FINANCE

COLLECTING COLLECTIBLES? CONSIDER THIS.

COLLECTING COLLECTIBLES? CONSIDER THIS.

By: Stephanie Spies, CFP When you think of collectibles, the first things that may come to mind are your baseball card collection, the..

The fear of inheriting wealth; How a philanthropic legacy can burden and uplift the next generation

The fear of inheriting wealth; How a philanthropic legacy can burden and uplift the next generation

By: Antonia Mitchell, Director, Aurelia Philanthropy The trouble with Wills Wills are tricky subjects at the best of times, with the l..

Halfway through 2021, what can you do now to finish the 2021 investment year strong?

Halfway through 2021, what can you do now to finish the 2021 investment year strong?

By: Eddie Ortiz, Founder & CEO of PressPlay Finance With the world starting to open up slowly post-pandemic, it can be..

Factbox-UK aims to strengthen London as a global financial centre

Factbox-UK aims to strengthen London as a global financial centre

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s finance ministry set out reforms to capital markets on Thursday to sharpen the City of London..

4 Things you Need to Know About Mortgages

4 Things you Need to Know About Mortgages

Whether you are just starting to think about buying your first home, or you are already mortgaged up to the eyeballs and looking for s..

What is passive income and how can it make your money work for you?

What is passive income and how can it make your money work for you?

By Edgar de Picciotto, co-founder of ikigai, the beautifully designed digital banking app that uniquely combines financial self-care w..

Open Finance can help unlock innovation across the financial ecosystem

Open Finance can help unlock innovation across the financial ecosystem

By Anthony Badger, FS&I API Lead at Axway   With customers increasingly prepared to shop around for their banking needs and r..

Lasting Powers of Attorney – your client’s questions answered

Lasting Powers of Attorney – your client’s questions answered

By Samantha Warner, Associate at Winckworth Sherwood   There has been much talk in the media in recent months about Lasting Powers of ..

Montenegro EU Admission Process Paved by Loan from Brussels

Montenegro EU Admission Process Paved by Loan from Brussels

In 2014 China granted a loan to Montenegro for construction of a highway from the city of Bar to the border of Serbia. This highway is..

5 Steps to Strengthening Your Online Financial Security

5 Steps to Strengthening Your Online Financial Security

In recent years, the advancements in digital banking have made managing money on the move as easy as checking your email. However, wit..

Untapped Cost Savings: Why Smart Building Management Systems are a Finance Department Priority

Untapped Cost Savings: Why Smart Building Management Systems are a Finance Department Priority

By Kas Mohammed, VP of Digital Energy at Schneider Electric The priority for any finance team is keeping costs to a minimum while driv..

These are the technologies that will disrupt finance post-pandemic

These are the technologies that will disrupt finance post-pandemic

By Mark Crichton, Senior Director of Security Product Management at OneSpan The financial services industry had already been experienc..

Anti-money laundering doesn’t have to be a painfully inefficient process

Anti-money laundering doesn’t have to be a painfully inefficient process

By Glenn Smith, EMEA Head of AML & Head of Fraud, SAS UK & Ireland Banks are being found out. As headlines continue to circula..

Preparing for normal: Advice on post-pandemic budgeting

Preparing for normal: Advice on post-pandemic budgeting

Although we’re not there yet, the light is shining brightly through the end of the tunnel for many countries across the world – and th..

Top tips for securing SoftPOS payments

Top tips for securing SoftPOS payments

By Christian Damour, Pre-sales Manager – Security at Fime Digital payments have sky-rocketed in popularity as consumers have sought ne..

AI in the finance department: augmenting, not replacing

AI in the finance department: augmenting, not replacing

By Ray Welsh, Head of Product Marketing, FISCAL Technologies Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic a year ago, finance departme..

12 Things That Don’t Hurt Your Credit Score

12 Things That Don’t Hurt Your Credit Score

By Stefanie Gordon We often see doomsday articles about what can hurt or temporarily ding your credit score: Making late payments! Hav..

Wall Street futures flat, global stocks stumble, oil slides as inflation, earnings loom large

Wall Street futures flat, global stocks stumble, oil slides as inflation, earnings loom large

By Michael Chalmers, MD EMEA at Contino COVID is forcing extraordinary change in the financial services industry. It’s happening fast,..

