How has the pandemic shifted the perception of the local bank branch?
By Brian Holden, Director, Financial Services at SAS UK & Ireland The idea that branch banking is on its way out is nothing new. I..
BANKING
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Investment and innovation: the route forward for financial services firms
By Tim FitzGerald, UK Banking & Financial Services Sales Manager, InterSystems The number of critical challenges facing financial ..
INVESTING
Data integrity: the holy grail of operational efficiency
By Douglas Greenwell, Director, Duco While those in the field of medicine are chasing a vaccine for Covid-19, firms elsewhere are see..
TECHNOLOGY
Why the banking industry needs to offer more than just enticing perks and subscription services
By Josipa Majic, CEO and founder, Revuto The subscription economy has experienced significant uptake in the last few years, with McKin..
BANKING
12 steps to implementing Off-Payroll (IR35) compliance
By Dave Chaplin, CEO and founder of contracting authority ContractorCalculator and IR35 Shield, which provides expert contracting adv..
FINANCE
Consumers in the COVID era can learn to embrace strong customer authentication
By Ed Whitehead, Signifyd managing director, EMEA The changes that COVID-19 has caused in rapid succession make it hard to slow down a..
BUSINESS
Why Explainable AI (XAI) will have a major role in financial services
By Alexei Markovits, AI Team Manager, Element AI Ground-breaking advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are changing our world all t..
TECHNOLOGY
Why the COVID-19 pandemic is pushing forward the ESG agenda
By Marc Beattie, Chief Operating Officer at AHR Private Wealth, and Iain Ramsay, Chief Investment Officer at AHR Private Wealth The CO..
INVESTING
Insurtech: Why Established Players Need to Act Fast
Technology-led disruptive business models are already here and changing the game By Will Andrews, Director, Trianz and Satya Madakshir..
TECHNOLOGY
The changing role of today’s CFO
By Neil Kinson, Chief of Staff, at Redwood Software Financial leaders are increasingly required to become more tech-savvy. In fact, th..
FINANCE
How can Financial Services marketing teams better utilise AI-marketing tools?
By Chloe Blatch, Digital Marketing Expert, ThinkEngine As Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology continues to shape the future of dig..
TECHNOLOGY
How AI-driven technology can make expense management faster, smarter and easier
By Andrew Foster, VP Consulting, AppZen Now more than ever, finance chiefs and their teams are looking to technology to redefine finan..
TECHNOLOGY
Insurtech Reveals Hidden Costs of Home Working
By Jimmy Williams, is the CEO of Insurtech Urban Jungle , which provides insurance to generation rent and millennials. Since founding ..
BUSINESS
Why Businesses Must Invest in Cloud Technology Now
By Luke Mead, CEO of IT company LMS Group, which he founded when he was just 15 years old. LMS Group is a Microsoft Gold and Cisco Sel..
INVESTING
Upgrading the finance department: The benefits of real-time analytics
By Andy Campbell, global solution evangelist at FinancialForce Traditionally, accounting has involved looking at past sets of data and..
FINANCE
Use Case centric data management – Why it is the future of data management for financial institutions
By Martijn Groot, VP Strategy, Asset Control Financial institutions today still continue to struggle to make effective use of the data..
FINANCE
How to optimise Digital Wealth Management
By Priya Bajoria, Senior Vice President, Financial Services, Publicis Sapient COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on hundreds of tho..
FINANCE
Personal Finance: Fasten your seatbelt, tighten your belt, that rainy day is here
By Greg Wilson, the founder of Quotezone 2020 has proven challenging in so many aspects of life and the looming financial crisis is ju..
FINANCE
Why AI can be the key to success for fund managers in the post-COVID landscape
By Francesca Campanelli, Chief Commercial Officer at Axyon AI Volatility in the markets caused by the COVID-19 pandemic continues to p..
TECHNOLOGY
How to take the pain out of technology change
By Sophie Cavanagh, Director of Consulting, Pollen8 Today’s workforce is overwhelmingly positive about the potential for technol..
TECHNOLOGY
5 Ways to Improve Your Business Finances
By Mark Wright, BBC Apprentice Winner and Founder of leading digital marketing agency, Climb Online In recent years, a number of large..
BUSINESS
It is time insurers act smart, by making legacy systems a thing of the past
By Vijayamohan Keshav, Senior Principal Business Consultant, Expleo Insurance providers have found themselves at the forefront of the..
INSURANCE
BoE’s Mann says better to err towards over-tightening rates
There can be a few reasons why you would want to sell your business – you may have worked hard to build it from the ground up, n..
BUSINESS
Finance execs must understand AI or risk falling behind
By Gordon Graylish, Programme Director of the AI & Machine Learning in Financial Services virtual programme at Imperial College Bu..
FINANCE
How business leaders can support the mental health and wellbeing of their workforce
By Sam Dunn, is a business psychologist and Head of Corporate Wellbeing at The Soke. Recent ONS figures which show that the number of ..
BUSINESS
Accessing Government Money if You’re Self-employed
By Tommy McNally, founder of TommysTax.com At the end of September, the government announced a new grant in their ‘Winter Economy Plan..
FINANCE
Mental Health in Business during a Pandemic
By Alison McDowall, Co-Founder of The Positive Planner Businesses have been turning their focus to the mental health and wellbeing of ..
BUSINESS
How founders of British startups can still succeed against the Brexit and COVID odds
By Andy Pardoe, an expert in helping non-tech and tech entrepreneurs and start-ups to grow sees grounds for optimism despite the chall..
BUSINESS
Five ways to keep your personal data safe from hackers
New research reveals that nearly half (49%) of UK adults have not installed or didn’t know whether their mobile phone has securi..
TECHNOLOGY
How to market your freelance skills
By Dave Chaplin, author of The Contractors’ Handbook – Third Edition, which provides all the advice freelancers and contractors need t..
BUSINESS
Advice for contractors closing down their contracting company
By John Bell, Director of insolvency firm Clarke Bell, which he founded in 1994. We are living and working in unprecedented times – bo..
BUSINESS
Tips on how startups can turn their business into a success
By Kirill Bigai, CEO and co-founder of the online language learning platform, Preply offers tips for business success Since its launch..
BUSINESS
Prioritising Sustainability & Climate Change in a Post-Covid 19 Climate
By Luca A. Zerbini, Former Amcor VP, C-Level Executive and Non-Executive Director. I have worked in business for over 20 years now, a..
BUSINESS
Enabling entrepreneurs
By Erica Wolfe-Murray works across the creative, cultural and tech sector helping companies to innovate through imaginative use of the..
BUSINESS
Why the world needs more women controlling the money
Leading business consultant, Fiona McKay, issues a call for more women in the investment sector. Female investors have a greater impa..
BUSINESS
Switching to freelance could be a smart finance move as the end of furlough scheme approaches’
By Paul Aveyard is Head of Digital at Markel Direct, experts in professional indemnity insurance. As the end of government support sch..
FINANCE
Boom or Bust: how the financial services sector is coping
By Simon Black, CEO, Awaken Intelligence Covid-19 has had an impact across all industries and businesses are feeling the sting. Howeve..
FINANCE