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..
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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...
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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 ..
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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..
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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
Clarity and structure: the key to GDPR compliance in finance
Ian Osborne, Vice President UK & Ireland for Shred-it, discusses the challenges the finance industry faces to ensure compliance wi..
FINANCE
What small businesses can learn from the Brexit negotiations
Tony Hughes, CEO at Huthwaite International, talks negotiation skills, the Brexit approach and what businesses can learn from negotiat..
BUSINESS
Three negotiation tactics for small businesses
By Tony Hughes, CEO at Huthwaite International, a leading global provider of sales, negotiation and communication skills development. ..
BUSINESS
Upsizing families find new show home at Polo Field
Spending more time inside during the winter months can often lead to the inevitable conclusion that growing families need more space. ..
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Choosing the best business broadband package for your needs
Having a fast, reliable broadband connection is now mandatory for running a successful business. In fact, research shows that it can c..
TECHNOLOGY
Artificial intelligence can save SMEs £8bn a year
AI spend management application can reduce invoice fraud by 90 percent for British businesses Spend management software provider Compl..
TECHNOLOGY
Cutting the fintech innovation cycle
Tobias Neale, Head of Delivery, Contis There’s no shortage of FinTech provider success stories. Consumer brands like Monzo, Starling, ..
TECHNOLOGY
Twenty years on, cash ISAs in the UK have fallen short of expectations: what are the alternatives?
By Frazer Fearnhead, founder and CEO of peer to peer lending platform, The House Crowd ISAs have enjoyed renewed popularity in recent ..
BUSINESS
Smartr365 launches ‘MortgageKanban’ workflow tool to smooth mortgage application tracking for brokers
Smartr365, the end-to-end fintech mortgage platform, has today launched a new MortgageKanban feature. Developed after months of resear..
TECHNOLOGY
First time buyers make their home their (Elephant and) Castle
First time buyers are on the rise – the £6 billion of new mortgage lending they received in November was an increase of 9% year ..
LIFESTYLE
Bellway relieve stamp duty stress
Housing affordability in the UK has increased at its fastest rate in eight years, according to Rightmove’s House Price Index for Febru..
LIFESTYLE
Foreign investment in Spain hits 5-year high, with Costa del Sol winning over second home buyers
Foreign investors accounted for 68% of Spanish real estate investment in 2018 (Savills Aguirre Newman) Notable uptick in residential ..
INVESTING
Why has Birmingham led UK house price growth since the Brexit vote?
Birmingham house prices up 16% since June 2016 (Hometrack) City centre population growth of 163% is 2nd fastest in UK (ONS) Extensive..
INVESTING
Three things every payments professional needs to know about PSD2
Myles Dawson, Managing Director Adyen UK If 2018 was the year of GDPR, 2019 is the year of European Payment Services Directive (PSD2) ..
FINANCE
Using 100% Bridging Finance to Grow your Business
Holly Andrews, Managing Director, KIS Finance If you are looking to grow your business by investing in a new premises, or perhaps by ..
BUSINESS
How banks can use the latest AI text analytics to improve customer loyalty
By Dan Somers, CEO at Warwick Analytics (www.warwickanalytics.com) A major UK bank was looking to improve its customer loyalty. It was..
BANKING
If the big banks want to survive past the next 10 years, they need to adapt
Paul Clark, Tandem CTO From the birth of online banking to the beginnings of a cashless society, it’s fair to say that banking as we k..
BANKING
Criminals and terrorists on the back foot thanks to innovative identity check tech for e-money, prepaid and fintech financial services
New research by Prepaid International Forum (PIF) reveals how innovative technology is successfully thwarting and discouraging crimina..
TECHNOLOGY
Shopping for software ahead of Making Tax Digital
Higor Torchia, UK Country Manager at Vend The Making Tax Digital (MTD) initiative is designed to be a cost and time saving exercise bo..
TECHNOLOGY
BeQuant partners with ZagTrader to bring the sophistication of traditional finance tools to the cryptocurrency market
Strategic partnership will allow for increased institutional investor engagement with cryptocurrencies Today BeQuant – one of the worl..
NEWS
Arkadin Appoints Vianney Motte as CFO
Arkadin, a global provider of cloud communication services and an NTT Communications company, has recently announced the firm’s Vice P..
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Denmark invites Nord Stream operator to help salvage unidentified object
The peer-to-peer business lender is giving customers a further unique investment option with an introductory target interest rate of 5..
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D2 Legal Technology appoints Jason Pugh as managing director to drive strategic growth
Jason Pugh brings a wealth of experience from Clifford Chance, Morgan Stanley, Barclays and Deutsche Bank to D2 Legal Technology The L..
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Virgin Orbit says space startup in talks with potential investors
Governor Software Ltd, an innovative governance and oversight solution provider, today announced that it has partnered with CastleHill..
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