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3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media

3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media

By Priya Iyer, Chairman & CEO, Vee24  With nearly 2.62 billion people having active social media accounts[1],the finance industry ..

Recipe for Success: Sausalitos Announces Blockchain-Powered Loyalty Program

Recipe for Success: Sausalitos Announces Blockchain-Powered Loyalty Program

German cocktail bar chain rolls out loyalty program on the blockchain Germany´s leading cocktail bar and restaurant chain, Sausalitos,..

A missed opportunity: research reveals that while small finance & accounting businesses view themselves as cost-savvy, most aren’t switching water suppliers, or other services

A missed opportunity: research reveals that while small finance & accounting businesses view themselves as cost-savvy, most aren’t switching water suppliers, or other services

Research has revealed that just four per cent of small businesses in the finance & accounting sector with an office in England hav..

Santander Scam Avoidance School (Sas)1 Graduate Turns Ethical Hacker To Help The Fight Against Fraud

Santander Scam Avoidance School (Sas)1 Graduate Turns Ethical Hacker To Help The Fight Against Fraud

Alec Daniels, 86, successfully sent a ‘controlled’ phishing email and breached a public WiFi hotspot in only 16 minutes 40 seconds  4..

Brickendon Achieves 300% Growth

Brickendon Achieves 300% Growth

Challenger Consultancy achieves substantial growth in an uncertain market Brickendon, the award-winning transformational consultancy, ..

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

Nick Hammond, Lead Adviser for Financial Services at World Wide Technology, highlights the need for Financial Services to take a futur..

Doing nothing is not an option when it comes to the customer experience

Doing nothing is not an option when it comes to the customer experience

By Fabrice Martin, Chief Product Officer, Clarabridge When was the last time you visited your bank or building society? Probably not v..

Triple Point launches Impact EIS

Triple Point launches Impact EIS

A managed portfolio service designed to generate a market return for investors whilst actively selecting businesses that have a measur..

How to successfully expand and manage your businesses in multiple industries

How to successfully expand and manage your businesses in multiple industries

Andy Scott, Chairman of Rel Capital Every entrepreneur dreams of their company, or companies, thriving in a wide variety of sectors. C..

Americaneagle.Com Joins OSPT Alliance Board

Americaneagle.Com Joins OSPT Alliance Board

Leading U.S. system integrator expands role in the organisation in-line with increasing industry demand for open, non-proprietary stan..

Fraud Wars: How Can Biometrics Help Win The Card Fraud Battle?

Fraud Wars: How Can Biometrics Help Win The Card Fraud Battle?

By Lina Andolf-Orup, Fingerprints Fighting fraudsters is a complex and ever-evolving challenge. As consumers change the way they pay,..

Token Enables Bank Direct Payments for Paymentworld

Token Enables Bank Direct Payments for Paymentworld

Enables European EMI to harness the power of open banking – lowering costs, improving UX, and enabling value-added services Turn..

Machine learning critical for better SME credit scoring in trade finance

Machine learning critical for better SME credit scoring in trade finance

AI and broader data collection can overcome the “trade finance gap” by improving credit scoring for SMEs in trade finance, says Michae..

AI & Big Data powered platform launches to provide knowledge without borders

AI & Big Data powered platform launches to provide knowledge without borders

Academic and corporate institutions as well as R&D departments can now gain access to the world’s knowledge in a single platform  ..

EU could face gas shortage next year, IEA warns

EU could face gas shortage next year, IEA warns

Surrenden Invest presents Hotel 52 Stanley to investors, after £1.5 million renovation Budget hotel rooms traditionally operate at h..

Fintech’s dynamic potential

Fintech’s dynamic potential

By Dan Read, partner at law firm TLT The rise of fintech companies and their disruptive propositions has been an interesting developme..

Maia Global, BSA Logistics, and XVC Logistics Join the OEL Foundation to Promote Blockchain Within the Logistics Industry

Maia Global, BSA Logistics, and XVC Logistics Join the OEL Foundation to Promote Blockchain Within the Logistics Industry

Announcement comes as the OEL Foundation welcomes former Technical Project Manager at Prudential Mark Nelson as CTO The Open Enterpris..

XTRD.io Joins the FIX Trading Community to Help Bring Institutional Money Into Cryptocurrency Markets

XTRD.io Joins the FIX Trading Community to Help Bring Institutional Money Into Cryptocurrency Markets

The tech company who is building a suite of tools, including a FIX API, that will allow institutional investors to easily trade digita..

NetApp survey finds strong motivation for GDPR compliance as confidence soars among FSI businesses

NetApp survey finds strong motivation for GDPR compliance as confidence soars among FSI businesses

Four-fifths believe the regulation will give their business a competitive advantage With a matter of days until the General Data Prote..

