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Cashless society: mobilisingmillennials to pave the way

Cashless society: mobilisingmillennials to pave the way

Rob Manning, Group Strategy Director, Jacob Bailey Group, creative business services agency Rob Manning The first cash mac..

OXIAL and the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Hes-so) team up to mitigate human risk in financial services

OXIAL and the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Hes-so) team up to mitigate human risk in financial services

New project aims to amplify weak signals around risk, enabling action to be taken before any damage is done The University of Applied ..

Regulatory efficiency at the heart of banking group profitability

Regulatory efficiency at the heart of banking group profitability

As regulatory changes continue to impact on profitability in the global banking sector, it is imperative that banks re-evaluate their ..

Putting the Action into Your Call to Action

Putting the Action into Your Call to Action

Andrea Blair, Digital Marketing Executive at Hallam Internet.  Calls to action (CTA) are arguably one of, if not the most important co..

Cryptocurrency Heavyweights Jehan Chu and David Drake Join Ambrosus Advisory Board

Cryptocurrency Heavyweights Jehan Chu and David Drake Join Ambrosus Advisory Board

The advisors join as Harvard-alum Esther Amstad takes on the role of Lead Scientist Ambrosus, the world’s first trusted blockchain-bas..

Dash &BlockCypher Partner to Launch Grant Program For Companies Exploring Blockchain Technology

Dash &BlockCypher Partner to Launch Grant Program For Companies Exploring Blockchain Technology

Program provides funding for software, services and support for blockchain projects Dash, the leading payments-focused digital currenc..

Property investors pick up the pace: Surrenden Invest reports

Property investors pick up the pace: Surrenden Invest reports

Investors now far more clued up on basic property investment principles Enquiry to investment period reduced to just 5 days on averag..

The Financial Benefits of Renting your Office Gadgets

The Financial Benefits of Renting your Office Gadgets

Once you’ve decided to add some new hardware to your existing range of office gadgets, you’re then presented with a number of options...

Transfer Firm Moves Into Polish Markets With The Unbanked In Mind

Transfer Firm Moves Into Polish Markets With The Unbanked In Mind

UK-based money transfer brand, Imperial FX, have announced that they are now transferring funds into the Polish market, and can beat t..

My business has had a data breach, what next?

My business has had a data breach, what next?

By Emma Roe, Partner and Head of Commercial at Shulmans LLP Any type of data breach, whether due to an external hacking incident or an..

Cloud ERP: the risk and the reward

Cloud ERP: the risk and the reward

Mike Rogers, sales and marketing director, FormpipeLasernet Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are the beating heart of organi..

Key GDPR facts that all businesses must understand

Key GDPR facts that all businesses must understand

 Andy Ward, director atbluesource, explains the key GDPR facts that all business must be aware of General Data Protection Regulation ..

To take or not to take? The self-employed bank holiday

To take or not to take? The self-employed bank holiday

Dominic Allon, Vice President and Managing Director, Intuit Europe Swathes of Brits are becoming self-employed, with nearly five milli..

Looking out for the UK’s overlooked SMEs

Looking out for the UK’s overlooked SMEs

VyasAdhikari, Credit Analyst at ThinCats explains how their offerings benefit those often overlooked SMEs. With stricter banking regul..

Synechron Partners with R3 in One of the Largest Distributed Ledger Consortium Projects of the Year

Synechron Partners with R3 in One of the Largest Distributed Ledger Consortium Projects of the Year

12 global banks sign on to create the foundation for corporate self-sovereign identity in financial services Synechron, Inc, the globa..

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of Bahrain

IMF Executive Board Concludes 2017 Article IV Consultation with the Kingdom of Bahrain

On June 5, 2017, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) concluded the Article IV consultation with the Kingdom o..

SmartContract.com, Used by SWIFT, Announces Technical Leaders as Advisors, Launches ChainLink to Connect Smart Contracts to Off-chain Data & Payments

SmartContract.com, Used by SWIFT, Announces Technical Leaders as Advisors, Launches ChainLink to Connect Smart Contracts to Off-chain Data & Payments

Announces first fully decentralized Oracle network, created by industry leaders SmartContract.com, the secure blockchain middleware pr..

MyFirmsApp Shortlisted for Top Accountancy Practice Product of the Year

MyFirmsApp Shortlisted for Top Accountancy Practice Product of the Year

UK software company is leading global mobile transformation in the accountancy profession by giving accountancy practices their own br..

