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European Banking Study 2019: Profitability remains key issue for European banks—systematic digitalization as a success factor within growing competition

European Banking Study 2019: Profitability remains key issue for European banks—systematic digitalization as a success factor within growing competition

Europe’s leading banks only achieved slight profit growth in 2018. The future is likely to bring further pressure due to the persisten..

How financial institutions can minimise the risk of IT outages

How financial institutions can minimise the risk of IT outages

By Paul Mercina, Director of Product Management, ParkPlace Technologies. The cost and impact of IT system downtime has never been grea..

Tribe celebrate third birthday with launch of new website

Tribe celebrate third birthday with launch of new website

Since their inception in 2016, furniture specialists, Tribe, who have completed projects with global brands like Revolut and Formula-E..

The easy way to spring clean your finances

The easy way to spring clean your finances

By Conor McArdle, Opus Energy Spring is here, and there’s no better time to tidy up your business figures and make your SME ready for ..

Main Reasons Why Not Investing Is Riskier than Investing

Main Reasons Why Not Investing Is Riskier than Investing

By Cedric Vinclair, Managing Partner of Vinclair Investment Partners For a long time I, like most of our clients, thought that investi..

The yuan makes its official entry into RAWBANK’s currency basket

The yuan makes its official entry into RAWBANK’s currency basket

Kinshasa – The Chinese currency has just joined RAWBANK’s basket of currencies, along with the dollar and the euro. This n..

Using technology to help bridge the widening financial advice gap

Using technology to help bridge the widening financial advice gap

By Paul McNamara, CEO, EValue Paul McNamara An advice gap exists in the UK – and it’s leaving savers stumbling into poor f..

Taking a Stand Against Financial Anxieties in the Workplace

Taking a Stand Against Financial Anxieties in the Workplace

By Heather Magee, HR Director, EValue Today, a greater amount of emphasis is being placed on identifying and relieving mental health i..

Customer experience trends in banking to watch for

Customer experience trends in banking to watch for

By Priya Iyer, Chairman and CEO, Vee24 Priya Iyer Most people have a full-time job, a family and a fairly full schedule of..

Cineworld gets US court approval to raise $2.26 billion after bankruptcy

Cineworld gets US court approval to raise $2.26 billion after bankruptcy

By Jason Pugh, Managing Director, D2 Legal Technology Wherever you look, you can see experts opining on Interbank Offered Rate (“IBOR”..

History repeating itself? The great bundling debate

History repeating itself? The great bundling debate

By Pat Patel – Global Content Director Money20/20 When I hear the word bundle I tend to get catapulted back to my childhood, back to t..

The Change Perspective: UK’s financial institutions shift focus to revenue growth in 2019

The Change Perspective: UK’s financial institutions shift focus to revenue growth in 2019

For the first time since the 2008 recession more UK banks (66%) are focussing on revenue generation than cost reduction (57%) activit..

The start-up using technology to help the 20 million people in Britain with money worries

The start-up using technology to help the 20 million people in Britain with money worries

London, 25.04.2019: Today marks the launch of Tully. A FinTech start-up that is free for consumers and created to improve financial ed..

How WFO Can Help Mitigate the Risk of Illegal Staff Conduct

How WFO Can Help Mitigate the Risk of Illegal Staff Conduct

Richard Mill By Richard Mill from Business Systems (UK) looks at how Workforce Optimisation (WFO) can help the finance sec..

Using technology to help bridge the widening financial advice gap

Using technology to help bridge the widening financial advice gap

By Paul McNamara, CEO, EValue An advice gap exists in the UK – and it’s leaving savers stumbling into poor financial decisions, withou..

Have multi-asset funds had their day or is their best yet to come? New whitepaper from CAMRADATA explores

Have multi-asset funds had their day or is their best yet to come? New whitepaper from CAMRADATA explores

CAMRADATA, a leading provider of investment data and analysis, has published its latest white paper entitled, ‘Not just for the sake o..

Where to now for financial marketers?

Where to now for financial marketers?

by Peter Matthews of https://www.nucleus.co.uk It looks like Google and Facebook’s data-by-stealth model is in the spotlight.  GDPR ha..

FinTech At Risk: Why Multi-Factor Authentication Isn’t Always the Answer

FinTech At Risk: Why Multi-Factor Authentication Isn’t Always the Answer

by Brian Costello, VP, Data Strategy from Envestnet, Yodlee On Open Banking’s first birthday earlier this year, many marvelled at how ..

