How to Achieve a Shorter Financial Close
Nicky Tozer, VP of EMEA, Oracle NetSuite For many finance teams, the dreaded financial close period means long days, time-consuming ta..
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Last Apartments To Set Sail In Southend
Living by the sea exerts an air of magic, a determining factor of Leigh-on-Sea’s recent ‘happiest place to live’ title. As the Essex ..
LIFESTYLE
Too easy to steal: blame management, not hackers, when cyber events lead to losses.
By Ryan Dodd, Founder and CEO of Cyberhedge Consider this; in 2018 over a billion people were affected by data breaches. Similarly, j..
BUSINESS
The New Age of Cognitive Chatbots in Banking
Technology is transforming the way we bank with smartphones and apps taking the lead as the key platforms. With the banking experience..
BANKING
Bellway Offers Jovial January Sale Prices In Poplar
For ‘The Big January Sale’, Bellway has knocked up to £20,000 off some of their homes in the hugely popular development of Lansbury Sq..
LIFESTYLE
Ebbsfleet Garden City In Kent Primed For New Homes
Plans submitted by Bellway Homes for a development of much needed new homes, have been given the go ahead by the Ebbsfleet Development..
LIFESTYLE
Bellway Gives Buyers Options For A Stress-Free Experience
Bellway Homes is offering a variety of ways to help buyers take the leap into home ownership or to up-size to a new home at Portway Pl..
LIFESTYLE
Finding A New Home Is An Easy Job For Cambridge Employees
Cambridge is the third best place to work in the UK, based on job satisfaction, job openings, salary and home value, according to Glas..
LIFESTYLE
Canada Water Is A Smart Choice For Renters
For millennials living in London, renting is very often a preferred way of life. They are drawn to areas because of the lifestyle on o..
LIFESTYLE
Countryside Capers In Cressing
Children growing up in the city are nearly four times lonelier than children who live in the countryside, according to the Office of N..
LIFESTYLE
How machine learning can improve pricing performance
Walter Rizzi, Partner at McKinsey Marketing & Sales examines how adopting a variety of artificial intelligence capabilities, such ..
TECHNOLOGY
Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Enterprises
Alexey Utkin, Principal Solution Consultant, Finance Practice at global tech consultancy DataArt If you are exposed to even a tiny bit..
TECHNOLOGY
France & Fintech: are the smart card innovators still leading the way?
By Lina Andolf-Orup France has long been the pioneer of smart card technology: from the patenting of the first microchip, to the pivot..
TECHNOLOGY
Kings Secure Technologies Adopts Agile and Flexible Cloud Reporting for Access to ‘Granular Real-time Financial Information’
Kings Secure Technologies is a national business with international capabilities specialising in the design and engineering of solutio..
TECHNOLOGY
How tech is shaking up customer engagement
Karen Wheeler, Vice President and Country Manager UK, at Affinion In retail banking, customer retention is increasingly challenging. ..
TECHNOLOGY
Bankart and Nets ready to deliver on European vision of making instant payments the new normal
Nets, a market leader in the European payments industry, and Bankart, a leading Slovenian company in the field of processing of modern..
NEWS
FIME boosts payment strategy on security and consulting with key hires
Enhances payment security and consultancy support for banks & retailers As part of the ongoing expansion of its banking and payme..
NEWS
Tungsten Network launches Workflow 5.0
The next-generation accounts payable automation solution from Tungsten Network is here Tungsten Network, the global business transacti..
NEWS
Contis starts 2019 on a high
Contis, the award-winning banking, payments and processing services provider is on a turbocharged growth mission for 2019, launching a..
NEWS
FIME enhances smart ticketing services for transport
FIME has strengthened its transport offering to deliver end-to-end support for smart ticketing projects. It is now accredited by Paris..
NEWS
OneSpan Joins the National Cyber Security Alliance on Data Privacy Day
OneSpan developing new tools to safeguard privacy, data and trust online OneSpan (NASDAQ: OSPN), a global leader in software for trus..
NEWS
Helping employees navigate in the sea of financial change
Debra Corey, Reward Gateway advisor and best-selling author One of my all-time favourite places to visit is the seaside. Sitting on t..
FINANCE
The role of cash in tackling the issue of financial inclusion in Europe
Udo Mueller, CEO paysafecard 40 million Europeans are still unable to access a bank account. Increasingly, this means they’re unable t..
FINANCE
Faster Payments: exploring the opportunities for treasurers
Ed Adshead-Grant, General Manager, Payments, Bottomline Technologies The race to process transactions quickly, securely and safely in..
FINANCE
Financial innovation for financial inclusion
Paul Randall, Executive Director, Creditinfo Historic institutions, outdated technology and consumer-unfriendly approaches have ripen..
FINANCE
Saving money by using vehicle tracking
The proliferation of GPS systems in the transport industry has led to a change in focus for many delivery and supply businesses. Now t..
BUSINESS
How to stop your digital transformation from failing
By Thomas Davies, CEO of Temporall It’s no secret that the business and financial world is changing faster than ever. Increasing innov..
BUSINESS
Riding the Recruitment Wave
By Rob Pointen, CFO, Vacancy Filler Recruitment Software With both the IT and the finance worlds undergoing dramatic changes, financia..
BUSINESS
Open Banking: why cloud is key to FS innovation
Financial institutions across the world are increasingly reliant on cloud computing, accelerating company strategy through remarkable ..
TECHNOLOGY
Artificial Intelligence Could Change The Way We Sell
Advice offered by Robin Hoyle, Head of Learning Innovation, at global skills development company, Huthwaite International, which – ove..
TECHNOLOGY
Three challenges of using Excel for regulatory reporting
By William Davis, Senior Director, Trifacta The financial services sector is constantly adapting to shifting regulatory requirements. ..
TECHNOLOGY
The Rise of the Digital CFO: From Safe Pair of Hands to Strategic Shepherd
Simon Niesler, Vice-President and General Manager, UK, Ireland and Benelux, Infor, looks at the Expanding Role of the CFO in an Era of..
TECHNOLOGY
It is time merchant acquirers to the extra mile for their customers. But first the sector must learn from its mistakes.
The merchant acquiring industry has doggedly played its role as the provider of payment processing technology and the face of the card..
TECHNOLOGY
How customer demand is fuelling AI-deployments and ‘appification’ in the banking sector
By Martin Linstrom, Managing Director UK & Ireland at IPsoft Many businesses view artificial intelligence (AI) as a way to improv..
TECHNOLOGY
5 tips for choosing the right investment advisor
With the recent news of the FCA’s second largest ever criminal prosecution for the £28 million investment fraud of Michael Nascumento[..
INVESTING
Lack of partnerships holding back open banking innovation, report finds
Financial services leaders say finding the right partners is a major challenge As the first anniversary of open banking and PSD2 arriv..
FINANCE
The changing face of B2B business practices – why understanding timeless behaviour is more important than ever.
Tony Hughes, CEO of leading sales and negotiation specialists, Huthwaite International, examines how B2B selling is changing, and how ..
BUSINESS