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Agent Retention is Central to Improving the Customer Experience Across Financial Services   

Agent Retention is Central to Improving the Customer Experience Across Financial Services   

By Jonathan Mobbs, Head of Finance Vertical at Maintel   Recent events, especially the rush to enable remote working, have impacted th..

Another Lockdown is the Top Concern of nearly Half of UK’s Small Businesses

Another Lockdown is the Top Concern of nearly Half of UK’s Small Businesses

As many small businesses tentatively reopen, new figures from Amaiz, the small business banking app, has revealed that nearly half (47..

Inspiring Spending – How to incentivise customers to shop

Inspiring Spending – How to incentivise customers to shop

Coronavirus has created unprecedented challenges for businesses, but the economic fightback is on. Read our tips on encouraging custom..

Bridgepoint Development Capital to take minority growth capital investment in Reassured

Bridgepoint Development Capital to take minority growth capital investment in Reassured

Reassured, one of the UK’s biggest life insurance brokers specialising in finding people life insurance cover, has agreed today an und..

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Are event suppliers being disproportionately affected by the coronavirus, and how can the industry resolve this

Are event suppliers being disproportionately affected by the coronavirus, and how can the industry resolve this

By Sam Dimond is Director at Spotlight Sound, lighting, video and sound specialists, supporting the events industry, and working with brands such as t..

Tough times and risky business – which emerging market assets are a bet worth taking

Tough times and risky business – which emerging market assets are a bet worth taking

By Bryan Turner, partner at SPEAR Capital. Emerging markets will need to be vocal about where their value lies for Private Equity (PE)..

Decision-making in times of crisis: should they be based on gut feeling or data?

Decision-making in times of crisis: should they be based on gut feeling or data?

By Marieke Saeij, CEO at Onguard Decision-making is a crucial part of every business and is something organisations do each and every ..

How sonic branding can build trust and confidence

How sonic branding can build trust and confidence

By Luc van Stiphout, Head of Music & Brands and partner at international creative music agency MassiveMusic Over the past years we..

How start-ups can avoid common financial mistakes

How start-ups can avoid common financial mistakes

By Jack Seymour, who is Business Development Manager at Pinnacle Business Finance  Hindsight is a wonderful thing! And it’s never more..

How millennials can get ahead with their money

How millennials can get ahead with their money

By Granville Turner, Turner Little Millennials are often painted as globe-trotting creatures that spend more money on avocadoes than t..

Stopping the chargebacklash

Stopping the chargebacklash

By Gabe McGloin, Head of Intl. Merchant Sales @ Verifi Brands have been encouraging consumers to move their shopping online for years...

Protecting the unbanked as we move to a cashless Britain

Protecting the unbanked as we move to a cashless Britain

By Rebecca Crook, chief growth officer, Somo You would be hard pressed to find a definitive statistic, but it is fair to ubiquitously ..

Technology partnership models in FM – what are they and why do they matter?

Technology partnership models in FM – what are they and why do they matter?

By Nils J.van der Zijl, VP Sales & Marketing, Softbank Robotics EMEA The current innovation model is broken Innovation within the ..

Accelerating transformation in the workplace

Accelerating transformation in the workplace

By Scott Wilson Director of service at eFax Technological advancements have always played a key role in pushing boundaries and growing..

What is business email compromise?

What is business email compromise?

By Andrew Milne, Field Effect  Business email compromise (BEC) is a low-cost, effective cyber crime tactic that has increased within t..

Trusted Web Platforms You Can Use to Pass Your Microsoft 70-761 Exam and How Exam Dumps Will Help You

Trusted Web Platforms You Can Use to Pass Your Microsoft 70-761 Exam and How Exam Dumps Will Help You

Are you someone looking forward to getting yourself MCSA SQL 2016 Database Development certified? Do you want to know how you can prep..

Building or maintaining a successful business with recession on the horizon

Building or maintaining a successful business with recession on the horizon

By Nick Gold, MD of Speakers Corner. Nick Gold, MD of Speakers Corner, works with businesses across the globe to shape and curate their internal event..

Private equity firms hungry for investment opportunities, but business owners must be cautious

Private equity firms hungry for investment opportunities, but business owners must be cautious

  With startling figures emerging about the contraction of the UK economy as a result of the lockdown implemented to limit Covid-..

Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs): how can banks minimise risks?

Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs): how can banks minimise risks?

