All Posts

UK house prices show unexpected strength in October: Nationwide

UK house prices show unexpected strength in October: Nationwide

LONDON (Reuters) – British house prices rose last month at a faster rate than expected as robust demand and a lack of new homes ..

Why poor customer communication is holding open banking back

Why poor customer communication is holding open banking back

By Eugene Danilkis, CEO at Mambu It’s easy to focus on the impressive growth of open banking. Industry players are being challen..

ESG in Finance: FICO Platform Helps Hoist Finance Make Debt Resolution 97% Greener 

ESG in Finance: FICO Platform Helps Hoist Finance Make Debt Resolution 97% Greener 

Will Cop26 be the catalyst for financial institutions to apply digitisation strategies to back-office operations?  Pressure is mountin..

What role does cyber security play in digital transformation?

What role does cyber security play in digital transformation?

By Richard Menear, CEO, Burning Tree The capabilities of modern technology have continued to progress, with widespread digitisation sw..

Scams have eroded Digital Trust – Banks need to do more to combat the industrial scale of scams in the UK.

Scams have eroded Digital Trust – Banks need to do more to combat the industrial scale of scams in the UK.

By Amir Nooriala, Chief Commercial Officer at Callsign Recent Callsign research shows that digital trust is eroding on a grand scale d..

The evolving role of the CFO

The evolving role of the CFO

By Marieke Saeij, CEO, Visma | Onguard The data that financial professionals have at their fingertips is becoming increasingly importa..

Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

Over 100 global leaders pledge to end deforestation by 2030

By Jake Spring and Simon Jessop GLASGOW (Reuters) -More than 100 global leaders have pledged to halt and reverse deforestation and lan..

Meta denies Kazakh claim of exclusive access to Facebook’s content reporting system

Meta denies Kazakh claim of exclusive access to Facebook’s content reporting system

ALMATY (Reuters) – Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Tuesday denied a claim by the Kazakh government that it had been granted exc..

Maersk triples quarterly profit despite lower container volumes

Maersk triples quarterly profit despite lower container volumes

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk on Tuesday said record-high freight rates boosted quarterly earnings de..

WeWork rival IWG quarterly revenue dips on prolonged pandemic impact

WeWork rival IWG quarterly revenue dips on prolonged pandemic impact

(Reuters) – Office rental firm IWG Plc reported a slight fall in third-quarter revenue on Tuesday as a resurgence in global COVI..

Elon Musk goes viral on Chinese social media with ancient poem post

Elon Musk goes viral on Chinese social media with ancient poem post

(Refiles to fix location in dateline) By Eduardo Baptista HONG KONG (Reuters) – The posting of an ancient Chinese poem by Tesla ..

Analysis-‘Perfect storm’: Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze

Analysis-‘Perfect storm’: Poor Britons caught in cost-of-living squeeze

By Hugo Greenhalgh LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Rising mortgage rates, fuel and grocery prices soaring, national insura..

Britain launches plan to boost green investments in emerging markets

Britain launches plan to boost green investments in emerging markets

By Simon Jessop LONDON (Reuters) – British leader Boris Johnson on Monday launched an initiative to boost green infrastructure a..

“One minute to midnight” says Johnson as climate conference opens

“One minute to midnight” says Johnson as climate conference opens

By Mark John and Katy Daigle GLASGOW (Reuters) -A U.N. conference https://www.reuters.com/business/cop critical to averting the most d..

Jewellery maker Pandora lifts 2021 outlook

Jewellery maker Pandora lifts 2021 outlook

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Pandora, the world’s largest jewellery maker by production capacity, on Monday lifted its sales and..

Oil drops on China fuel reserves release; OPEC+ meeting in view

Oil drops on China fuel reserves release; OPEC+ meeting in view

By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO (Reuters) -Oil prices dropped on Monday as China’s release of gasoline and diesel reserves eased concerns..

Eurowings partners with Smartwings to sell flights together

Eurowings partners with Smartwings to sell flights together

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Lufthansa’s holiday unit Eurowings has entered a partnership with Czech rival Smartwings to sell..

Global climate talks open to cries of betrayal, blame

Global climate talks open to cries of betrayal, blame

GLASGOW (Reuters) – A U.N. conference seen critical to averting the most disastrous effects of climate change launches amid acri..

Building privacy into AI: is the future federated?

Building privacy into AI: is the future federated?

By Dr. Aydin Ulas, Data Scientist at Truata The changing dynamics of the digital world have led to several privacy challen..

