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Easy as AMP: how Experian tapped into mobile-first consumer behaviour

Easy as AMP: how Experian tapped into mobile-first consumer behaviour

By David Black, Managing Director, Financial Services, Google UK Things have changed in the banking and financial services industries...

Challenger banks aren’t that different after all

Challenger banks aren’t that different after all

By Andrew Mitchell, VP Development and Infrastructure Support at JCB International The financial landscape is changing at a dizzying p..

The Cost of Buying a Leasehold: Why Can it Cost More in Conveyancing Fees?

The Cost of Buying a Leasehold: Why Can it Cost More in Conveyancing Fees?

In both England and Wales, the two primary types of property ownership are leasehold and freehold. The difference between both, in sho..

The changing focus for CFO’s

The changing focus for CFO’s

By Nick Swarbrick, Finance Director at Datel There was a time when finance was seen as a functional necessity to a business rather tha..

Analysis-Rocket startups face adapt-or-die moment amid investment drought

Analysis-Rocket startups face adapt-or-die moment amid investment drought

By Paul Prendergast, managing director for the Consulting practice in the products industry at Accenture. The rules of the game are ch..

Artificial intelligence: Could it spell the end of paper receipts?

Artificial intelligence: Could it spell the end of paper receipts?

By Deborah Saunby, Sales and Marketing Director at Selenity It might be surprising to hear but many organisations are still reliant on..

Sustainable businesses: A £9 trillion investment opportunity

Sustainable businesses: A £9 trillion investment opportunity

By Sue Summers is CEO of Frontier Development Capital. ‘Sustainability’ is the business community’s latest buzzword. Sustainable pract..

FINANCE

The Impact Of Late Payments On SME

The Impact Of Late Payments On SME

By Jade at Total Processing, a payment solution supplier Late payments may just seem like a small annoyance to most, but, the detrimental effect it’s ..

Safe and secure payments for customers – what businesses need to know

Safe and secure payments for customers – what businesses need to know

By Pete Bettles, Chief Operating Office at Global Payments The sheer amount of data created and held by businesses is staggering. We c..

Why change in banking is accelerating 

Why change in banking is accelerating 

By Renier Lemmens, Visiting Professor of Fintech and Innovation and Senior Advisor on Digital Education at The London Institute of Ban..

Migrate to the cloud without ruining your business

Migrate to the cloud without ruining your business

By Dr. Gavin Scruby, CIO, SmartDebit Why is cloud migration different for SMEs and enterprises? Dr. Gavin Scruby Migration..

Innovative Finance ISAs: the building blocks for good investment?

Innovative Finance ISAs: the building blocks for good investment?

Having launched in 2016, the Innovative Finance ISA (IFISA) might be a relatively young product in the investment market, but it is on..

Common Uses for Bridging Loans and What You’ll Need to Get One

Common Uses for Bridging Loans and What You’ll Need to Get One

There is nothing worse than a great property investment failing because you didn’t have your finances sorted. Therefore, a bridging lo..

Boosting customer retention by taking the fight against cybercrime seriously

Boosting customer retention by taking the fight against cybercrime seriously

By Karen Wheeler, Country Manager at Affinion  Cybercrime is scarcely out of the headlines and customers are understandably wary. Bank..

Building resilience in the UK banking sector

Building resilience in the UK banking sector

By Richard Mort, New Business Director, Edge Testing Solutions British banks are being hit by IT and security failures that prevent cu..

Modernising Credit Assessment For Mortgages – Finding Real Insights To Create Real Opportunity

Modernising Credit Assessment For Mortgages – Finding Real Insights To Create Real Opportunity

By Mahesh Raghavan, Senior Principle – Financial Services Digital Consulting, Infosys  Modernising credit assessment for mortgages– Fi..

US Senate leader Schumer calls for AI rules as ChatGPT surges in popularity

US Senate leader Schumer calls for AI rules as ChatGPT surges in popularity

Author: Shannon Simpson, Cyber Security and Compliance Director at Six Degrees Financial services firms have become enthusiastic adopt..

How your home can benefit from a loft conversion

How your home can benefit from a loft conversion

© Roof Windows 4 You For many, a loft simply provides storage space, but converting it into an extra room can have a bigger impact on ..

Fintech for good – fighting financial exclusion with innovation

Fintech for good – fighting financial exclusion with innovation

Andrew Rabbitt, CEO, incuto Fintech is rarely written about or described in the context of how it can help local communities or low-in..