  By Simon Wood, CEO at accredited LEI issuer, Ubisecure Legal Entity Identifiers (LEIs) play a key role in the banking sector. E..

The impact of furlough on your mortgage application

The impact of furlough on your mortgage application

The Government Job Retention scheme has had a welcome impact for both employers and employees, but if you’ve recently been furloughed,..

Half of Security Professionals Had No Contingency Plan in Place for COVID-19

Half of Security Professionals Had No Contingency Plan in Place for COVID-19

Half of infosec professionals (50%) revealed that their organisations didn’t have a contingency plan in place, or didn’t know if they ..

Modern Bank Heist: from smash and grab to hostage situation as cyberthieves evolve

Modern Bank Heist: from smash and grab to hostage situation as cyberthieves evolve

By Tom Kellermann, Head of Cybersecurity Strategy, VMware Carbon Black  The financial sector is historically one of the most secure in..

SME productivity programme re-purposed to help businesses prepare for Covid-19 economic recovery

SME productivity programme re-purposed to help businesses prepare for Covid-19 economic recovery

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire can now benefit from fully-funded University of Nottingham..

Four Digitalization Strategies for Banks During the Pandemic and Beyond

Four Digitalization Strategies for Banks During the Pandemic and Beyond

By Ashwini Dave, Digital Marketing Expert at Acquire The current watershed event – the coronavirus crisis – will have a far-reaching i..

Banking on change

Banking on change

By Anders la Cour, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Banking Circle. Reveals the opportunities for financial institutions t..

The emerging world of cryptocurrency

The emerging world of cryptocurrency

By James Turner, Director, Turner Little  As the name suggests, cryptocurrencies are an emerging currency based on cryptography. Bitco..

Get on top of the cyber threat posed by unmanaged devices

Get on top of the cyber threat posed by unmanaged devices

By Dave Waterson, CEO, SentryBay It has become pretty obvious over the past couple of weeks that despite the ‘easing of lockdown’, few..

Planning to move to the low carbon economy: How Banks can plan today for new stress tests arriving soon

Planning to move to the low carbon economy: How Banks can plan today for new stress tests arriving soon

By James Gannaway, Head of Financial Services & Insurance, Board International The Bank of England (BoE) is postponing its climate..

Intellectual property in the age of industry 4.0

Intellectual property in the age of industry 4.0

By James Turner,Director at Turner Little  The growth of the digital era and industry 4.0 have fuelled the growth of intangible rather..

Backing up the bank: No room for guesswork

Backing up the bank: No room for guesswork

By Dave King, Product Manager at Future Facilities As the world continues to work and socialise from their homes, we have never been s..

Lockdown Unlocked: Testimonials of hospitality businesses reinventing the service experience

Lockdown Unlocked: Testimonials of hospitality businesses reinventing the service experience

After months of standstill for many businesses due to public authority announcements related to COVID-19, a great number of hospitalit..

Why the financial services sector must ‘cut the cord’ in order to weather the COVID storm

Why the financial services sector must ‘cut the cord’ in order to weather the COVID storm

When the UK entered lockdown, many businesses took advantage of technologies such as cloud-based business applications and hi-quality ..

Busting the myths on payments transformation

Busting the myths on payments transformation

By Toine Van Beusekom, Director, Payments Centre of Excellence, Icon Solutions ‘Payments transformation’ has emerged as perhaps the si..

Planning to move to the low carbon economy: How Banks can plan today for new stress tests arriving soon

Planning to move to the low carbon economy: How Banks can plan today for new stress tests arriving soon

By James Gannaway, Head of Financial Services & Insurance, Board International The Bank of England (BoE) is postponing its climate..

Enter the next generation of payment facilitators 

Enter the next generation of payment facilitators 

By Pétur Pétursson, MD Domestic & Partnerships Acquiring, Valitor. Around fifteen years ago, Payment Facilitators (or PayFacs as t..

Lessons that Banks and Financial Institutions need to take from the Covid-19 Pandemic

Lessons that Banks and Financial Institutions need to take from the Covid-19 Pandemic

By Priya Bajoria, SVP, Financial Services, Publicis Sapient  Over the past few months, Banks and Financial Services Institutions (BFSI..

Interested in International Banking in Belize? FAQs You Should Know!

Interested in International Banking in Belize? FAQs You Should Know!

International banking is a topic that many people have heard of but don’t necessarily know well. They’ve heard things and likely seen ..