4 Key Financial Trends as we Approach 2021
By Tom Rich, Business Consultant at BJSS I’m sure you don’t need reminding, but 2020 has been a chaotic year. Many of the predictions ..
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Moving Past Regulation: the future of open banking
By Young Pham, Chief Strategy Officer at CI&T Banks stand on the precipice of a new era in financial services. Thanks to Applicati..
BANKING
How giving insights into card spend can help organisations to manage their business
By Alex Miles, Head of Growth at Capital on Tap What are the key trends you’re seeing in lending? We are seeing a lot of businesses..
BUSINESS
Sizes of European government debt trades halve in 2023-ICMA
By Keith Bortoluzzi, CEO, Thread For centuries, getting the right information to make sound financial decisions and investment thesis ..
INVESTING
Not everyone is jumping on the ESG bandwagon
By Josh Gregory, CEO and Founder of Sugi 2020 has undoubtedly shone a spotlight on sustainability. Investment into green tech and cl..
INVESTING
Lockdown 2020 Black Friday – How to maximise return
By Tim Hyde, Founder and Director of Social Media Marketing Agency, TWH Media Black Friday/Cyber Monday (BFCM) in the UK falls within ..
BUSINESS
Check, Please! Adding up the Costs of a Financial Data Breach
By Andrea Babbs, UK General Manager, VIPRE Reliance on email as a fundamental function of business communication has been in place for..
TECHNOLOGY
Can financial services firms learn lessons from the Government’s digital transformation?
By Mike O’Brien, Founder of Opencast Software, the IT consultancy Over the last few years, both the public and private sectors have be..
FINANCE
What are the main challenges related to banks processing customer calls?
By Tom Rimmer, Senior Executive, Speechmatics We’re all used to hearing that our calls will be recorded for training and quality purp..
BANKING
Advantages of offshore banks: what they have to offer Millenials
By James Turner, Director at Turner Little. Contrary to popular belief, offshore banking isn’t just for the super-rich, nor is it ille..
BANKING
How CVAs and Insolvencies can Help Sales & Marketing
By Mark Halstead, Managing Director at insolvency score experts Red Flag Alert. Overcome the fear factor and use data analytics from C..
BUSINESS
Leadership from the Digital Boardroom
By Gavin Fallon, General Manager, UK, Nordics & South Africa at Board International Modern enterprises are highly complex organisa..
BUSINESS
How Technology is Transforming Mentoring
by Ed Johnson, Co-Founder of PushFar. Mentoring is recognised widely as one of the single most effective ways for individuals to progr..
TECHNOLOGY
Three-quarters of firms globally are not ready for new ESG rules, KPMG finds
By Rachel Zahr, product marketing manager at Synopsys Over the last few years, there have been a number of debates reflecting on the n..
TECHNOLOGY
FinTechs and Funding: Who Needs Who?
By Marcel Van Oost Investment is the lifeblood of FinTechs of all stages, from start-up to scale-ups – but what role will the An..
INVESTING
Selling advice: Five expert tips on how to avoid gazundering when selling your home to save you money
By Nima Ghasri, Director at regulated property buyers, Good Move offers five helpful tips on how to minimise the risk of gazundering w..
BUSINESS
The trend is your friend – fuelling future growth with time-aware CRM data
By James Frampton, SVP and GM, EMEA, at SugarCRM If you’ve ever worked or have an interest in trading and the stock market, then you’r..
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Uncertain Times for UK Landlords: How to Avoid Insolvency for Your Property Management Business in 2020
The last few years or so have seen certainty and stability for UK businesses go straight out the window in a spectacular way. The unce..
BUSINESS
Complaints: From Cost-centre to Marketing Discipline
By Martin Ellingham, director, product management compliance at Aptean, looks at how complaint management can drive profitability 2019..
BUSINESS
What will MTD for Corporation Tax look like?
By Russell Gammon, Chief Innovation Officer, Tax Systems MTD for VAT is now in “full swing”. Over 1.4 million businesses have signed u..
FINANCE
How to Streamline Claims Conversations in the Insurance Sector and Transform Your CX
By Simon Black, CEO, Awaken Intelligence Did you know that the UK insurance industry is the largest in Europe and the fourth largest i..
INSURANCE
AI: getting it right for financial services
By Alix Melchy, Jumio VP of AI Currently, 85% of global financial institutions are using some form of AI in their processes, with 64% ..
TECHNOLOGY
Latent Cybersecurity implications of COVID-19
By Deeph Chana, Co-Director of the Centre for Financial Technology, at Imperial College Business School, and heads the Digital Banking..
TECHNOLOGY
Why a modern organisation needs an agile approach to software asset management
By Libby Bagley, Community Manager at License Dashboard, who specialise in Software Asset Management and licensing expertise for large..
INVESTING
Has the pandemic triggered society to re-think later life planning?
By Barry Floyd, who is the Managing Director of Golden Leaves Funeral Planning The world has been talking about the Covid-19 pandemic..
LIFESTYLE
Are chargebacks heading for extinction?
By Gabe McGloin, Head of International Merchant Sales & Business Development, Verifi Chargebacks have existed since ..
FINANCE
Why now is the time to implement a time saving business model, encouraging team members to discuss their challenges
By Chris Caffrey, founder of The Legacy Club, a virtual private members club for entrepreneurs, directors, and owners of disruptive bu..
BUSINESS
5 ways the FS industry can support the recovery
By David McCann, Planning Director, Teamspirit While it may not feel like it, we are already in some strange recovery from the pandemi..
FINANCE
UK PM Sunak to announce more ‘proportionate’ climate response
By Kris Sharma, Financial Services Lead, Canonical – the publisher of Ubuntu Artificial intelligence (AI) has assumed a growing ..
TECHNOLOGY
Small business strategies for foreign exchange
By Gavan Smythe, Managing Director, iCompareFX The foreign exchange market is one of the largest in the world. Transactions take place..
BUSINESS
Five common IT headaches caused by long-term working from home
By Scott Dodds, CEO, Ultima. With working practices looking set to include working away from crowded offices for the foreseeable futur..
BUSINESS
The importance of thought leadership content in the financial services sector
The collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2008 marked a turning point in the financial services industry. Not only did the collapse have disa..
FINANCE
Bother attacks the antiquated supermarket model
As panic buying kickstarts again, a new digital retailer hits the UK, offering Brits a solution to the pain points of the weekly shop ..
BUSINESS
Don’t judge a business by its location: entrepreneurial creativity could help fix the fraud industry
By Tamas Kadar, Founder and CEO of SEON The COVID-19 pandemic has created a paradigm shift across many industries, with companies migr..
BUSINESS
5 Top tips in Investing on Diamonds
Investing in diamonds can be extremely rewarding if you know what to look out for. However, for inexperienced investors, putting your ..
INVESTING
How Digital Signage and AVoIP Solutions Can Enhance the Return to Work
By Mark Stanborough, Sales Director EMEA & APAC, MediaStar Systems The sound of technology projects within corporate and financial..
BUSINESS
How to improve sales during a global pandemic
By Chris Farmer, leadership and management training expert and founder of Corporate Coach Group, outlines the key changes salespeople ..
BUSINESS