How Financial Services Firms Can Mitigate Against Their Top Data Security Threats

How Financial Services Firms Can Mitigate Against Their Top Data Security Threats

By Martin Ward, Director, Security Governance Risk and Compliance, iManage Sensitive data is the coin of the realm for fin..

G20 want 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, sets up task force for pandemic fight

G20 want 70% of world vaccinated by mid-2022, sets up task force for pandemic fight

By Jan Strupczewski and Andrea Shalal ROME (Reuters) -Finance and health ministers from the world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) s..

Japan’s ruling party is set for likely bruising in weekend election

Japan’s ruling party is set for likely bruising in weekend election

By Elaine Lies TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister Fumio Kishida are likely to tak..

Oil prices set for first weekly drop since August as supply concerns ease

Oil prices set for first weekly drop since August as supply concerns ease

By Roslan Khasawneh and Sonali Paul SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices edged up on Friday but were headed for their first weekly losses i..

Why late payments are hurting your customer, as well as your business

Why late payments are hurting your customer, as well as your business

By Lynne Darcey Quigley, Co-founder and CEO of Know-it (Global) Ltd & Darcey Quigley & Co discusses how late payments not only..

PSD2: Merchants Must Regain Checkout Control Through Delegated Authentication

PSD2: Merchants Must Regain Checkout Control Through Delegated Authentication

By Galit Michel, VP of Payments, Forter For the past ten years, globalisation and digitalisation have changed the way companies connec..

Shift happens. But what are CFOs in financial services going to do about it?

Shift happens. But what are CFOs in financial services going to do about it?

By Tim Wakeford, Financials VP of Product Strategy, Workday Shift happens – and never more so than in the financial services sector wh..

How Returns Abuse Affects Retailers

How Returns Abuse Affects Retailers

By Aaron Begner, EMEA GM at Forter Accompanying the significant growth in ecommerce over the past 12 months, is the need for retailers..

Why start-ups fail: 5 barriers to business success and how to overcome them

Why start-ups fail: 5 barriers to business success and how to overcome them

By Mark Wright, BBC Apprentice Winner and Director of digital marketing agency, Climb Online  In 2019, the Telegraph revealed that 20%..

How Africa can satisfy consumer demands for sustainability

How Africa can satisfy consumer demands for sustainability

By Shaw Mabuto, Partner and ESG Officer, SPEAR Capital  Over the past 18 months of the pandemic, a lot of people around the globe have..

BaaS: What you need to know about the rise of Banking as a Service

BaaS: What you need to know about the rise of Banking as a Service

By Paddy Vishani, Strategic Partnerships Manager at Yobota The banking sector has been progressing at pace over recent yea..

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin ATMs are Expanding

5 Reasons Why Bitcoin ATMs are Expanding

Meta Description: Bitcoin ATMs are popping up everywhere. Why is this happening, and what does this mean for the future of Cryptocurre..

Merck sees up to $7 billion in sales of COVID-19 drug through end of 2022

Merck sees up to $7 billion in sales of COVID-19 drug through end of 2022

By Michael Erman and Manas Mishra (Reuters) -Merck & Co Inc on Thursday said its experimental COVID-19 drug could bring in between..

DS Smith says cardboard box volumes strong; flags higher costs

DS Smith says cardboard box volumes strong; flags higher costs

(Reuters) – Cardboard maker DS Smith said on Thursday its box volume growth has been strong in the first half of the year, suppo..

Wagamama-owner Restaurant Group names former Cadbury executive Ken Hanna chairman

Wagamama-owner Restaurant Group names former Cadbury executive Ken Hanna chairman

(Reuters) – Britain’s Restaurant Group, which owns Frankie & Benny’s and Wagamama, on Thursday named former Cadb..

Aussie dollar firm as bonds tumble, yen looks past BOJ

Aussie dollar firm as bonds tumble, yen looks past BOJ

By Alun John HONG KONG (Reuters) – Central bank policymakers buffeted currency trading on Thursday as the Australian dollar held..

Contactless Payments – The Way of the Future or Security Scare?

Contactless Payments – The Way of the Future or Security Scare?

By Robert Lincolne, CEO and founder of Paydock. Contactless payments have moved beyond innovation to consumer default globally. Cards,..

Time to act as cybercriminals hot on the heels of finance sector

Time to act as cybercriminals hot on the heels of finance sector

Kingsley Hayes, Head of Data Breach at Keller Lenkner UK, the group action and multi-claimant firm currently pursuing a number of data..