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FICO’s Marta Czerep Named to DataIQ 100 List of UK Analytics Leaders

FICO’s Marta Czerep Named to DataIQ 100 List of UK Analytics Leaders

FICO data scientist joins list of the most influential business leaders in UK data-driven organisations Highlights: DataIQ has named ..

Buyers ‘go big and go home’ with shared ownership at Royal Albert Wharf

Buyers ‘go big and go home’ with shared ownership at Royal Albert Wharf

Buyers taking their first steps onto the property ladder are now 1.5 times more likely to make their first home their forever home[i]...

The rising risk of encrypted malware

The rising risk of encrypted malware

By Omar Yaacoubi, CEO, Barac The financial sector has long been a prime target for cybercriminals. The kudos associated with breaking ..

Brexit and the property market: what does the future hold?

Brexit and the property market: what does the future hold?

Adam James, head of marketing for We Buy Any House As the intricate web of Brexit and our departure from the EU continue to unravel, m..

Equiniti Credit Services investigates consumer attitudes to lending in new report

Equiniti Credit Services investigates consumer attitudes to lending in new report

Sixth annual research report shows generational differences in loan origination and management preferences and explores the opportunit..

Nets and Vipps join forces to simplify payments in Norway

Nets and Vipps join forces to simplify payments in Norway

Agreement to dramatically reduce paper-based invoicing, increase consumer convenience and improve cash flow for corporates Vipps, the ..

Bank of England still needs to ‘see the job through’ on inflation: Pill

Bank of England still needs to ‘see the job through’ on inflation: Pill

By Robert Douglas, European planning director at Adaptive Insights, a Workday company The old, static model of planning and execution ..

Students win competition to design sculpture at the Tramyard

Students win competition to design sculpture at the Tramyard

Managing Director of Joseph Homes Michael Bryn Jones and winners Rafael Fischer and Laura Mathews On Thursday 28th February, two talen..

Over half of Britons say loyalty cards encourage them to buy a product – NIQ

Over half of Britons say loyalty cards encourage them to buy a product – NIQ

Investors becoming more discerning, courting longer-term tenants with superior rental homes (Surrenden Invest) Rents to grow by 13.7%..

Reasons to be cheerful by numbers… despite boring old Brexit

Reasons to be cheerful by numbers… despite boring old Brexit

Mark Brownridge, Non-Executive Director of Velocity Capital Advisors and Director General of the EIS Association, flashes the figures ..

Content Services: The Foundation of Digital Transformation for Financial Services Firms

Content Services: The Foundation of Digital Transformation for Financial Services Firms

The road to digital transformation in Financial Services (FS) has been a long and winding one. For the most part, banks and other FS p..

What happens next – how to fix IT in banking in 2019

What happens next – how to fix IT in banking in 2019

By Alex Fagioli, CEO of Tectrade So, the FCA has spoken and it’s now official: banks in the UK are under-equipped with the tools or kn..

The Evolving Venture Capital Landscape

The Evolving Venture Capital Landscape

Belinda Thomas, Partner at Triple Point Despite significant changes introduced over the past few years to the types of companies in wh..

Why internal communications is at the centre of digital transformation

Why internal communications is at the centre of digital transformation

Cyrus, MD, EMEA, SocialChorus If you sometimes wonder what your communications team actually does, apart from sharing corporate news, ..

Financial services risk data security breaches with insecure instant messaging

Financial services risk data security breaches with insecure instant messaging

Overwhelming majority of IT decision makers express concerns over security of free instant messaging apps As more people in the financ..

How Accounts Payable in the CloudCan Help Support Growing Startups and SMEs

How Accounts Payable in the CloudCan Help Support Growing Startups and SMEs

Laurent Charpentier, Chief Innovation Officer and COO, Yooz  Every day thousands of startups are created around the world. In the UK, ..

Fintech trends to look out for in 2019

Fintech trends to look out for in 2019

Richard Litchfield is Head of Operations at the peer-to-peer lending platform Lending Works. Here, he explores some of the main trends..

Over half of Brits have taken a pay cut for a job that made them happier, according to Wrike survey

Over half of Brits have taken a pay cut for a job that made them happier, according to Wrike survey

Wrike Happiness Index reveals the UK workforce is looking for a more productive, manageable, and happier workplace According to a surv..

Dimension Data introduces next-generation managed services offering to accelerate client innovation

Dimension Data introduces next-generation managed services offering to accelerate client innovation

The new unified platform provides a centralised, standardised, and highly automated delivery service to enhance the client experience ..

