FINANCE

No messing around with red-hot inflation: Five questions for the ECB

No messing around with red-hot inflation: Five questions for the ECB

By Dhara Ranasinghe, Stefano Rebaudo and Kripa Jayaram LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank meets on Thursday and appear..

How Decentralized Finance can aid in the acquisition process

How Decentralized Finance can aid in the acquisition process

  By, DJ Qian, CEO of Chainge Finance’s, explains how financial technology can create more possibilities for businesses. ..

How Financial Services Organisations can win the Battle for Talent

How Financial Services Organisations can win the Battle for Talent

  As the fight for talent reaches boiling point, Michael Barrington-Hibbert, founder and CEO of Barrington Hibbert A..

Financial Independence Through Passive Income Leads to a Happier Retirement

Financial Independence Through Passive Income Leads to a Happier Retirement

When it comes to living your best life, it’s much easier to talk the talk than it is to walk the walk. You may have big plans, but whe..

Investing in Fintech Trends: How to Get Started

Investing in Fintech Trends: How to Get Started

By Matthew Frankel, CFP, contributing analyst at The Motley Fool You might be surprised at how many different ways you can get in on ..

Back to basics for cost control as the usual levers lose value

Back to basics for cost control as the usual levers lose value

      By Mark Blakemore, Chief Financial Officer at Compleat Software, the purchase-to-pay software house. Barely a wee..

Curating A Fully Contactless Customer Experience for Payments 

Curating A Fully Contactless Customer Experience for Payments 

    By Jonathan Andresen, Senior Director, Incode Technologies  The ways in which we pay for our goods and serv..

The Future of B2B Payments: Buy Now, Pay Later

The Future of B2B Payments: Buy Now, Pay Later

The Future of B2B Payments: Buy Now, Pay Later   By Louis Carbonnier, the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Hokodo Buy Now, P..

Analysis-ECB ‘QT’ may be next challenge for tumultuous markets

Analysis-ECB ‘QT’ may be next challenge for tumultuous markets

By Yoruk Bahceli and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The European Central Bank is considering entering the maelstrom of vola..

4 ways high-performance analytics powers financial services

4 ways high-performance analytics powers financial services

By Helena Schwenk, VP Chief Data & Analytics Office, Exasol The pandemic only made data-based operations more importan..

Euro zone posts record trade deficit in August amid soaring energy prices

Euro zone posts record trade deficit in August amid soaring energy prices

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The euro zone posted in August its largest trade deficit since it expanded to 19 countries in 2015, as high..

Scams Avoided: How to Prevent Bank Account Scams in 2023

Scams Avoided: How to Prevent Bank Account Scams in 2023

  By Gemma Staite, Threat Analytics Lead at BioCatch    The financial services industry is experiencing unprece..

Four reasons why SMEs in developing nations should embrace a cashless society

Four reasons why SMEs in developing nations should embrace a cashless society

  By Alex Vavilov, Chief Commercial Officer for Stenn International    While no nation has forgone cash yet, it is b..

Business finance: the fintech evolution

Business finance: the fintech evolution

  By Chirag Shah, CEO and Founder of Nucleus Commercial Finance With recession on the horizon, many SMEs are struggl..

Contactless Payments: Spirit Willing but is the Market?

Contactless Payments: Spirit Willing but is the Market?

  By Matt Hudson, the co-founder and CEO of BILDIT In the “before times” (pre pandemic), we as a society were alread..

The Future of Finance: How to defend against the top threats to cloud security

The Future of Finance: How to defend against the top threats to cloud security

  By Milad Aslaner, Head of Technology Advisory Group, SentinelOne Despite their ethereal appearance, when it comes ..

How to Finance a Luxury Car for your Business

How to Finance a Luxury Car for your Business

A luxury car is a strong indicator that you care about quality, performance, and success. It is also a sign that you have high standar..

The Role Embedded Finance Systems Will Play as Commerce Goes Increasingly Digital

The Role Embedded Finance Systems Will Play as Commerce Goes Increasingly Digital

By Martin Hegelund, Ageras Group Consumers may be able to browse the aisles of brick-and-mortar businesses the way they co..

