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Market Gravity predicts banking and finance industry trends for 2017

Market Gravity predicts banking and finance industry trends for 2017

Technology will continue to be one of the biggest disrupting forces in the banking and finance sector in 2017, with innovations such a..

Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. joins Avaloq Community

Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. joins Avaloq Community

Arab Bank (Switzerland) Ltd. signed a long-term contract with Avaloq for full Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services. By partneri..

TBC BANK OF GEORGIA INCREASES LOAN APPROVAL RATE BY 40 PERCENT USING FICO TECHNOLOGY

TBC BANK OF GEORGIA INCREASES LOAN APPROVAL RATE BY 40 PERCENT USING FICO TECHNOLOGY

TBC Bank’s improved originations strategy has won the 2016 FICO Decisions Award for Customer Onboarding and Management HIGHLIGHTS: TB..

Overcoming obstacles: 4common challenges for new SMEs

Overcoming obstacles: 4common challenges for new SMEs

Business success is never smooth sailing and as the owner of a new, small or medium sized enterprise (SME), you will inevitably find y..

The Night Before Year-End

The Night Before Year-End

By:  John O’Rourke, Vice President, Host Analytics ‘Twas the night before year-end, when all through the company The accountants..

‘Video Marketing: Why you Cannot Argue with the Statistics’

‘Video Marketing: Why you Cannot Argue with the Statistics’

If the goal of your marketing efforts is to grab the attention of your audience, and create a long lasting impression, then you really..

Automotive businesses will fall behind development without agile approach

Automotive businesses will fall behind development without agile approach

Black Pepper is today warning automotive businesses there is a serious risk of falling behind in the autonomous technology race if the..

Fidor partners with Token in Programmable Money & Digital Payments

Fidor partners with Token in Programmable Money & Digital Payments

Token, Inc., a crypto-payment software provider that enables Banks to establish dominance in the digital transactions market, and Fido..

Thames Card Technology Bolsters Senior Management Team

Thames Card Technology Bolsters Senior Management Team

Improves customer servicing & positions company for further growth Thames Card Technology has completed a phase of recruitment to ..

This lady is running a family business with her father and brother. Here’s what she has learnt this year

This lady is running a family business with her father and brother. Here’s what she has learnt this year

By Claire Spillane, Finance Director, Westermans International This year, a special merit Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to ..

Office upgrade: 4signs you are ready to move offices

Office upgrade: 4signs you are ready to move offices

There comes a time for every business owner when they are faced with the decision to move office. Executing an office move requires a ..

Benefits Not Designed To Motivate Today’s Workforce

Benefits Not Designed To Motivate Today’s Workforce

Almost half of Gen Z think their companies’ benefits don’t appeal to their generation; a third of Gen Y believe the same Baby boomers..

North Wales – Where even the sheep are smiling

North Wales – Where even the sheep are smiling

North Wales 4th Best Region 2017 (Lonely Planet) North Wales designated a Dark Sky Reserve (International Dark Sky Association) New S..

HCSS Education founder hands over the reins after dedicating over 35 years to the education sector

HCSS Education founder hands over the reins after dedicating over 35 years to the education sector

A leading education finance specialist is retiring from HCSS Education after contributing over 35 years of experience to the education..

China UnionPay qualifies FIME test platform

China UnionPay qualifies FIME test platform

Acquirer and acceptance test solution significantly speeds up terminal integration testing and certification for Chinese acquirers, pr..

Global Medical Costs Expected to Increase in 2017 Despite Lower Rates of Inflation

Global Medical Costs Expected to Increase in 2017 Despite Lower Rates of Inflation

New Aon analysis reveals non-communicable diseases continue to be primary drivers of cost increases While global inflation rates appea..

Revealed: England’s Worst Roads 2016

Revealed: England’s Worst Roads 2016

Cottage Lane, Lancashire is the most complained about road in England Besigheim Way, Newton Abbot had the most spent on its upkeep in..

Reckon underscores commitment to securing Virtual Cabinet customer data with ISO 27001:2013 certification 

Reckon underscores commitment to securing Virtual Cabinet customer data with ISO 27001:2013 certification 

Reckon joins an elite group of leading organisations worldwide that are committed to information security  Reckon Software announced t..

Multinational Companies Trending Away From One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Global Long-Term Incentives

Multinational Companies Trending Away From One-Size-Fits-All Approach to Global Long-Term Incentives

Aon Hewitt survey shows global companies designing LTI awards that are increasingly performance-based and modified to impact local par..

