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Late payments not just a smaller business issue

Late payments not just a smaller business issue

Solution must come from business community, not government Late payments are an even bigger challenge for those medium-sized companies..

The Education of Business Education’

The Education of Business Education’

My son came to me recently saying he had no idea what he wanted to do with his life, but was adamant he wanted to go to university. I ..

Cornerstones of effective organisational change management

Cornerstones of effective organisational change management

“Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving th..

Lacklustre spelling attitude could be crossing a quarter of adults off job shortlists

Lacklustre spelling attitude could be crossing a quarter of adults off job shortlists

One in four UK residents wouldn’t feel embarrassed about making a spelling mistake on their CV, according to new research by distance ..

Fidor Invests Invests Close To S$800,000 (€500,000) To Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Student Academy Programme For Polytechnics In Singapore

Fidor Invests Invests Close To S$800,000 (€500,000) To Develop First-Of-Its-Kind Student Academy Programme For Polytechnics In Singapore

More than 500 polytechnic students and lecturers to be trained on developing FinTech applications using Fidor’s API sandbox and fidorO..

ID Finance and Da Vinci Capital launch $200m fintech fund

ID Finance and Da Vinci Capital launch $200m fintech fund

FinTech Credit Fund to provide affordable debt financing for scaling fintechs Financing available within four weeks following approval..

Financial crime professionals believe that increased personal liability has been good for the UK financial services industry, according to research from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

Financial crime professionals believe that increased personal liability has been good for the UK financial services industry, according to research from LexisNexis® Risk Solutions

The Senior Managers Regime (SMR) has already had a positive impact on the financial services sector, despite making the day-to-day job..

Thomson Reuters adds alternative finance intelligence to Eikon with TAB Dashboard

Thomson Reuters adds alternative finance intelligence to Eikon with TAB Dashboard

Developed by TAB U.K. and available on Eikon App Studio, TAB Dashboard facilitates access to one of the fastest growing financial mark..

SKILLS GAP COULD ACT AS A BRAKE ON IOT INNOVATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR, FINDS INMARSAT

SKILLS GAP COULD ACT AS A BRAKE ON IOT INNOVATION IN THE ENERGY SECTOR, FINDS INMARSAT

New research finds that over a third of energy companies lack the skills they need at both a management and a delivery level to succes..

Assessing Cyber Security Risk: 10 New Questions UnderwritersShould be Asking

Assessing Cyber Security Risk: 10 New Questions UnderwritersShould be Asking

By Tom Beale, CTO, Corax Today, companies are facing the difficult challenge of encouraging employees to innovate with data while mana..

There’s a clearing in the cloud for financial services

There’s a clearing in the cloud for financial services

By Monica Brink, Director of EMEA Marketing, iland  The financial services sector is one of the prime markets that stands to gain many..

Nearly half the nation believe all payments will be made in-app by 2022

Nearly half the nation believe all payments will be made in-app by 2022

Cash-only retailers lose out on TEN MILLION consumers  Cash dies a death: UK shoppers turn backs on self-checkouts, cashiers and notes..

On the road to success: technology changing motoring insurance

On the road to success: technology changing motoring insurance

By Paul Ridge, Banking & Insurance Specialist, SAS UK & Ireland Disruptor, innovator, challenger. These are all words associat..

The Road to an Open Payment Platform: Making the Most of BOJ-NET

The Road to an Open Payment Platform: Making the Most of BOJ-NET

Celent has released a new report titled The Road to an Open Payment Platform: Making the Most of BOJ-NET. The report was written by Ei..

A quarter of UK consumers would trust a robot for some form of insurance advice

A quarter of UK consumers would trust a robot for some form of insurance advice

New research from CenturyLink EMEA, an IT Services company specialising in digital transformation, indicates that consumers are becomi..

Ion Pacific strengthens global leadership team as it launches new European headquarters in London

Ion Pacific strengthens global leadership team as it launches new European headquarters in London

Ion Pacific chooses London to become its fully regulated European headquarters, led by Claire Hoey, former Lehman Brothers and Rothsc..

MAKING THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN BEHAVIOURS AND APPS

MAKING THE CONNECTING LINK BETWEEN BEHAVIOURS AND APPS

Jouk Pleiter, CEO, Backbase The fast growth in smartphone usage by consumers has led banks to realise they can no longer ignore the vo..