Lasernet grows UK based partner network

Lasernet grows UK based partner network

As part of aggressive expansion plans, customer communication management specialist, Formpipe Lasernet, has added UK-based IT reseller..

London’s buy-to-let pain has become Manchester’s gain says Jean Liggett 

London’s buy-to-let pain has become Manchester’s gain says Jean Liggett 

It’s fair to say that uncertainty has been the order of the day in the UK’s buy-to-let property market at the hands of gov..

Brits spend 8,084 hours commuting during their life

Brits spend 8,084 hours commuting during their life

The average British worker spends 125 hours a year commuting Plus another 65 hours stuck in traffic, sat in delays or waiting for pub..

Sompo International Deploys Guidewire System For London Market Policy Management

Sompo International Deploys Guidewire System For London Market Policy Management

GuidewirePolicyCenter® implemented by global specialty carrier to enhance operational efficiency and client service Guidewire Software..

PSD2 & Open Banking: The perfect marriage of technology and regulation

PSD2 & Open Banking: The perfect marriage of technology and regulation

Maikki Frisk of Mobey Forum  Maikki Frisk There’s no doubt that PSD2 is a big deal, but when considered alongside the terr..

10 years of contactless

10 years of contactless

Paul Underwood, Managing Director of Thames Card Technology. It is staggering to write this down, but contactless in the UK is nearly ..

Carrier Billing: Mobile payments for the masses

Carrier Billing: Mobile payments for the masses

By Stefan Kostic, CEO at Centili Mobile payment technology has never been in greater demand. From sophisticated banking payment flows ..

A quarter of UK adults have fallen for phishing scams

A quarter of UK adults have fallen for phishing scams

25% admit to having fallen for a scam email or text in the past Less than two in five (39%) can correctly identify if a bank email is..

SopraSteria Partners with Wallet.Services to Develop Innovative Blockchain Solution

SopraSteria Partners with Wallet.Services to Develop Innovative Blockchain Solution

Proof-of-concept platform SICCAR to better manage public sector data SopraSteria, a European leader in digital transformation, today a..

Doncaster delights investors with cultural appeal and solid property price rises

Doncaster delights investors with cultural appeal and solid property price rises

Doncaster house prices up 15.98% over past 5 years (Zoopla) New Northern Cultural Regeneration Fund to provide £15m for tech, creativ..

IMF, AMF, AFESD and Government of Morocco To Host Regional Conference: “Opportunity for All—Promoting Growth, Jobs, and Inclusiveness in the Arab World”

IMF, AMF, AFESD and Government of Morocco To Host Regional Conference: “Opportunity for All—Promoting Growth, Jobs, and Inclusiveness in the Arab World”

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), Arab Monetary Fund (AMF), Arab Fund for Social and Economic Development (AFESD) and Government ..

The New Normal: Cyber Security Insurance

The New Normal: Cyber Security Insurance

By Kevin Cunningham, president and founder at SailPoint You may not have realised it, but in 2014 the IT security industry hit a tippi..

The future of insurance is data driven

The future of insurance is data driven

Dr. Richard Harmon, Director, EMEA Financial Services, Cloudera A perfect storm of rapid technological advances and changing customer ..

5 Benefits of ISO 9001 Certification for SMEs

5 Benefits of ISO 9001 Certification for SMEs

ISO 9001 is aninternational standard that specifies requirements to help businesses implement a Quality Management System (QMS). Busin..

Six in 10 business believe automation will drive productivity, reveals Robert Half

Six in 10 business believe automation will drive productivity, reveals Robert Half

New report highlights the impact digital transformation will have on businesses and recruitment strategies Robert Half’s new report, D..

Investment outlook

Investment outlook

By Tom Elliott, deVere Group International Investment Strategist Near-term market sentiment: Apprehensive. The benefits of a broadly d..

Comparison Creator launches UK’s first gadget insurance comparison site

Comparison Creator launches UK’s first gadget insurance comparison site

Cwmbran-based business leads the market with first gadget insurance comparison offering Protect Your Gadget has been launched by Compa..

Cash is King – the ultimate SME cashflow Guide

Cash is King – the ultimate SME cashflow Guide

Carl Reader, author of The Start Up Coach, co-owner of dennisandturnbull.com  You don’t need to be an accountant, but as a business ow..

Generation Y relying on friends and family to pay their energy bills

Generation Y relying on friends and family to pay their energy bills

Nearly half (48%) of 18 to 34 year olds rely on their partner, family or housemates to pay their energy bill each month 46% of Millen..