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..
BANKING
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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..
INVESTING
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, ..
TECHNOLOGY
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..
TECHNOLOGY
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, ..
TECHNOLOGY
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..
TECHNOLOGY
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..
NEWS
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 ..
NEWS
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..
NEWS
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..
NEWS
“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..
NEWS
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..
NEWS
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..
NEWS
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 ..
NEWS
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 ..
NEWS
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,..
LIFESTYLE
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..
LIFESTYLE
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..
FINANCE
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..
FINANCE
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..
FINANCE
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..
BUSINESS
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 ..
BUSINESS
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..
BANKING
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..
FINANCE
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..
TECHNOLOGY
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..
INVESTING
Significant savings on Stratford apartment for one week only
Bellway London is offering nearly £40,000 discount on plot 141 at Legacy Wharf in Stratford, E15. This fabulous three-bedroom apartmen..
LIFESTYLE
Gulf Bank Moves from Paper to Digital Records with Help of Alaris, a Kodak Alaris business
Leading bank in Kuwait digitizes 50 million documents using scanners from Alaris and expertise of Alaris’ partner Ashraf & Co Ltd...
NEWS
Banking turmoil means recession fears are creeping back
By: James Petter, VP International, Pure Storage With the rise of machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies, data..
TECHNOLOGY
What would a ‘No Deal’ outcome mean for the Midlands property sector?
By Rick Gannon, expert serial Property Investor and HMO specialist ‘Brexit’ has been a buzz word for several years now, but its true ..
INVESTING
Are technological developments outrunning compliance?
Harpreet Singh, Executive Director, Brickendon There is no doubt that advances in technology are accelerating the collective progress..
TECHNOLOGY
83 percent of UK consumers unsure of fintech, according to wide-ranging survey
Industry faces uphill PR battle to gain consumer trust More than eight out of ten people in Britain (83 percent) are ‘unsure’ of finte..
TECHNOLOGY
Kaspersky Lab announces 4% revenue growth to $726 million in 2018
The leading multinational cybersecurity vendor continues to deliver stable and positive dynamics Kaspersky Lab continued to deliver st..
NEWS
Digital claims management: Five key considerations for insurers
Matt Hooper, SVP Global Marketing & Alliances at IMImobile It’s a challenging time to be an established insurance provider. As dig..
INSURANCE
Three reasons why finance professionals need to get to grips with big data
Digitisation is a major driving force for change in finance departments, transforming financial processing and altering the role of fi..
FINANCE
How factory-style engineering creates a future to bank on
By Ed Fowler, Head of Digital Engineering and VP at Virtusa One of the biggest emerging trends in the financial industry over the past..
FINANCE
6 Technology Trends for Banking in 2019
Not long ago, application programming interfaces (APIs) were little more than simple lines of code facilitating communication between ..
TECHNOLOGY