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Why the time is right for finance to embrace digital change

Why the time is right for finance to embrace digital change

By Nick Felton, Chief Sales Officer, MHR Analytics The finance team is often accused of lagging behind the rest of the business when i..

You don’t need magic to anticipate your customers’ needs, just the right tech

You don’t need magic to anticipate your customers’ needs, just the right tech

By James Frampton, Senior Vice President and General Manager EMEA, SugarCRM Knowing what your customers need before they do. Isn’t tha..

Is The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund For You? Learn All About It

Is The 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund For You? Learn All About It

The day of September 11, 2001, a date that is hard to forget, caused havoc in New York City. After the two decades of this attack, var..

European shares climb higher; oil hit by China demand concerns

European shares climb higher; oil hit by China demand concerns

LONDON (Reuters) – European shares picked up in early trading on Monday after a recovery in Asian equities overnight, with risk ..

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a ..

Employee benefits fit for the workplace of the future

Employee benefits fit for the workplace of the future

By: Nick Greenston, CEO of Retinue Talent Solutions COVID-19 has shone a light on the importance of employee benefits.  And, as worker..

Ransomware Resurgence: Is your Organization Prepared?

Ransomware Resurgence: Is your Organization Prepared?

By Rick McElroy, Principal Cybersecurity Strategist, VMware   Ransomware made mainstream news when cybercriminal group, DarkSide,..

Lessons learnt: What financial technologies will survive post-COVID?

Lessons learnt: What financial technologies will survive post-COVID?

By James Mingard, Head of Retail & Finance at Maintel   The pandemic has caused a sea of change in the adoption of technology..

Eliminating financial leaks across your business

Eliminating financial leaks across your business

By Ray Welsh, Head of Product Marketing, FISCAL Technologies   All businesses are vulnerable to financial leaks, whether your bus..

Platform as a Service: Reshaping the future of fintech

Platform as a Service: Reshaping the future of fintech

By Lynne Darcey Quigley, CEO and Founder of Know-it   Customers crave convenience. However, financial institutions often struggle to m..

The new face of the COO

The new face of the COO

By Tarek Meliti, founder of TDM Group   The role of a Chief Operating Officer (COO) has gone through an extensive transformation over ..

Transforming to customer centric service in Financial Services

Transforming to customer centric service in Financial Services

By Helen Briggs, senior vice president and general manager, EMEA at Genesys   The global pandemic has been a wakeup call for the ..

How to expand business reach with event driven APIs

How to expand business reach with event driven APIs

By Menaka Jayawardena, Associate Technical Lead at WSO2 Today, customers increasingly demand access to real-time information like stoc..

How to make low-code platforms more effective for the enterprise

How to make low-code platforms more effective for the enterprise

By Asanka Abeysinghe, Chief Technology Evangelist, WSO2 Low-code platforms have become increasingly popular as a way to help businesse..

Veritone Launches MARVEL.ai, a Complete End-to-End Voice-as-a-Service Solution, to Create and Monetise Hyper-Realistic Synthetic Voice Content at Commercial Scale

Veritone Launches MARVEL.ai, a Complete End-to-End Voice-as-a-Service Solution, to Create and Monetise Hyper-Realistic Synthetic Voice Content at Commercial Scale

Veritone MARVEL.ai creates new and immediate revenue opportunities for media companies, brands and celebrities, while reducing time an..

Why Equipment Assets Should Be The Source of Your Customer Strategy

Why Equipment Assets Should Be The Source of Your Customer Strategy

While industry 4.0 technologies played a decisive role in the pandemic response at many companies, COVID-19 has also exposed frailties..

Sordin and Cardo Crew Join Forces To Create New Generation Of Smart Hearing Protectors For Professional Teams On The Move

Sordin and Cardo Crew Join Forces To Create New Generation Of Smart Hearing Protectors For Professional Teams On The Move

Leading PPE manufacturer partners with global player in critical communication technology to revolutionise the way professional mobili..

Green debt swaps firmly on the agenda, says new Planet Tracker report

Green debt swaps firmly on the agenda, says new Planet Tracker report

With the World Bank and the IMF planning green debt swaps, financial think tank reveals why African countries should be the priority d..

Gold-based fintech Glint smashes crowdfunding target securing over £3m ($4m) – 151% of target raised as Seedrs fundraising closes in UK

Gold-based fintech Glint smashes crowdfunding target securing over £3m ($4m) – 151% of target raised as Seedrs fundraising closes in UK

Crowdfunding is still open to US investors via the Republic platform  Almost 1,200 investors join Glint’s payments revolution as cons..

