FINANCE

Leading financial advisory group bolster offering with senior appointment

Leading financial advisory group bolster offering with senior appointment

By Joanna Coull The first financial advisers in the UK set up specifically to tackle the climate crisis – have appointed Joanna ..

How to make your digital agency more financially profitable

How to make your digital agency more financially profitable

By Danny Hall, Managing Director of FSE Digital, a marketing agency based in Essex, specialising in search marketing Almost every comp..

How SMEs can improve cash flow

How SMEs can improve cash flow

By Jack Seymour is Business Development Manager at Pinnacle Business Finance,  The UK’s SMEs account for over 99% of all businesses, a..

Keeping data in the vault: insider breach risk in financial services

Keeping data in the vault: insider breach risk in financial services

By Tony Pepper, CEO. Egress Financial services organisations are trusted with far more than just money; they are also responsible for ..

How digital is guiding the finance sector’s response to COVID-19

How digital is guiding the finance sector’s response to COVID-19

By Rahul Singh, President of Financial Services, HCL Technologies As COVID-19 spreads deeper and wider, financial transactions are slo..

Advancing the financial sector’s cybersecurity with AI 

Advancing the financial sector’s cybersecurity with AI 

By Sareeka A. G., Product Consultant at ManageEngine The United Kingdom has the sixth-largest economy in the world, and in 2018, the f..

FCA softens its stance on regulations to help UK retailers through Covid-19

FCA softens its stance on regulations to help UK retailers through Covid-19

By Ralf Gladis, CEO, Computop In the middle of the Covid-19 crisis, when retailers are counting the immense, and in many cases disastr..

Why Financial Services Must Stay Compliant

Why Financial Services Must Stay Compliant

By Grainne McKeever, Senior Security Product Marketing Manager at Imperva The vast number of regulations introduced over the last few ..

How the future of financial services is being reimagined with evolutionary AI

How the future of financial services is being reimagined with evolutionary AI

By Babak Hodjat, VP of Evolutionary AI at Cognizant  AI driven solutions are becoming a competitive differentiator for banks and other..

It’s a matter of trust

It’s a matter of trust

By Granville Turner, Director at Company Formation Specialists, Turner Little As financial portfolios become more complex, financial t..

Financial Reporting to the Rescue for County of Berks

Financial Reporting to the Rescue for County of Berks

The County of Berks needed to find a financial system capable of seamlessly integrating its complex systems and large network of accou..

Covid-19 – Cash Flow and Revenue

Covid-19 – Cash Flow and Revenue

By Lynton Buxton, TALL group “The coronavirus pandemic is a public health emergency. But it is also an economic emergency. We have nev..

Removing the Month-End Headache in Financial Reporting 

Removing the Month-End Headache in Financial Reporting 

By Tiffany Newkirk, Financial Solutions Manager at SplashBI  Month-end is a stressful and dreaded time for many accountants and financ..

The race to scale up automation in financial services

The race to scale up automation in financial services

By Terry Walby, founder and CEO of Blue Prism Cloud  As financial services organizations look ahead to the new decade, they will be a..

Is Hong Kong’s financial status at risk

Is Hong Kong’s financial status at risk

By Granville Turner, Director of Turner little Hong Kong has traditionally been seen as a tax haven and the financial hub of Asia, if ..

Don’t let compliance trip you up: how tech can ensure you’ve tied up your contracts 

Don’t let compliance trip you up: how tech can ensure you’ve tied up your contracts 

By Mike Skelly, Chief Financial Officer at AbacusNext For finance professionals, remaining compliant is a crucial part of the job—and ..

Mercury FX boosts financial crime management capabilities with TruNarrative platform investment

Mercury FX boosts financial crime management capabilities with TruNarrative platform investment

By Mike Harriss, ,Head of Commercial Channels at TruNarrative,  London-headquartered global currency specialist Mercury FX has investe..

Financial considerations when embarking on a self-build project

Financial considerations when embarking on a self-build project

By Sandro Heitor, Founder of Trio. When exploring your options for renovating a property, or perhaps building from scratch, it can be ..

