SAFE?

WHY OPEN BANKING IS SAFE?

The question that revolves around everyone’s mind nowadays is that “Is open banking safe.” Open banking is a better approach to bringi..

Ten years down the line: predicting the future of FS

Ten years down the line: predicting the future of FS

By Monica Hovsepian, Financial Services lead, OpenText Despite the static nature of the industry, for generations, many cu..

Why Transforming the Back-Office is Key to Customer Experience Success in Financial Services

Why Transforming the Back-Office is Key to Customer Experience Success in Financial Services

The back-office is finally getting its due and credit for its contributions to customer experience By Nicole Nevulis, Seni..

Can private equity do for Africa’s manufacturers what it’s done for F1 and rugby?

Can private equity do for Africa’s manufacturers what it’s done for F1 and rugby?

By Bryan Turner, Partner, Spear Capital A few years ago, if you’d asked the average rugby or Formula One (F1) fan whether ..

Personalizing the Workforce Experience in Financial Services

Personalizing the Workforce Experience in Financial Services

By Bill Staikos, SVP, Evangelist & Head of Community Engagement at Medallia There is plenty of debate around the reaso..

What Does the Future Hold for Corporate Payments?

What Does the Future Hold for Corporate Payments?

By Jørgen Christian Juul, CEO & Founder at Cardlay and vattax With a shift away from traditional cash and bank transfers to digita..

Getting customer experience right in financial services

Getting customer experience right in financial services

By Jeff Woodland, Director of Verticals at Five9 Financial services and digital transformation aren’t two phrases that tend to be asso..

Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay

Factbox-Strikes, protests in Europe over cost of living and pay

(Reuters) -European countries are facing strikes and protests due to high energy prices and mounting costs of living. Here are details..

New China COVID rules spur concern as some cities halt routine tests

New China COVID rules spur concern as some cities halt routine tests

By Liz Lee BEIJING (Reuters) -Several Chinese cities began cutting routine community COVID-19 testing on Monday, days after China anno..

G7 launches climate ‘Shield’ fund, some countries wary

G7 launches climate ‘Shield’ fund, some countries wary

By Kate Abnett and Simon Jessop SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) – A G7-led plan dubbed “Global Shield” to provide f..

Explainer-Bracket creep, fiscal drag: how inflation warps the tax take

Explainer-Bracket creep, fiscal drag: how inflation warps the tax take

By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – While households struggle to cope with rocketing prices, the inflation spike is good for the t..

FTSE 100 opens higher, Informa leads gains

FTSE 100 opens higher, Informa leads gains

(Reuters) – UK’s export-oriented FTSE 100 edged higher on Monday as a weaker pound offered support, with shares of Informa..

For host Indonesia, a G20 summit dogged by Russia-Ukraine rancour

For host Indonesia, a G20 summit dogged by Russia-Ukraine rancour

By Kate Lamb (Reuters) – Group of 20 leaders meet on Tuesday under very different circumstances than those host Indonesia envisi..

Analysis-Investors face expensive quest for year-end cash and safe assets

Analysis-Investors face expensive quest for year-end cash and safe assets

By Yoruk Bahceli (Reuters) – As the most volatile period in years for traders draws to a close, the year-end dash for cash and h..

Shares mixed on Fed warning, China acts on property

Shares mixed on Fed warning, China acts on property

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian share markets were mixed on Monday as a top U.S. central banker warned investors against ..

Visa has terminated global debit card agreements with FTX

Visa has terminated global debit card agreements with FTX

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Visa Inc, the world’s largest payments processor, said on Sunday it was severing its global credit ca..

UK needs to make politically unpopular reforms to boost growth, business group says

UK needs to make politically unpopular reforms to boost growth, business group says

LONDON (Reuters) – The British government must be willing to make politically unpopular choices in areas such as immigration and..

Slovenia elects first female president

Slovenia elects first female president

By Katja Lihtenvalner LJUBLJANA (Reuters) -Natasa Pirc Musar, a lawyer, won the second round of Slovenia’s presidential election..

Germany warns its delegation of Egyptian spies at COP27

Germany warns its delegation of Egyptian spies at COP27

BERLIN (Reuters) – German federal police have warned their nation’s delegation at the COP27 environmental summit in Egypt ..

Black Panther’ sequel ignites box office with $330 million global debut

Black Panther’ sequel ignites box office with $330 million global debut

By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Marvel Studios adventure “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” brought crowds to..

Musk halts Twitter’s coveted blue check amid proliferation of imposters

Musk halts Twitter’s coveted blue check amid proliferation of imposters

By Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Twitter Inc paused its recently announced $8 blue check subscription service on Friday as fake accounts mu..

Why teaching your children financial literacy from a young age will set them up for success

Why teaching your children financial literacy from a young age will set them up for success

By Marcus de Maria, Founder, and Chairman of Investment Mastery As the world we live in becomes more entrepreneurial, chil..

The Future of Payments: Biometrics Within the Financial Ecosystem

The Future of Payments: Biometrics Within the Financial Ecosystem

By Catharina Eklof, CCO, IDEX Biometrics Today’s Payment Landscape Enabled by huge advances in technology, our evolving..

Holding a mirror up to the finance industry on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

Holding a mirror up to the finance industry on Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI)

By Rani Khalon, DEI Engagement Consultant at employee engagement consultancy Forty1 Ask yourself, are you actually carryin..

Are we witnessing the great return to the office?

Are we witnessing the great return to the office?

By Dr Alison Watson, Head of the School of Leadership and Management at Arden University We are now approaching three year..

An analysis of VC investment in the Defence sector and the MOD’s readiness to exploit digital opportunities

An analysis of VC investment in the Defence sector and the MOD’s readiness to exploit digital opportunities

    By Rupert Jones CBE, Advisor at social impact firm WithYouWithMe After decades of UK Defence under-investment, the stars..

How Blockchain Technology Can Help the Fashion Industry Make Verifiable Green Claims

How Blockchain Technology Can Help the Fashion Industry Make Verifiable Green Claims

    By Dave Sandor, CEO and Co-founder of Allinfra The fashion industry has increasingly come under fire for its negative im..