CAMRADATA publishes ‘Responsible Investing Roundtable – ‘The metric for success?’ – a new white paper for investors and asset managers

CAMRADATA publishes ‘Responsible Investing Roundtable – ‘The metric for success?’ – a new white paper for investors and asset managers

CAMRADATA, a leading provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has published a new white paper, ‘Responsible Investin..

Bitcoin Nonprofit BitGive Announces Research Collaboration with University of Edinburgh

Bitcoin Nonprofit BitGive Announces Research Collaboration with University of Edinburgh

Research to focus on the effect of cryptocurrencies on the global charitable sector BitGive, the first Bitcoin 501(c)(3) nonprofit, ha..

Revealed: How Smartphones Are Saving Owners More Than £500

Revealed: How Smartphones Are Saving Owners More Than £500

Research conducted by Mobiles.co.ukreveals that it would cost a whopping £1,400 to physically own all of the additional items found o..

Quantum Leap: How will banks cope with tomorrow’s tech?

Quantum Leap: How will banks cope with tomorrow’s tech?

By Elina Mattila, Executive Director, Mobey Forum Last century, one of most dramatic changes to the banking ecosystem was the integrat..

Ultromics secures £10 million investment to bring AI heart diagnostics to hospitals

Ultromics secures £10 million investment to bring AI heart diagnostics to hospitals

Ultromics, the UK start-up behind breakthrough artificial intelligence (AI) technology for the diagnosis of coronary heart disease, ha..

GWM Investment Management boosts offering with acquisition of a stake in Optimus Capital

GWM Investment Management boosts offering with acquisition of a stake in Optimus Capital

Optimus Capital to add bespoke portfolio service to GWM Investment Management’s offering GWM Investment Management, the boutique wea..

æternity Launches Incubator Program to Cultivate the Global Blockchain Ecosystem

æternity Launches Incubator Program to Cultivate the Global Blockchain Ecosystem

æternity Starfleet will support projects worldwide from seed stage and provide them with up to $250,000 in funding æternity, the block..

Thomson Reuters Report Reveals Risk & Compliance Staff Expect to See Significant Benefits from Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Thomson Reuters Report Reveals Risk & Compliance Staff Expect to See Significant Benefits from Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Report on ‘Achieving Integrated GRC in an Interconnected Digital Age’ highlights challenges and opportunities faced by compliance offi..

Global electric vehicle patenting to reach 7,500 in 2018

Global electric vehicle patenting to reach 7,500 in 2018

PatSnap, the world’s leading provider of research and development (R&D) analytics, has today launched its Electric Vehicle (EV) In..

UK expenditure sees its biggest increase in a decade, while income remains stagnant  

UK expenditure sees its biggest increase in a decade, while income remains stagnant  

Hitachi Personal Finance analyses new data that shows that household expenditure at its highest in a decade The UK’s average weekly i..

As banks become more digital, customer satisfaction calls for a robust approach

As banks become more digital, customer satisfaction calls for a robust approach

Puneet Taneja, Head of Operations for Banking, Financial Services and Insurance at Intelenet Global Services, provides insight into ho..

Mallorca property market hots up as pre-Brexit British buyers snap up second homes

Mallorca property market hots up as pre-Brexit British buyers snap up second homes

Reservations by Brits up 36% in past year (Taylor Wimpey España) Prices in Palma de Mallorca up 14.7% (TINSA) Total Mallorca reservat..

Navigating GDPR – threats and opportunities

Navigating GDPR – threats and opportunities

Harriet Parker, Investment manager, Liontrust Asset Management As more of our lives are carried out online, protecting personal or cor..

Safe, Smart Twitter for Finance now available on the move

Safe, Smart Twitter for Finance now available on the move

Market EarlyBird,the UK FinTech company behind EarlyBird – Safe, Smart Twitter for Finance – is pleased to announce the immediate avai..

ThinCats funds £550,000 Management Buy-In for Scubair in platform buy and build deal

ThinCats funds £550,000 Management Buy-In for Scubair in platform buy and build deal

ThinCats has successfully completed a transaction for the Management Buy In (MBI) of Scubair Ltd, a business involved in the design, i..

Six tips to make your airdrop a success

Six tips to make your airdrop a success

By Gabriele Giancola, Co-founder and CEO of blockchain-powered loyalty ecosystem,qiibee Airdrops are becoming increasingly frequent an..

EMVCo Creates QR Payment Mark to Help Promote Worldwide Acceptance and Interoperability of EMV® QR Code Payments

EMVCo Creates QR Payment Mark to Help Promote Worldwide Acceptance and Interoperability of EMV® QR Code Payments

EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV® Specifications, has created a QR Payment Mark to promote global interoperabilit..

A risky business: why the mispricing of credit is a danger to us all

A risky business: why the mispricing of credit is a danger to us all

The mispricing of risk in consumer credit is a threat to all lenders, particularly those that lack flexibility, explains Sarah Jackson..