How accountants can improve financial planning and results through Open Banking to help SMEs

How accountants can improve financial planning and results through Open Banking to help SMEs

Richard McCall, CEO of Armalytix, explains why Britain’s army of small businesses face a challenging road navigating the hurdles of ta..

Building a Business Case for Integrated Payments

Building a Business Case for Integrated Payments

By Andrea Dunlop, managing director of Access PaySuite. The world is forever evolving to become increasingly digitally-focused, but th..

Capital Tax Hikes Looming: How Companies Soften the Blow

Capital Tax Hikes Looming: How Companies Soften the Blow

It is once again small EU countries like Hungary, Cyprus, Ireland and Malta who may act as the last bastions against G7 tax fixing as ..

Financiers are leading the fight for a greener future

Financiers are leading the fight for a greener future

By Amanda Gray, Partner at Addleshaw Goddard Climate change is the biggest risk of the 21st century, and we’ve seen many regulatory an..

Global Crises That Need The Finance Industry

Global Crises That Need The Finance Industry

While the 2020 pandemic has certainly overshadowed mainstream discussion of many of the other crises that humanity is facing in the 21..

Retirement Planning in the “New Normal” Embraces Many Approaches

Retirement Planning in the “New Normal” Embraces Many Approaches

For many, thoughts about retirement bring with them images about living the easy life and taking part in favorite activities. Financia..

Why the Financial Services sector could thrive in the subscription economy

Why the Financial Services sector could thrive in the subscription economy

By Michael Mansard, Principal Director – Subscription Strategy at Zuora Over the last decade, the financial services industry has seen..

Why the new CSRD is breaking down the walls between ESG and finance

Why the new CSRD is breaking down the walls between ESG and finance

By Andromeda Wood, Senior Director of Global XBRL Strategy, Workiva Financial reporting has historically been an arduo us and time-con..

Bounce Back Loans: what to do if you can’t repay?

Bounce Back Loans: what to do if you can’t repay?

By John Bell, Director of licensed Insolvency Practitioners Clarke Bell, which he founded in 1994. The Bounce Back Loan Scheme was int..

BNY Mellon’s New Solution Leads the Digital Bill-Pay Revolution

BNY Mellon’s New Solution Leads the Digital Bill-Pay Revolution

BNY Mellon is the first bank leveraging the RTP® network to provide corporations with instant digital consumer bill pay service BNY Me..

Qualifying For Low Interest Credit Card Consolidation

Qualifying For Low Interest Credit Card Consolidation

You’ve settled on debt consolidation as a way out of stubborn credit card obligations. The only problem is that interest rates on cons..

Easing the burden of data overwhelm in finance functions

Easing the burden of data overwhelm in finance functions

By Adriaan Kom, CCO, Visma | Onguard Data has grown to become the fuel that powers businesses, both in their daily operations and digi..

Do You Need Financial Guidance Or Financial Advice – Or Possibly Both? Find Out Here

Do You Need Financial Guidance Or Financial Advice – Or Possibly Both? Find Out Here

If the answer to this question isn’t immediately apparent, you should read on to find out. That’s because understanding the difference..

How Covid-19 paved the way for risky financial experimentation 

How Covid-19 paved the way for risky financial experimentation 

By Neil Wright, of Tommy’s Tax All over the world, national economies are being attacked by Covid-19 and governments have implemented ..

A mindset change is needed in the financial services industry

A mindset change is needed in the financial services industry

By Steve Rackham, Senior Solutions Engineering Manager, EMEA Global Finance at NetApp Digital transformation is imperative for success..

5 ways banks can compete in payments

5 ways banks can compete in payments

By Simon Wilson, Co-Head, Payments at Icon Solutions Remaining competitive in payments is the key to future relevance and profitabilit..

Asset management firms are using AI to deliver higher returns for investors

Asset management firms are using AI to deliver higher returns for investors

By Francesca Campanelli, Chief Commercial Officer, Axyon AI Amidst all the harrowing events of 2020, there is one piece of welcome new..

The chase is on for more alternative data within financial services

The chase is on for more alternative data within financial services

Amidst a backdrop of global economic uncertainty and sharp and accelerated market shifts, Omri Orgad, Regional Managing D..

Is the Ghost of Inflation Reappearing?

Is the Ghost of Inflation Reappearing?

By Philip I. Miller, Strategic International Securities, Inc. CEO Donald T. Ellenberger, Federated Hermes Inc. Senior V.P. It has been..