5 Reasons Not to Ignore Content!

5 Reasons Not to Ignore Content!

SEO gave way to content marketing, and while to begin with, it may have been considered a buzzword – it became a mainstay. Content mar..

IT outages financially cripple retail businesses

IT outages financially cripple retail businesses

As little as an hour offline can cost retailers tens of thousands of pounds  An hour IT outage can cripple retail businesses, costing ..

Artificial Intelligence in Banking – Robo Advisors and beyond

Artificial Intelligence in Banking – Robo Advisors and beyond

Mohit Joshi, Vice President and Global Head – Financial Services at Infosys  Technology has changed the very psychology of money..

Inside the cloud

Inside the cloud

By Ian Lavis, Praxity  Is cloud-based accounting really as good as it sounds? Advances in technology have made cloud-based accounting ..

Number of EMV Card – Present Transactions exceeds 42% globally

Number of EMV Card – Present Transactions exceeds 42% globally

EMVCo releases transaction volume data for the period July 2015 to June 2016  Technical body EMVCo today publishes transaction data th..

When Will Finance Fully Embrace the Cloud?

When Will Finance Fully Embrace the Cloud?

By John O’Rourke, Vice President, Host Analytics For years now, there’s been much speculation on when finance would move fully to the ..

CEOs still don’t ‘get’ what their procurement teams do, finds research

CEOs still don’t ‘get’ what their procurement teams do, finds research

Nearly 50% of procurement professionals say their CEO or Managing Director still doesn’t understand the true purpose of the procuremen..

Increasing GRC Demands and Efficiency Imperatives Will Make End User Computing Risk Management an Important Consideration in 2017

Increasing GRC Demands and Efficiency Imperatives Will Make End User Computing Risk Management an Important Consideration in 2017

Henry Umney, Director, ClusterSeven, highlights his views on the technology trends in the banking and financial services sector in 201..

The ghost of Christmas past: has your timeshare become a festive nightmare?

The ghost of Christmas past: has your timeshare become a festive nightmare?

Timeshare owners facing maintenance bills of up to £10k over Christmas Timeshare Compensation supporting owners to identify legal gro..

Imperial FX Mean Business

Imperial FX Mean Business

FinTech brand Imperial FX have moved into the business sector and secured the number one position for sending money to the Middle East..

The secrets of the nation’s man drawers revealed

The secrets of the nation’s man drawers revealed

New research has confirmed that British men are hoarding a small fortune of technology and foreign cash in their junk drawers. The stu..

Could YOU pass modern GCSEs? Take this new test to find out!

Could YOU pass modern GCSEs? Take this new test to find out!

Many people say modern GCSE subjects are easier than the traditional Maths, English and Science papers sat by previous generations, bu..

Is Brexit driving up the cost of Christmas dinner?

Is Brexit driving up the cost of Christmas dinner?

Fluctuating commodity prices and FX rates set to make Christmas dinner more expensive (easyMarkets) Cost of Christmas pudding ingredi..

Over a third of Brits would be put off a property by the cars parked outside

Over a third of Brits would be put off a property by the cars parked outside

Mercedes-Benz named as car most associated with having good neighbours Subaru named as car most associated with having bad neighbours..

2017 global property market predictions – insights from the experts

2017 global property market predictions – insights from the experts

Staycations set to have a major impact on the UK market in 2017 Secondary cities in Europe to hold fast in the face of fractious poli..

The Key to Customer Engagement is Machine Learning and Intelligent CRM

The Key to Customer Engagement is Machine Learning and Intelligent CRM

The meteoric rise of social media has changed the way that customers engage with businesses, and in response to this; it’s critical th..

Red Box Introduces New Functionality to Provide Additional Compliance Assurance. 

Red Box Introduces New Functionality to Provide Additional Compliance Assurance. 

Red Box Recorders, the leading compliance recording solutions provider, has introduced new functionality designed to provide an additi..

Billion-dollar economic cost from New Zealand earthquake as insurance claims breach 15,000, according to Aon catastrophe report

Billion-dollar economic cost from New Zealand earthquake as insurance claims breach 15,000, according to Aon catastrophe report

Insurance losses from earthquake likely to range between $705mn and $3.5bn Impact Forecasting, Aon Benfield’s catastrophe model ..