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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 ..

Expanding your business

Expanding your business

By Alan Sutherland, CEO of Kind Consumer Every successful business had a beginning. Its founders usually looked for ways to gradually ..

The future of finance in the energy industry

The future of finance in the energy industry

By Simon Reynolds, Head of Finance. Given how much the energy industry changes, and that prices fluctuate considerably, Simon Reynolds..

Loyalty, Subscription services and the importance of customer preferences in modern banking

Loyalty, Subscription services and the importance of customer preferences in modern banking

By John Phillips, General Manager at Zuora EMEA In the past, traditional banking institutions were generally “safe” when it came to cu..

Three questions finance leaders should be asking themselves during the pandemic

Three questions finance leaders should be asking themselves during the pandemic

By Chris Pope, Global VP of Innovation at ServiceNow  The current circumstances we’re living in are entirely unprecedented and complet..

How digital innovation in challenger banks encourages legacy banks to perform better

How digital innovation in challenger banks encourages legacy banks to perform better

By Jean Van Vuuren, Regional VP for UK, Middle East and South Africa at Alfresco The finance world has been going through major change..

Managing flexible working on a global scale

Managing flexible working on a global scale

By Paul Sleath, CEO of PEO Worldwide  Until recently, most of us would have worked for organisations that remained more or less local...

Leading financial advisory group bolster offering with senior appointment

Leading financial advisory group bolster offering with senior appointment

By Joanna Coull The first financial advisers in the UK set up specifically to tackle the climate crisis – have appointed Joanna ..

How to make your digital agency more financially profitable

How to make your digital agency more financially profitable

By Danny Hall, Managing Director of FSE Digital, a marketing agency based in Essex, specialising in search marketing Almost every comp..

How SMEs can improve cash flow

How SMEs can improve cash flow

By Jack Seymour is Business Development Manager at Pinnacle Business Finance,  The UK’s SMEs account for over 99% of all businesses, a..

5 ways to maximise the value of instant payments

5 ways to maximise the value of instant payments

By Lauren Jones, International Payments Ambassador, Icon Solutions Instant payments are the ‘new normal’. The last decade saw a ramp-u..

Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

Signs ‘crypto winter’ ending as regulatory fog begins to lift

By Nicole Sahin, Founder and CEO, Globalization Partners According to recent research, 74% of CFOs and finance leaders will move at le..

Hodge webinar gives insight into uncovering family finances

Hodge webinar gives insight into uncovering family finances

The webinar will delve into the findings of Hodge’s “It’s all relative” research  Hodge will be holding its final webinar in the later..

Protecting yourself against a recession

Protecting yourself against a recession

By James Turner, Director at Turner Little,  The coronavirus outbreak has spread to businesses, leaving many around the world counting..

Managing A Bullish Market

Managing A Bullish Market

By Ewan Rosie, Head of Advice, Cooper Parry Wealth. COVID 19 has transformed the way businesses work with their customers and their em..

Data virtualisation: the secret weapon in the challenge for compliance

Data virtualisation: the secret weapon in the challenge for compliance

By Charles Southwood, Regional VP – Northern Europe and MEA at Denodo Governance, compliance, security. In today’s landscape, these th..

Keeping data in the vault: insider breach risk in financial services

Keeping data in the vault: insider breach risk in financial services

By Tony Pepper, CEO. Egress Financial services organisations are trusted with far more than just money; they are also responsible for ..

How digital is guiding the finance sector’s response to COVID-19

How digital is guiding the finance sector’s response to COVID-19

By Rahul Singh, President of Financial Services, HCL Technologies As COVID-19 spreads deeper and wider, financial transactions are slo..

Why smart businesses minimise risk with smart detectors

Why smart businesses minimise risk with smart detectors

By Robert Fryers, CEO and co-founder, Spotta Gartner predicted that building automation will be the segment with the largest growth ra..

The Future Role of Bank Branches

The Future Role of Bank Branches

By Sudeepto Mukherjee, Senior Vice President, Financial Services Lead EMEA & APAC Publicis Sapient Even before the COVID-19 crisis..

How banks can prepare for the demise of the 3rd party cookie

How banks can prepare for the demise of the 3rd party cookie

By Carolyn Corda, CMO at data co-op ADARA Banking and financial services brands need to stay close to their customers. But this isn’t ..

Maximising the cybersecurity of mergers and acquisitions

Maximising the cybersecurity of mergers and acquisitions

By Stephen Gailey, Head of Solutions Architecture at Exabeam A market worth well in in excess of $100 billion a year globally, cyberse..

Covid-19 – Insurance Related Litigation Deluge

Covid-19 – Insurance Related Litigation Deluge

By Akber Datoo, CEO, D2 Legal Technology,  Insurance companies believe they have limited exposure to Covid-19 claims. Yet the vast maj..

Bank of the future – challengers leading the way to cloud adoption

Bank of the future – challengers leading the way to cloud adoption

By Dermot O’Kelly, Head of Europe at Finastra, Banking is experiencing a major shift, driven by seismic technology and market changes...

Advancing the financial sector’s cybersecurity with AI 

Advancing the financial sector’s cybersecurity with AI 

By Sareeka A. G., Product Consultant at ManageEngine The United Kingdom has the sixth-largest economy in the world, and in 2018, the f..

FCA softens its stance on regulations to help UK retailers through Covid-19

FCA softens its stance on regulations to help UK retailers through Covid-19

By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop In the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, when retailers are counting the immense, and in many cases disastr..

Why Financial Services Must Stay Compliant

Why Financial Services Must Stay Compliant

By Grainne McKeever, Senior Security Product Marketing Manager at Imperva The vast number of regulations introduced over the last few ..

5 Reasons why women need to get into property investing

5 Reasons why women need to get into property investing

By Bronwen Vearncombe, Director of Property Investing Foundation. Property investing has changed my life completely.  Not only have I ..

How the future of financial services is being reimagined with evolutionary AI

How the future of financial services is being reimagined with evolutionary AI

By Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant  AI driven solutions are becoming a competitive differentiator for banks and other..

How will mortgages and the housing market be impacted by coronavirus?

How will mortgages and the housing market be impacted by coronavirus?

TIC Finance are property finance experts that provide property funding solutions and specialise in stopping house repossession. With t..

It’s a matter of trust

It’s a matter of trust

By Granville Turner, Director at Company Formation Specialists, Turner Little As financial portfolios become more complex, financial t..

Why smart buildings need smart cleaning  

Why smart buildings need smart cleaning  

By Stefano Bensi, General Manager, Softbank Robotics EMEA  The move towards smart buildings across Europe is gathering pace. As organi..