The (Surprising) Actual Goal of Successful Debt Recovery Agencies

The (Surprising) Actual Goal of Successful Debt Recovery Agencies

By Chris Ratigan, Vice President of Business Development at Monterey Financial Services What is the goal of a debt recover..

How Partnerships Fuel Fintech Innovation and Help Banks Deliver a Better Customer Experience

How Partnerships Fuel Fintech Innovation and Help Banks Deliver a Better Customer Experience

  By Shawn Conahan, Chief Revenue Officer, Wildfire Systems It is an exciting time to be in the financial services i..

Virtual cards in the travel industry

Virtual cards in the travel industry

  Virtual cards are becoming increasingly popular after companies realised the advantages offered by the payment met..

How payment institutions can leverage data to support merchant customers

How payment institutions can leverage data to support merchant customers

  By Sophie Flynn, CFO of Nucleus365, a UK-based payments institution offering a centralised platform for global pay..

The demand for ‘Agile Banking’ during the global economic slowdown

The demand for ‘Agile Banking’ during the global economic slowdown

With over two and a half decades of experience in the financial services sector, Rupa Ramamurthy, Senior EVP of Client Services, Back-..

Flexibility: the key to success in the current lending market

Flexibility: the key to success in the current lending market

By Jerry Mulle, Ohpen’s UK MD, 2022 has been a rough and unpredictable year in the lending space. Interest rates have shot..

Technology trends heat up for financial firms

Technology trends heat up for financial firms

  By Philip Freeborn, CEO Operate at Delta Capita Accelerating technological developments are creating a slew of cri..

What does the future hold for UK SMEs?

What does the future hold for UK SMEs?

  Interview with Chirag Shah, Nucleus Commercial Finance What are the main financial challenges facing UK SMEs this ..

How to Save Money as a Student During the Cost of Living Crisis

How to Save Money as a Student During the Cost of Living Crisis

A recent study published by the UK’s National Union of Students found that one in every three students will be living on less than £50..

FinTechs: How to increase loyalty through user experience and fraud prevention

FinTechs: How to increase loyalty through user experience and fraud prevention

By Iain Swaine, Head of Cyber Strategy EMEA at BioCatch The Twitter vs. Elon Musk saga is a lesson to any business built o..

IFRS 15: Moving away from short-term fixes is vital for effective compliance

IFRS 15: Moving away from short-term fixes is vital for effective compliance

By Nathan Shinn, Founder and CSO, BillingPlatform New regulations, and complying with them, are always a challenge for bu..

Why finance teams need to go beyond numbers to an active relationship with data 

Why finance teams need to go beyond numbers to an active relationship with data 

  By Joe DosSantos, Chief Data Officer, Qlik  If you look at adverts for jobs in finance, the majority state “an abi..

How Financial Organisations can Stay Protected from Financial Data Breaches 

How Financial Organisations can Stay Protected from Financial Data Breaches 

  By Andrea Babbs, UK General Manager, VIPRE Email is a crucial function of business communication, which many organ..

Adding Revenue through R&D Tax Relief Service

Adding Revenue through R&D Tax Relief Service

  By Mike Dean, Managing Director, WhisperClaims, In a commodity compliance market, accountants need to generate new..

Tracking the payments evolution

Tracking the payments evolution

  By Kosta Du, CEO of Dapio  It is predicted that by 2031, only one in every twenty transactions will be made in cash. The pandem..

Income diversification is not just the future: it is now

Income diversification is not just the future: it is now

By Ali Hamriti, Co-Founder and CEO at Rollee As the “self-employed status” is booming, younger generations have embr..

UK credit card borrowing rises by most since 2005 – BoE

UK credit card borrowing rises by most since 2005 – BoE

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British credit card borrowing grew at the fastest pace since 2005 in the 12 months to July, Bank of England..

Sustainable Finance: The Wave of the Future

Sustainable Finance: The Wave of the Future

By Bryan Sharpe, Senior Accountant at Solar Panels Network USA. The world of finance is constantly changing and evolving. ..

Tackling the complexity of data within financial organisations

Tackling the complexity of data within financial organisations

By Joe Steadman, Regional Director, EMEA at Matillion Financial institutions, whether oriented towards corporates or indiv..