Why loyalty still matters for retailers
By Rob Meakin, Managing Director at Loyalty Pro A few weeks ago, the British Retail Consortium released their monthly figures showing ..
FINANCE
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Consolidation – The Foundation for IT and Business Transformation
Mark Ackerman, Sales Director, Middle East, ServiceNow Mark Ackerman In every type of business, growth is good. However, t..
BUSINESS
Dealing with sole traders? Debt recovery just became a whole lot harder
Ally Tow Chasing unpaid debts is, sadly, a challenge many businesses have to devote time to. But did you know the challeng..
INVESTING
TEN THINGS YOU’RE DOING THAT ARE INVALIDATING YOUR CAR INSURANCE
Changed jobs lately? Your car insurance may no longer be valid CarParts4Less.co.uk reveal ten ways to legally reduce your insurance ..
LIFESTYLE
Optimism levels drop to low of -17 percent, according to first survey since banking regulations
Optimism levels in the banking sector have fallen to a low of -17 percent compared to the last three months, according to the latest P..
BANKING
Why banks and FinTechs need to collaborate
Marieke Flament, MD of Europe atCircle argues that banks and FinTechs need to collaborate and innovate to seize opportunities. ..
BANKING
Best Practices to Streamline Budgeting and Forecasting
Ron Baden, Host Analytics Chief Product Officer Budgeting for 2018 is in high gear, and many companies are in the throes of an ineffic..
BUSINESS
Big brands set to miss plastic sustainability targets
By Mash Patel CEO at Kurtosys There is barely a single industry in the developed world that hasn’t in some way been affected by cloud ..
TECHNOLOGY
Achieving culture change in the finance industry
Swathes of businesses thought they were immune to disruption – until they weren’t. The changes that digital is bringing to every..
FINANCE
Banks stand to make the most from chatbot technology
By Alex Debecker, co-founder of the AI-driven chatbot building company ubisend The chatbot trend is hard to miss. Bots are popping up ..
TECHNOLOGY
AI-driven insights can re-energise the insurance sector
The insurance industry has come under real pressure over the past decade or so. The fintech revolution has meant that smaller and more..
INSURANCE
Why CFOs Should Take Notice of Blockchain
Derren Nisbet, Regional President and Managing Director for Unit4 UK and Ireland By now, the finance and enterprise business sectors a..
BUSINESS
PSD2 and banking compliance
By Martin James, Regional Vice President, DataStax Martin James, Regional Vice President, DataStax Always look on the brig..
BANKING
Security and compliance must be top priorities to avoid fintech failure
Phil Bindley Phil Bindley, Managing Director at The Bunker, explains why early stage Fintech businesses must focus on comp..
FINANCE
Broaden crypto outlook beyond Bitcoin, investors urged
Investors should broaden their outlook on cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin, affirms the boss of one of the world’s largest independent ..
FINANCE
Demonstrating contactless card payment with Biometrics by Fingerprints
Biometrics by Fingerprints. Worry-less payments with biometric smartness, demonstrated at Mobile World Congress 2018. ..
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A SUMMARY FROM SINGAPORE: TAKEAWAYS FROM THE FIRST MONEY 20/20 ASIA
By Lina Andolf-Orup, Global Product Marketing Manager at Fingerprints As something of a Money 20/20 series veteran, having attended th..
NEWS
Mobile Money is paving the way for cashless economies
by Sudhesh Giriyan, COO of Xpress Money For hundreds of years, cash has been the king of the financial world. However, rapid advanceme..
FINANCE
The language of fraud: Fighting fraudsters with voice biometrics
Brian Martin, Regional Director – U.K. & Ireland – Spitch Fraud is one of the most common and fastest-growing crimes..
TECHNOLOGY
Budget Cuts, Staff Shortages and Cyber Threats Keep IT Leads Awake at Night as GDPR Looms
Digital innovation held back at Financial Institutions as IT teams firefight security threats 43% of IT executives at European financi..
FINANCE
GDPR and the Need for a Data Protection Officer – What’s Your Obligation?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the first EU wide legislation to mandate organisations appoint a Data Protection Offi..
BUSINESS
VR/AR startup raises seed funding from Mercia to revolutionise market research industry
A developer of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) products for the market research industry has secured a seed investment..
NEWS
FIDO Alliance Extends Certification Program to Further Strengthen Trust in Standards-based Authentication Devices
First 10 products awarded new FIDO Authenticator security certification The FIDO Alliance, the 250+ member association developing spec..
NEWS
Las Vegas Monorail Unveils Mobile Ticketing With Google Pay
The Las Vegas Monorail Company announced the launch of virtual transit ticketing with the new Google Pay app for Android phones. The M..
NEWS
Instagram fixes bug that triggered hours-long outage
SEI Evaluates Distributed-ledger Technology and Offers Training for In-house Experts SEI (NASDAQ:SEIC) today announced its strategic..
NEWS
How Smartphones Have Changed The Shopping Landscape
The way consumers shop has changed considerably over the last decade, as new research by online smartphone retailer, Mobiles.co.uk, co..
TECHNOLOGY
Lean at the center: How lean principles can boost digital transformation
By Bernd Schreiber, Willem Romanus and Yong Lee, Arthur D. Little It is common among companies to want to be through with the lean app..
TECHNOLOGY
Basisbank Will Manage Risk and Accelerate Digital Transformation with FICO Technology
Leading Danish online lender will gain flexibility and control over risk exposure Highlights: Basisbank, an online lender in Denmark,..
TECHNOLOGY
The sky’s the limit as residential construction levels rise in Spain
Licences for new homes jumped 27% in 2017 vs 2016 (Ministry of Development) 349 homes were delivered by Taylor Wimpey España last yea..
LIFESTYLE
Professionals in the finance sector say they want their personal data edited or deleted when GDPR comes in
Survey says 79 per cent in the sector intend to take advantage of new ‘right to erasure’ Four in five people who work in the finance s..
FINANCE
Preparing for the unexpected can help SMEs prosper
By Ian Rand, Chief Executive, Barclays Business Banking There’s no escaping that the small business environment has felt challenging s..
BUSINESS
Arrested development? What banks don’t get about the API economy
The open banking ecosystem can learn a lot from the smartphone operating system (OS) market. In particular, banks that are developing ..
BANKING
Buy to Let is dead, long live Build to Rent
Buy to let decline leaving vacuum for build to rent (Atlas Residential) 69% of landlords put off further buy to let investment (Resid..
LIFESTYLE
Chip and pin cards remain consumers’ first choice for payments
Online research from Equifax, the consumer and business insights expert, shows that using a debit or credit card with a pin number is ..
FINANCE
Open Banking: are UK networks fit for purpose?
By Ian Waters, Director of Solutions Marketing, ThousandEyes Ian Waters The financial sector is leaps and bounds ahead of ..
BANKING
Five Technologies Set to Impact Commercial Banking in 2018 and Beyond
By Russell Bennett, Chief Technology Officer at Fraedom. Over the past five years, technology has proved a disruptor, fundamentally ch..
BANKING
Going Agile? 5 Keys To Success
Paul O’Shea, CEO of Kumoco Agile ways of working are no longer just for tech. As constant change becomes the new normal, agile princip..
TECHNOLOGY