Open banking: The real step change for the global payments industry
By Mike Peplow, CEO at Paynetics UK The pandemic has revolutionised the way we pay. The shift to contactless payments and cash alterna..
BANKING
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How payroll will shape up for the year ahead
By Simon Parsons, Director of UK Compliance Strategies, SD Worx UK As we start to move through the early months of 2021, we’re already..
BUSINESS
Keeping your team connected and beating work from home fatigue in lockdown
By Sam Hill, Head of People and Culture at BizSpace By March, most of the UK will have worked from home for a full year. For many this..
BUSINESS
How firms can continue to hire contractors with confidence when new tax rules get underway in April 2021
By Dave Chaplin, CEO of IR35 compliance solution IR35 Shield and author of IR35 & Off-Payroll Explained The Off-Payroll legislatio..
FINANCE
Why payments have become the next battleground for banks
By Ian Johnson, SVP, Managing Director Europe, at Marqeta The COVID-19 pandemic kick-started a huge shift in consumer behaviour, forev..
FINANCE
SMEs are more resilient than we give them credit for
By Simon Cureton, CEO of Business Finance Marketplace, Funding Options It’s an unfortunate truth: bad news sells. So, it’s no surprise..
FINANCE
Recent survey of CFOs reveals what finance teams should be prioritising in 2021
By Andrew Foster, VP Consulting EMEA, AppZen Despite a tumultuous 2020, a recent survey of CFOs conducted by AppZen showed that the ma..
FINANCE
Business is changing – is your culture changing with it?
By James Turner, Chief People Officer at Somo American author and leadership expert Warren Bennis is often quoted as saying “in life, ..
BUSINESS
These top 5 interactive skills will ensure we’ll become better communicators in 2021
Last year was one like no other and is certainly one that the majority of us will be keen to say goodbye too. That said, it’s been an ..
BUSINESS
The Lego blocks of SaaS: how microservices can help ensure compliance with changing financial regulations
By Oscar Caicedo, VP of Strategy and Operations, VAT, Sovos Microservices are a popular form of modular architecture used by software ..
BUSINESS
The changing CFO: an organization’s voice of conscience
By Marc Linden, EVP, Medium Business Segment at Sage The global economy has put the spotlight firmly on the CFO. They will be the main..
FINANCE
New Trends in Online Training Programs
Online Training Courses or Off Line Training Courses are the ones that provide interaction or online communication with the learners a..
BUSINESS
Trends in open banking in 2021
By Seshika Fernando, General Manager, Open Banking, WSO2 2021 will be characterised by volatility and uncertainty as financial instit..
BANKING
E-commerce without frontiers? Not when it comes to payment
By Farish Lakhani, VP Sales International at Computop The world has got smaller, thanks to the evolution of transport and communicatio..
FINANCE
Budget predictions
By Nicholas Smith, Director and Head of Tax at Duncan & Toplis One thing we learned from last year’s budget is that the response ..
FINANCE
Are you in Hong Kong?
By James Turner, Director at Turner Little. Here’s why you need an offshore bank account Home to many financial institutions, Hong Kon..
BANKING
How will iOS 14 change the Digital Landscape?
By Tim Hyde, Founder and Director of Social Media Marketing Agency, TWH Media In an ever-changing landscape, marketers and digital bus..
TECHNOLOGY
The art of the remote
By Keith Bortoluzzi, CEO, Thread It’s been almost a year since most of us packed up our laptops and left the office to work from home...
BUSINESS
Meeting both operational and customer demands – how insurance can adapt in a disrupted world
By Adam Bimson, Chief Customer Officer, Vuealta Insurance relies on the ability to be able to effectively plan, model and predict the ..
INSURANCE
E-commerce without frontiers? Not when it comes to payment
By Farish Lakhani, VP Sales International at Computop The world has got smaller, thanks to the evolution of transport and communicatio..
FINANCE
Learning from the pandemic
By Karen Plum, director of Research & Development at Advanced Workplace Associates (AWA) The past year has tested the mental resil..
LIFESTYLE
What is Google Analytics 4 and should you be upgrading to it?
By Joe Friedlein, is founder and MD of Browser Media, an SEO and digital marketing agency. Over the past month or so, you might have r..
BUSINESS
4 tips for creating a calm workspace to boost productivity
By Nick Acaster, from Rugs Direct shares his design tips for creating a calming home office that’s perfect for remote working. M..
BUSINESS
How insurance providers are starting to use ADAS data to price cover
By Carla Hopkins, senior vertical market manager, LexisNexis Risk Solutions UK & I The motor insurance sector is facing significan..
INSURANCE
Perfect Your Posture With These Ballet Dancer-Inspired Tips
By Rhea Sheedy, the founder of Ballet Fusion Being a ballet instructor and trained in the Royal Academy of Dance syllabus – good..
LIFESTYLE
Working from home – the new normal?
How we made working from home work for us By Charlotte Nichols, managing director of PR agency Harvey & Hugo As a PR agency, we ha..
BUSINESS
How to set up your first-ever business (without the stress)
Let’s face it: saying that 2020 has been a disruptive year is, if anything, an understatement. But for some, that shift has actually b..
BUSINESS
How to be your own boss when you’ve never done it before
One of the strangest parts about being your own boss is that there’s no one to hold you accountable for your personal and professional..
BUSINESS
How To Create Financial Goals For Your Business In 2021
Setting goals is crucial for success in every area of your life, as they help you to measure the smallest of steps against the backdro..
FINANCE
Navigating insolvency as Covid-19 bites
By John Bell, Director of insolvency firm Clarke Bell, which he founded in 1994. The UK economy is in a fragile state as the impact of..
FINANCE
It’s Time for a Branding re-set – Getting Back to Basics
By Gayle Carpenter, Director of creative agency, Sparkloop The Christmas ads are now a distant memory but what we learned from the 20..
BUSINESS
The Secret to Stock Market Success
It is important for the investors and the traders to understand that there is no secret to stock market success. There are no milliona..
INVESTING
Remote Work is Here to Stay – Is it Good, Though?
By Mohit Tater, Founder & CEO – BlackBook Investments Did you ever imagine that your couch will be your office chair, the on..
BUSINESS
Savile Row Designer on Working From Home Winter Attire
With winter now in full swing and a big question mark looming over when we will return to normal life, it’s harder than ever to, you k..
LIFESTYLE
Leading Payment Platform Appoints New Key Positions to Help With Growth
Yoello has announced a new CFO, Gareth Roberts, and a new CCO, Anton Manley, who have been appointed to fit in with the payment platfo..
FINANCE
Fintech Predictions for 2021
By Björn Goß, CEO and Co-founder of Stocard looking at what we can expect from the fintech industry in 2021 as we emerge from one of ..
FINANCE
Working from home, everyone is different.
By Joanna, an accredited and qualified Health Coach specializing in working with clients and businesses to protect from the negative a..
BUSINESS