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
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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
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. ..
LIFESTYLE
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