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HMRC’s newfound status as preferential creditor on corporate failures represents another potential drain on the resources of the PPF

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..

Business Finance: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

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 ..

Redefining resilience: How COVID-19 is forging a work-from-home future in the Finance Sector

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 ..

How firms can continue to hire contractors with confidence when new tax rules get underway in April 2021

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..

Why payments have become the next battleground for banks

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..

SMEs are more resilient than we give them credit for

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..

Recent survey of CFOs reveals what finance teams should be prioritising in 2021

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..

The changing CFO: an organization’s voice of conscience

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..

E-commerce without frontiers? Not when it comes to payment

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..

Budget predictions

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 ..

E-commerce without frontiers? Not when it comes to payment

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..

How To Create Financial Goals For Your Business In 2021

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..

Navigating insolvency as Covid-19 bites

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..

Leading Payment Platform Appoints New Key Positions to Help With Growth

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..

Fintech Predictions for 2021

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 ..

PSD2 and Personalising Customer Experience

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..

Britain aims for global leadership role with AI safety summit

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..

How the financial services industry can solve the issue of vulnerable code

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..

Brexit and Financial Services – A Government Oversight?

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..

Will there be a post-Brexit fintech boom?

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..

Unleashing the potential of APIs for digital finance

Unleashing the potential of APIs for digital finance

By Kris Sharma, Finance Sector Lead at Canonical – the publisher of Ubuntu Cloud computing, big data analytics, artificial intel..

How can financial firms tackle the challenges that lie ahead in 2021?

How can financial firms tackle the challenges that lie ahead in 2021?

By Paul McCreadie, Partner at ECI Partners, the leading growth-focused mid-market private equity firm 2020 was a hugely difficult year..

The most common Self Assessment questions answered by experts

The most common Self Assessment questions answered by experts

Over 110,000 searches for ‘Self Assessment’ advice in the UK every month Accountants share everything you need to know ahead of the ..

LEI: Not a garland from Hawaii but a foundational risk management component  

LEI: Not a garland from Hawaii but a foundational risk management component  

By Peter Newton, Managing Director and Eric Mueller, Strategic Netting Lead, D2 Legal Technology What is a Legal Entity Identifier (LE..

Putting data at the heart of a customer-centric approach

Putting data at the heart of a customer-centric approach

By James Johnston, Regional VP at Cloudera Competition in the financial sector is fierce when it comes to delivering on customer servi..

Digital Payments: An Explosion of Emerging Opportunities

Digital Payments: An Explosion of Emerging Opportunities

By Deborah Baxley, Financial Services Enterprise Industry Consultant at Teradata Digital payments players have massive amounts of data..

Finance teams have been left in the dark on the real cost of working from home

Finance teams have been left in the dark on the real cost of working from home

By Carlo Gualandri, Founder and CEO of Soldo 2020 has been one of the toughest years for finance teams on record. Although the end is ..

5 tips for financial fitness in 2021

5 tips for financial fitness in 2021

By Jeannie Boyle, Director & Chartered Financial Planner EQ Investors As a turbulent 2020 ends, the New Year is an opportune time ..

Finance firms must ensure they fix data fundamentals

Finance firms must ensure they fix data fundamentals

By Wayne Parslow, Executive Vice President for EMEA, Validity Faced with more legislation than most other industries, finance companie..

How much do I need to save for retirement?

How much do I need to save for retirement?

By Fabian Taylor, senior associate and chartered financial planner in Nelsons’ wealth management team, works out how much money ..

Companies that don’t upgrade their financial processes this year will get left behind

Companies that don’t upgrade their financial processes this year will get left behind

By Anthony Venus, CEO of Yaypay Accounts receivables (AR) is often a misunderstood department. Not only is AR all about financial oper..

Four steps to mastering financial agility 

Four steps to mastering financial agility 

By Tim Wakeford, Vice President Product Strategy, EMEA Financials at Workday Agility is fast-becoming priority number one for finance ..

Navigating the Impact of Post-COVID Realities for MiFID II

Navigating the Impact of Post-COVID Realities for MiFID II

By Martin Taylor, Deputy CEO and co-founder at Content Guru When the Revised Markets in Financial Instruments Directive and new Market..

Accounts Payable departments lag behind in AI automation

Accounts Payable departments lag behind in AI automation

according to new survey from Ephesoft Two-thirds of accounting departments still process invoices manually: only 15% are fully paperle..

2021 Predictions: Realising the Value of Payments Transformation

2021 Predictions: Realising the Value of Payments Transformation

By Simon Wilson, Co-Head, Payments at Icon Solutions It has been said that prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the ..

A new vision for the accounts receivable department

A new vision for the accounts receivable department

By Colin Sanders, Senior Business Executive, Onguard The need to maintain the smallest possible DSO levels has risen to prominence in ..

The finance industry – A look at trends and predictions for 2021

The finance industry – A look at trends and predictions for 2021

By Tim Blok, CTO, Onguard The wholesale shift towards remote working has proved to be one of the many challenges that has stood in the..