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..
TECHNOLOGY
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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..
TECHNOLOGY
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..
FINANCE
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..
FINANCE
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..
INSURANCE
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..
FINANCE
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..
INSURANCE
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..
NEWS
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..
BANKING
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’..
NEWS
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..
INVESTING
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..
INVESTING
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 ..
INVESTING
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 ..
FINANCE
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..
BUSINESS
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 ..
BUSINESS
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..
BUSINESS
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”..
BANKING
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..
FINANCE
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..
FINANCE
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..
BUSINESS
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..
BUSINESS
Embracing the digital future with co-innovation
Martin Zahner, Head of Software Exchange, Avaloq Martin Zahner Digitisation is relentlessly permeating all areas of life ..
BANKING
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..
TECHNOLOGY
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 ..
INVESTING
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..
INVESTING
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 ..
BANKING
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 ..
BANKING
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 ..
FINANCE
Artificial Intelligence goes global: demand for AI reaches four continents in three months, new figures from Synechron show
28% of financial institutions set to implement Artificial Intelligence are based in Europe with 23% based in the UK, and 25% in the U..
FINANCE
Cyber security not a priority for most sectors, despite breaches costing UK firms £29 billion in 2016
Directors/senior management in finance and insurance are the most concerned about cyber security – with 60% classifying it as a very ..
FINANCE
The UK property market is evolving
Adults are choosing to buy homes with friends rather than wait for a partner Increased number of online searches for tenancy in commo..
LIFESTYLE
Key to GDPR compliance: Controlling access to personal data
By Thierry Bettini, Director of International Strategy, Ilex International Thierry Bettini The General Data Protection Reg..
TECHNOLOGY
Blockchain: Helping secure our digital identities
David Pollington, Senior Director Technology, GSMA Blockchain, the backbone technology behind Bitcoin, has grown rapidly since its cre..
TECHNOLOGY
P2P lending disrupts further with the launch of Assetz Capital-as-a-Service
Financial account aggregator and marketplace Bud announced as first user Financial services companies such as banks and money manageme..
INVESTING
T.Bailey Dynamic Fund Takes the Crown in FE Fund Ratings
Asset management firm T.Bailey has been awarded the distinguished top 5 Crown rating by FE Trustnet for its T. Bailey Dynamic Fund inv..
INVESTING
It’s been a long year in politics…
The Brexit vote: one year on… Hetal Mehta A week is a long time in politics, as Harold Wilson famously said. So one can on..
BUSINESS