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

easyMarkets promotes Daniel Byrne to Managing Director, APAC

Byrne to replace outgoing MD Robert Francis He joined easyMarkets as COO in May easyMarkets CEO Nikos Antoniades praises Byrne’..

The Investment Outlook

The Investment Outlook

Tom Elliott, deVere Group Near-term market sentiment: Confident, with risk assets still in demand. The S&P500 continues to reach n..

Investingzone Transforms Investment Marketplace With Industry First

Investingzone Transforms Investment Marketplace With Industry First

LEADING fin-tech platform, Investing Zone, has unveiled an industry-first, adding a traditional fund to its online portal enabling inv..

What makes the UK so appealing to Chinese investors?

What makes the UK so appealing to Chinese investors?

Dr. Johnny Hon Dr. Johnny Hon Our anniversary comes at a most interesting time, with Hong Kong having just celebrated the ..

HEFCE selects Workday for financials and HR

HEFCE selects Workday for financials and HR

Workday announces G-Cloud accreditation HEFCE, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, today announced that it has selected ..

Product Handling Tips That Will Make Your Business More Efficient

Product Handling Tips That Will Make Your Business More Efficient

Product handling has a huge impact on your business. Having an efficient product handling strategy means that your products and employ..

4 Steps You Should Be Taking To Protect Data

4 Steps You Should Be Taking To Protect Data

by DMC Software We recently study conducted that highlighted how UK businesses are managing their data. Yet, while it found that many ..

HMRC audit brings the importance of efficient fleet management to light

HMRC audit brings the importance of efficient fleet management to light

The wide variety of business continuity checks that a HMRC audit covers has helped highlight the importance of utilising digital tools..

Divided Bank of England edging closer to raising interest rates, but unlikely to move in August

Divided Bank of England edging closer to raising interest rates, but unlikely to move in August

Internal divisions over monetary policy at Bank of England UK households should “prepare for interest rates to go higher”..

What is smart tokenization?

What is smart tokenization?

Marten Nelson, co-founder and VP of Marketing at Token Inc.  Before we get into the ‘smart’ bit, let’s recap. Tokenization..

EMVCo Publishes QR Code Payment Specifications to Promote Global Interoperability

EMVCo Publishes QR Code Payment Specifications to Promote Global Interoperability

EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV® Specifications, has publicly released two QR Code payment specifications that s..

From City Slicker to Start-up Founder – How London’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs Are Leaving The Skyscrapers For A New Start

From City Slicker to Start-up Founder – How London’s Most Inspiring Entrepreneurs Are Leaving The Skyscrapers For A New Start

For years, it was the ultimate graduate dream – a secure training scheme with a big-name company in the City, plenty of perks an..

Career Paths into Accounting

Career Paths into Accounting

Accountancy is at the forefront of business growth and decision making. If you are looking for a skilled career with continual profess..

Embracing the digital future with co-innovation

Embracing the digital future with co-innovation

Martin Zahner, Head of Software Exchange, Avaloq  Martin Zahner Digitisation is relentlessly permeating all areas of life ..

What You Need to Know About the Petya and WannaCry Cyber Attacks

What You Need to Know About the Petya and WannaCry Cyber Attacks

Sam Reed, Chief Technology Officer at Air IT  Financial losses, data breaches and reputational damage are just some of the ways a cybe..

THE DOS AND DON’TS OF PROPERTY INVESTMENT

THE DOS AND DON’TS OF PROPERTY INVESTMENT

By Andy Phillips, commercial director at Knight Knox – a Manchester-based property investment consultancy  With Brexit and Article 50 ..

Miton’s Anthony Rayner: Is diversification dead?

Miton’s Anthony Rayner: Is diversification dead?

The same asset class won’t always be the best diversifier Likely that growth will remain decent and central banks will raise rates op..

Banks latest earnings – Rethinking profitable avenues to compete with new entrants

Banks latest earnings – Rethinking profitable avenues to compete with new entrants

The bank results out this week show the impact of regulatory changes, evolving customer behaviour and new players entering the sector ..

Why Fintech Alone Doesn’t Herald the Next Banking Revolution

Why Fintech Alone Doesn’t Herald the Next Banking Revolution

By Nathan Snyder, Partner at Brickendon Consulting One of the largest technology shakeups in banking in recent years has been the use ..

The 2018 regulatory landscape – an impending headache for Financial Services

The 2018 regulatory landscape – an impending headache for Financial Services

 Matthew Bryars, founder and CEO of Aeriandi In less than a year, a set of radical reforms designed to prevent history from repeating ..