Olympics-Cycling-Britain’s Shriever wins gold in women’s BMX

Olympics-Cycling-Britain’s Shriever wins gold in women’s BMX

TOKYO (Reuters) – Bethany Shriever of Britain won the Olympic women’s BMX race gold medal on Friday at the Ariake Urban..

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module -NASA

International Space Station thrown out of control by misfire of Russian module -NASA

By Steve Gorman and Polina Ivanova (Reuters) – The International Space Station (ISS) was thrown briefly out of control on Thursd..

The New Role of the CFO: The De Facto Chief Growth Officer

The New Role of the CFO: The De Facto Chief Growth Officer

By Fuad Ahmad, Chief Financial Officer, Chargebee Fuad Ahmad, Chief Financial Officer, Chargebee We all learned in 2020 th..

Apparel 2.0 – Clothes that Know the Truth

Apparel 2.0 – Clothes that Know the Truth

Cyrus Gilbert-Rolfe, Managing Director, EMEA & Oceania, EVRYTHNG According to the CBI Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Europe’s appare..

One fifth of UK workers do not intend to commute again post pandemic

One fifth of UK workers do not intend to commute again post pandemic

Almost one fifth of UK workers do not intend to return to the office again post pandemic, largely due to ongoing concerns around infec..

Why SEO is crucial for business success post-pandemic

Why SEO is crucial for business success post-pandemic

By Annabel Mulliner from Little Seed Group While having a digital presence was already becoming increasingly crucial for businesses of..

How to make hybrid working successful

How to make hybrid working successful

By Michele Don Durbin, Evernote’s SVP of Marketing Many teams are moving to a hybrid working environment, a model that combines remote..

Five ways businesses can prepare themselves for the digital economy – Be Kaler Pilgrim

Five ways businesses can prepare themselves for the digital economy – Be Kaler Pilgrim

We’ve all seen what happens to businesses who are slow to adapt to the digital-first economy. Take, for instance, Topshop – a br..

From implant chips to green web hosting, here’s what experts believe the future of the internet will look like

From implant chips to green web hosting, here’s what experts believe the future of the internet will look like

A new report by Fasthosts uncovers what the internet will look like in 2050. From immersive VR to implant chips, and green web hostin..

SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source

SoftBank sells 45 million shares in Uber – source

(Corrects SoftBank’s ticker symbol in paragraph 1) By Echo Wang (Reuters) -SoftBank is selling about 45 million of its shares in..

Facebook’s slowdown warning hangs over strong ad sales, while Zuckerberg talks ‘metaverse’

Facebook’s slowdown warning hangs over strong ad sales, while Zuckerberg talks ‘metaverse’

By Elizabeth Culliford and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) -Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it expects revenue growth to “decelerate sign..

Coffee, current accounts and the commoditisation conundrum

Coffee, current accounts and the commoditisation conundrum

By Neil Murphy, Global VP at ABBYY   In the last year, consumers have dramatically moved towards online channels, with companies ..

Advice for retailers as COVID restrictions ease this Independent Retailer Month

Advice for retailers as COVID restrictions ease this Independent Retailer Month

By Simac Konkader, founder and principle coach of ActionCOACH Slough.   In the wake of the 19th July, attention now falls on local bus..

Vive la France: Cashless & Card Opportunities

Vive la France: Cashless & Card Opportunities

By Roger Carrico, Head of Payment Business at Fingerprints   Across the world, consumers are migrating away from cash and PIN pad..

People don’t like to be told no when it comes to finance

People don’t like to be told no when it comes to finance

By Scott Donnelly, Director of Board at CapitalBox   Nobody likes to be told no, from a child the word is usually accompanied by ..

Singapore digital banks – a tough road ahead!

Singapore digital banks – a tough road ahead!

On 4 Dec 2020, after an 18-month long process, Monetary Authority of Singapore (“MAS”) finally awarded the two Digital Full Bank (“DFB..

Fed says U.S. economic recovery on track despite COVID-19 surge

Fed says U.S. economic recovery on track despite COVID-19 surge

By Howard Schneider, Lindsay Dunsmuir and Ann Saphir WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. economic recovery remains on track despite a rise ..

Aston Martin’s first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%

Aston Martin’s first SUV helps push up sales by more than 200%

LONDON (Reuters) – Carmaker Aston Martin reported on Wednesday a 224% increase in sales to its dealers, boosted by its first spo..