Financial records retention: what do businesses need to know?

Financial records retention: what do businesses need to know?

By Paul Ravey, Manager at Access Records Management A company’s daily business operations will generate numerous records that require ..

Over half of Financial SMBs say they don’t have time to understand cybersecurity

Over half of Financial SMBs say they don’t have time to understand cybersecurity

Although financial services are most likely to be targeted, 24% reporting on multiple occasions As the number of cyberattacks around ..

Funding Options bids for backing to help small businesses take control of their finances

Funding Options bids for backing to help small businesses take control of their finances

Europe’s leading online business finance marketplace partners with Experian to bid for Banking Competition Remedies’ (BCR) Capability..

Havensrock Thrive App launched by Punter Southall Health and Protection to address workplace mental health issues

Havensrock Thrive App launched by Punter Southall Health and Protection to address workplace mental health issues

13 May 2019 – To mark Mental Health Awareness Week (13-17 May 2019), Punter Southall Health and Protection is launching ‘Havensr..

High Street Crisis: Why Retailers Need to Focus on In-Store UX

High Street Crisis: Why Retailers Need to Focus on In-Store UX

From brunch cafes to country hotels and city spas, every sector in hospitality (and beyond) has a main goal – to grow their cust..

How Barclaycard scored big by setting customers a challenge

How Barclaycard scored big by setting customers a challenge

By David Black, MD, Financial Services, Google UK It’s not always easy for financial brands to have fun. Money is usually serious busi..

Property bonds now three times more profitable than buy-to-let

Property bonds now three times more profitable than buy-to-let

By Reece Mennie, CEO of Hunter Jones New research by investment introducing firm, Hunter Jones, has revealed that individuals could ha..

Accelya takes airlines to new places with launch of new payment gateway

Accelya takes airlines to new places with launch of new payment gateway

An industry solution that provides a choice of payment options, powered by Mastercard, while allowing transaction visibility across al..

Why do projects need an IEO?

Why do projects need an IEO?

By Vladimir Prosvirkin, Managing Director, SHORTEX  The world of venture capital investment and cryptocurrency is changing every day. ..

Businesses unaware of operational risk caused by spreadsheets

Businesses unaware of operational risk caused by spreadsheets

Businesses are facing serious operational risk, including extensive financial and reputational loss, due to a lack of control over the..

Market Harborough Building Society announces MHR Analytics partnership

Market Harborough Building Society announces MHR Analytics partnership

Market Harborough Building Society(MHBS) has announced a partnership that will see its manual spreadsheet reporting replaced by cuttin..

The Co-operative Bank and ethical banking.

The Co-operative Bank and ethical banking.

One of the most significant marketing trends of the last few years has been the rise of so- called ‘purpose brands’, as marketers look..

United Bulgarian Bank Selects OneSpan to Help Fight Social Engineering and Mobile Malware Attacks

United Bulgarian Bank Selects OneSpan to Help Fight Social Engineering and Mobile Malware Attacks

Leading bank implements OneSpan’sCronto and Mobile Security Suite to protect online and mobile banking applications while meeting PSD2..

Compleat Software brings digital procurement to SMEs

Compleat Software brings digital procurement to SMEs

Billions of pounds of aggregated spend data used to reduce costs for UK businesses Spend management software provider Compleat Softwar..

The importance of helping customers do things for themselves

The importance of helping customers do things for themselves

How new technologies have transformed clients’ desire for self-service in the luxury lifestyle sector  By David Porter, Managing Director for Strategy..

How to value your own property

How to value your own property

Many homeowners are curious about their property’s current value, whether they’re thinking of selling or remortgaging, or ..

Why collaboration with senior management is vital for a CFO

Why collaboration with senior management is vital for a CFO

By Lewis Miller, Chief Financial Officer at Frank Recruitment Group When I made my first forays into the finance sector almost twenty ..

ABB dispels industrial gloom to raise full-year outlook

ABB dispels industrial gloom to raise full-year outlook

By Adam Bamford, Expedite Services Director at Selenity Managing cash flow is an extremely critical aspect of financial planning for m..

Tiffany, now owned by LVMH, reopens on a Fifth Avenue in flux

Tiffany, now owned by LVMH, reopens on a Fifth Avenue in flux

Data has become a modern-day asset to organisations. Using analytics to take full advantage of data is becoming an increasing priority..