Financial Recruitment Trends to Look Out for in 2020

Financial Recruitment Trends to Look Out for in 2020

By Howett Thorpe, a finance recruitment specialist based in Surrey.   Staying up to date with the latest financial recruitment trends ..

India’s aerospace suppliers see upside in parts-making from record jet orders

India’s aerospace suppliers see upside in parts-making from record jet orders

By Carolyn Corda, CMO, ADARA Financial brands, and particularly credit card businesses, used to lead the way when it came to customer ..

A guide to building business resilience in the financial services sector

A guide to building business resilience in the financial services sector

By Chris Huggett, VP EMEA, Sungard Availability Services  Thanks to the UK’s new Open Banking initiative, the scale of IT problems wit..

Launching Speed Boats from Cruise Ships: How incumbents can take on fintech challengers

Launching Speed Boats from Cruise Ships: How incumbents can take on fintech challengers

By Eugene Danilkis, CEO, Mambu  Digital technology has changed financial services.  It has facilitated innovation, increased competiti..

Democratising Financial Data Through Open Banking

Democratising Financial Data Through Open Banking

By Rahul Singh, President of Financial Services, HCL Technologies  While it’s difficult to overlook the importance of data in today’s ..

Who’s feeling optimistic about the global economy in 2020?

Who’s feeling optimistic about the global economy in 2020?

By Chase Buckle, Trends Manager at GlobalWebIndex Fears of an imminent recession have dominated the headlines in recent months. Whethe..

Why finance teams are integral to the customer experience

Why finance teams are integral to the customer experience

By Marieke Saeij, CEO at Onguard While finance professionals aren’t traditionally associated with the customer experience, in some org..

HR data: taking centre stage in the financial sector

HR data: taking centre stage in the financial sector

By Fiona McKee, Director of Human Resources, SD Worx UK & Ireland Digital transformation is steering the future of finance. Digita..

3 key ways you can transition from finance to fintech

3 key ways you can transition from finance to fintech

Technological innovation has turned the financial services sector on its head in recent years, with new apps, software and cloud-based..

Why tokenisation of real estate will survive crypto winter

Why tokenisation of real estate will survive crypto winter

By Matthieu Bouchaud, Digital Asset Lead at ConsenSys Projects led to the reform of the ecosystem through the modification of the legi..

The rise of the paraplanner: why consider a career in this up and coming role

The rise of the paraplanner: why consider a career in this up and coming role

By Alex Russon, Managing Consultant – Financial Services  While the financial services sector is abundant with career opportunities an..

Finance transformation with analytics

Finance transformation with analytics

By Laura Timms, Product Strategy Manager, MHR Analytics Finance transformation is all about improving the overall value that finance p..

Mail Services an Emerging Vector for Financial Fraud

Mail Services an Emerging Vector for Financial Fraud

By Abigail Showman, Tactical Monitoring Analyst, Flashpoint Threat actors are not shy about using a legitimate means to satisfy their ..

10 ways automation has changed the role of the CFO

10 ways automation has changed the role of the CFO

By Magali Michel, Director, Yooz The role of the CFO has changed radically in recent years. Significantly affected by the large-scale ..

Forget the funnel: Financial marketing must become a virtuous circle

Forget the funnel: Financial marketing must become a virtuous circle

By Doug Gross, CEO at NGDATA  Digital-first challengers have disrupted the old, cosy club of High Street banks, harnessing the power o..

Consolidated Audit Trail: a renewed sense of urgency

Consolidated Audit Trail: a renewed sense of urgency

After a hiatus earlier this year over who would orchestrate the consolidated audit trail (CAT) – a new comprehensive database fo..

Embracing a strategic response to financial stability 

Embracing a strategic response to financial stability 

By Akber Datoo and Jason Pugh, Managing Directors and Peter Newton, COO at D2 Legal Technology. The recent announcement of another reg..

Cloud migration: Key considerations for financial services

Cloud migration: Key considerations for financial services

By Paul Mercina, Director of Product Management, ParkPlace Technologies  More than ever, it is imperative for financial services organ..

Using Bridging Finance to Purchase an Un-mortgageable Property

Using Bridging Finance to Purchase an Un-mortgageable Property

By Holly Andrews, Managing Director of specialist bridging and development finance broker, KIS Finance. High street lenders and buildi..