Nine key factors to maintaining payment security compliance

Nine key factors to maintaining payment security compliance

By Gabriel Schild, Executive Director Digital Business Transformation at Verizon Consumers and suppliers both trust brands to effectiv..

IT outages – the kryptonite of Finance Services

IT outages – the kryptonite of Finance Services

By Mike Walton, Founder and CEO at Opsview Technology is firmly integrated into business operations and now more than ever before, org..

Improving Enterprise Security in the Financial Sector

Improving Enterprise Security in the Financial Sector

By Gerald Beuchelt, CISO, LogMeIn Cybersecurity is a critical concern within any industry, but especially the financial sector which h..

Open banking: What it means for you and the industry

Open banking: What it means for you and the industry

By Nathan Baranowski, Managing Director at OJO Solutions It’s now a year since the introduction of the second Payment Services Directi..

Power Out: How to Prevent your Supply Chain from Diving

Power Out: How to Prevent your Supply Chain from Diving

By Alex Balcombe at Harris Balcombe Flights grounded. Trains cancelled. Internet down. Power out. From floods, fires and acts of God ..

Bringing financial services into the fast lane

Bringing financial services into the fast lane

By Tom Holliday, Financial Services Consultant at KCOM Perhaps no other sector has been more visibly disrupted by technology than fina..

How technology is improving car safety

How technology is improving car safety

Wasim Bux is Product Manager at the car insurance provider iGO4. Here, he shares his thoughts on how new technology is improving car s..

DEATH OF FAIR PROBATE FEES?

DEATH OF FAIR PROBATE FEES?

By James Beresford, Private Wealth Partner, Commercial law firm BLM James Beresford, Private Wealth Partner, Commercial la..

Why SMEs are the number one market opportunity in digital banking

Why SMEs are the number one market opportunity in digital banking

By Sudeepto Mukherjee, SVP and head of financial services at Publicis Sapient, and Pawan Udernani,digital transformation lead, financi..

Increasing regulatory red tape prompts a new approach to trading data management among FS firms

Increasing regulatory red tape prompts a new approach to trading data management among FS firms

By Jordan Ambrose is CEO at Inforalgo Jordan Ambrose is CEO at Inforalgo The latest wave of financial services reporting ..

How to implement a holistic digital marketing strategy in finance

How to implement a holistic digital marketing strategy in finance

By Kevin Joyner, Director of Planning and Insight, Croud A great advertising campaign has an effective slogan, provides a useful solut..

Managing Cross Channel Communications in a Regulatory Swell

Managing Cross Channel Communications in a Regulatory Swell

By Richard Mill, Managing Director of Business Systems (UK) Ltd Financial service organisations have seen a flow of directives and reg..

How Can Stream Processing Act As A Catalyst For Innovation In Financial Services?

How Can Stream Processing Act As A Catalyst For Innovation In Financial Services?

By Robert Metzger, Co-founder, Engineer Lead at Ververica Financial organisations across the world are going through an extensive digi..

Why sustainable cyber resilience matters in the financial sector

Why sustainable cyber resilience matters in the financial sector

Author: Dirk Schrader, CISSP, CISM, and CMO at Greenbone Networks Banks, alongside the stock market and other financial companies, are..

Driving out Silent Cyber Losses and Risks for Insurers and the Insured

Driving out Silent Cyber Losses and Risks for Insurers and the Insured

Cyberattacks still make headlines even as they become more regular. One reason is that the damage from an attack extends beyond inflic..

Four Corporate Email Oversights That Put Your Organization at Risk

Four Corporate Email Oversights That Put Your Organization at Risk

Author: Morey Haber, CTO, BeyondTrust As part of onboarding,new hires typically sign an employee handbook which includes policies and ..

Glenn Mcgrath partners with Thinkmarkets to promote cricket and female empowerment

Glenn Mcgrath partners with Thinkmarkets to promote cricket and female empowerment

Legendary fast bowler Glenn McGrath is the latest sports star to join forces with online financial trading broker ThinkMarkets to prom..

Twenty-four percent of 18 to 24 year olds don’t know what an ISA is

Twenty-four percent of 18 to 24 year olds don’t know what an ISA is

ISA deadline and types of ISA also remain a mystery to majority of British public  One in four of the UK’s young adults (aged 18 to 24..