Ninety Percent of Banks Lag in Ability to Authenticate Customers and Step-Up Security, Survey Reveals

Ninety Percent of Banks Lag in Ability to Authenticate Customers and Step-Up Security, Survey Reveals

Respondents’ top challenges include legacy solutions and processes tied to user name/password technology  OneSpan™ (NASDAQ: OSPN), a g..

New ISA boosts millennials’ home ownership dreams

New ISA boosts millennials’ home ownership dreams

Funding Circle ISA could propel millennials onto the property ladder 6 years sooner than the average cash ISA Projected annual return..

“Anyone can write an assignment, but we need people to be able to apply their new skills to the workplace,” says top investment management company

“Anyone can write an assignment, but we need people to be able to apply their new skills to the workplace,” says top investment management company

Cardiff-based FTSE 100 company, Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), is supporting Apprenticeship Week Wales after develo..

Customs expert: British firms must consider Transitional Simplified Procedures for Brexit

Customs expert: British firms must consider Transitional Simplified Procedures for Brexit

British businesses importing goods from the EU should consider applying for and using Transitional Simplified Procedures (TSP) to prep..

Cognizant Acquires Meritsoft, an Award-Winning Fintech Innovator in Post-Trade Processing

Cognizant Acquires Meritsoft, an Award-Winning Fintech Innovator in Post-Trade Processing

Acquisition expands Cognizant’s software-as-a-service platforms, enables Meritsoft to scale, and provides banking clients with an inte..

StepLadder and Squad partner to offer savers a new way to boost savings

StepLadder and Squad partner to offer savers a new way to boost savings

Stepladder and Squad partner to create a unique collaborative peer to peer savings experience helping both their members get onto the ..

EBO.ai expands into the UK market following rapid company growth

EBO.ai expands into the UK market following rapid company growth

EBO.ai, the artificial intelligence company, has today announced the opening of its new UK office. EBO.ai, initially founded in Malta ..

Taylor Wimpey España launches Blue Cove in Mallorca, as Spain tops global health ranking

Taylor Wimpey España launches Blue Cove in Mallorca, as Spain tops global health ranking

New Blue Cove development provides perfect blend of location and quality Spain is healthiest country on Earth (Bloomberg) Gastronomy,..

What Does Smart-Casual Actually Mean and How Can Men Master It?

What Does Smart-Casual Actually Mean and How Can Men Master It?

When someone says “the dress code is smart-casual” do you know what they mean or do you break out in a cold sweat? For many, smart-cas..

Are duplicate payments Kryptonite for accounts payable?   

Are duplicate payments Kryptonite for accounts payable?   

In most businesses the credibility of the accounts department is built on trust and stakeholders’ confidence in the output from the de..

An API-first approach will revolutionise Financial Services

An API-first approach will revolutionise Financial Services

Carlos Oliveira, CEO at SPINR Whatever business you’re in, you know perfectly well the new realities of commerce: customers expect sop..

SMCR – Are you Ready?

SMCR – Are you Ready?

By Bruce Penson, Managing Director of Pro Drive IT  If there were a major cyber security breach at your company, what would happen? Ch..

Completing the eCommerce payment circle

Completing the eCommerce payment circle

By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop An order arrives: the best thing that can happen to an online retailer. However, if they manage their ac..

5 steps to hiring top talent when you’re just a start-up 

5 steps to hiring top talent when you’re just a start-up 

Tae HaeNahm, Co-founding Managing Director of Storm Ventures Finding a candidate who understands your market and mission and who fits ..

99% of financial firms expect to benefit from Open Banking, with improved customer onboarding the main driver of adoption

99% of financial firms expect to benefit from Open Banking, with improved customer onboarding the main driver of adoption

A near-unanimous 99% of financial services organisations polled expect Open Banking to benefit their business. Over half (52%) believe..

Finance Industry Is “One Court Case Away” from Claims Management Company Onslaught, Quadient Warns

Finance Industry Is “One Court Case Away” from Claims Management Company Onslaught, Quadient Warns

Increased Awareness of Data Protection Will Spark Major Claims by 2020, Customer Experience Specialist Predicts  After targeting PPI r..

What’s better than OpenAI? Developers shop for alternatives

What’s better than OpenAI? Developers shop for alternatives

Whilst finance and technology have been linked ever since the first ATM in the late 1960s, the advent of mobile internet has truly cha..

Investing in property? Invest in art instead.

Investing in property? Invest in art instead.

Individual collectors spent $1.7 billion on paintings, research finds  40% of the world’s chief art collectors work in asset manageme..