Is monetising data the key to competing in payments?
By Simon Wilson, Co-Head Payments at Icon Solutions As competition in payments has increased, data has long been touted as the cure-al..
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Why payment technology will be the backbone of the UK’s retail recovery
By Andrew Howell, Global Marketing Director, K3 In just twelve months the retail sector has changed beyond recognition. Consumers have..
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“Can I please speak to someone?” Why building relationships is still crucial in digital payments
By Pat Bermingham, CEO, Adflex While payments technology is removing barriers and streamlining processes across the board for B2B merc..
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From Lululemon to Birkenstock, duplicate styles lure holiday shoppers
By Animesh Chowdhury, Founder and CTO of Goodtill by SumUp The effects of COVID-19 have been wide-reaching and the past year in lockdo..
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How can savers calculate their risk appetite?
By Andrew Megson, Executive Chairman, My Pension Expert The topic of risk appetite can be troublesome. Put simply, we all have differe..
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Finance, frictionless trade and the Brexit paperwork boom
By Scott Wilson, director of customer experience, eFax When we hear problems about getting goods from A to B, our thoughts usually tur..
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The personal circumstances currently driving equity release enquiries and how to reach the right decision
By Geoff Charles, CEO of Bower, COVID-19 has had an unquestionable impact on almost every area of our daily lives, but particularly on..
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Why You Might Want to Wait Until Age 70 to Claim Social Security Benefits
You might’ve heard that it pays to wait until the age of 70 to claim your Social Security benefits, yet you’re itching to retire at 62..
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Dispute Management Mindset: Changing the disputes game
By Gabe McGloin, Head of Business Development EMEA at Verifi Merchants and sellers have considered disputes as part of doing business ..
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The Real Impact of PSD2
By Galit Michel, VP of Payments, Forter For months, the payment ecosystem speculated what impact PSD2 will have on conversions. Many m..
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Who are banks competing against in payments now?
By Simon Wilson, Co-Head, Payments at Icon Solutions For several decades, incumbent banks have held a comfortable leadership position ..
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Financial exclusion: The end of the road
By Matt Adam, chief executive of We Are Digital, outlines four key actions we can take this year to end the impact of financial exclus..
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2021 AML Trend Foresights for 28 Experts from 17 Different Countries
While left 2020 behind, we see last year was challenging to fight against financial crime like all the other sectors. COVID-19 has aff..
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Back to the Future: 5 Big Questions EPI Must Answer
By Michel Vaja, Payments Consulting Services Lead, Icon Solutions In July 2020, a group of sixteen major European banks from five Euro..
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Embracing change and redefining audit
Following a string of high profile business failures – and the economic implications of COVID-19 – the role and quality of audit..
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Here’s what the future holds for financial planning & analysis teams
By Thomas Sutter, Finance Centre of Excellence, Oracle NetSuite Effective financial planning and analysis (FP&A) capabilities are ..
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What Do You Need to Consider for 2021 if You’re Self-Employed?
By Richard Hepburn from Gorilla Accounting, expert contractor accountants who specialise in using a technology-led approach to account..
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HMRC’s newfound status as preferential creditor on corporate failures represents another potential drain on the resources of the PPF
By Kris Weber, Legal Director Arc Pensions Law It is a long-established pillar of UK insolvency law that in every corporate failure, s..
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Business Finance: What Is It and Why Is It Important?
What is the role of finance in business? What is the most common way that entrepreneurs finance the start-up of a new business? These ..
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Redefining resilience: How COVID-19 is forging a work-from-home future in the Finance Sector
By Mike Hampson, CEO, Bishopsgate Financial Mike Hampson explores how the pandemic has reshaped the financial workforce structure, by ..
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How firms can continue to hire contractors with confidence when new tax rules get underway in April 2021
By Dave Chaplin, CEO of IR35 compliance solution IR35 Shield and author of IR35 & Off-Payroll Explained The Off-Payroll legislatio..
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Why payments have become the next battleground for banks
By Ian Johnson, SVP, Managing Director Europe, at Marqeta The COVID-19 pandemic kick-started a huge shift in consumer behaviour, forev..
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SMEs are more resilient than we give them credit for
By Simon Cureton, CEO of Business Finance Marketplace, Funding Options It’s an unfortunate truth: bad news sells. So, it’s no surprise..
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Recent survey of CFOs reveals what finance teams should be prioritising in 2021
By Andrew Foster, VP Consulting EMEA, AppZen Despite a tumultuous 2020, a recent survey of CFOs conducted by AppZen showed that the ma..
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The changing CFO: an organization’s voice of conscience
By Marc Linden, EVP, Medium Business Segment at Sage The global economy has put the spotlight firmly on the CFO. They will be the main..
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E-commerce without frontiers? Not when it comes to payment
By Farish Lakhani, VP Sales International at Computop The world has got smaller, thanks to the evolution of transport and communicatio..
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Budget predictions
By Nicholas Smith, Director and Head of Tax at Duncan & Toplis One thing we learned from last year’s budget is that the response ..
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E-commerce without frontiers? Not when it comes to payment
By Farish Lakhani, VP Sales International at Computop The world has got smaller, thanks to the evolution of transport and communicatio..
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How To Create Financial Goals For Your Business In 2021
Setting goals is crucial for success in every area of your life, as they help you to measure the smallest of steps against the backdro..
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Navigating insolvency as Covid-19 bites
By John Bell, Director of insolvency firm Clarke Bell, which he founded in 1994. The UK economy is in a fragile state as the impact of..
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Leading Payment Platform Appoints New Key Positions to Help With Growth
Yoello has announced a new CFO, Gareth Roberts, and a new CCO, Anton Manley, who have been appointed to fit in with the payment platfo..
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Fintech Predictions for 2021
By Björn Goß, CEO and Co-founder of Stocard looking at what we can expect from the fintech industry in 2021 as we emerge from one of ..
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PSD2 and Personalising Customer Experience
By Galit Michel, VP of Payments, Forter The eCommerce world is increasingly competitive, especially as more and more consumers turn to..
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Britain aims for global leadership role with AI safety summit
By Robert Peat, Consultant, D2 Legal Technology On 1 December 2020 ISDA published a high-level overview of certain considerations rega..
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How the financial services industry can solve the issue of vulnerable code
By Matias Madou, Co-Founder and CTO of Secure Code Warrior With 2020 bringing a heavy focus on online business, it is fair to say that..
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Brexit and Financial Services – A Government Oversight?
By Steve Taklalsingh, MD UK Business, Amaiz It was a disappointing Christmas, and not just because the promised break from Covid restr..
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Will there be a post-Brexit fintech boom?
By Anca Thomson, a specialist corporate and commercial lawyer at Excello Law. ‘London’s fintech scene could be a winner from the..
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