FINANCE

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..

As digital lending moves from frill to necessity – where are we at?

As digital lending moves from frill to necessity – where are we at?

By Kirill Zorin, Senior Business Analyst at global technology consultancy DataArt Five years ago, many banks viewed digital lending me..

How hyperconverged infrastructure is driving digital transformation in the financial services sector (Part 1)

How hyperconverged infrastructure is driving digital transformation in the financial services sector (Part 1)

By: Alan Conboy, Office of the CTO, Scale Computing Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) has seen huge growth in interest across the fi..

What hyper converged infrastructure really means for your financial institution (Part 2)

What hyper converged infrastructure really means for your financial institution (Part 2)

By: Alan Conboy, Office of the CTO, Scale Computing HCI – What’s the deal? Alan Conboy Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI)..

The Future CFO

The Future CFO

By Amy Parkinson, Principal Consultant and Financial Leadership Specialist at Berwick Partners  With today’s CFO often described as a ..

Does gamification have a place in the finance industry?

Does gamification have a place in the finance industry?

By Nathan Baranowski, Managing Director at OJO Solutions Rocked by digital transformation and fast-shifting customer demands, the fina..

Doing More with Trade Data: The Value of Deeper Analytical Insights

Doing More with Trade Data: The Value of Deeper Analytical Insights

By Mike Bagguley, Board Advisor, Inforalgo In their pursuit of greater cost-efficiency, financial institutions are turning to new, str..

The Growing Importance of Soft Skills in Financial Services

The Growing Importance of Soft Skills in Financial Services

Coorp academy’s Jean-Marc Tassetto explains why it is necessary to nurture soft skills in today’s financial services industry and why ..

8 ways to save fuel on the road

8 ways to save fuel on the road

Here, Mark Barclay, from trade specialists GSF Car Parts, shares his top tips for saving fuel and money when you’re out on the r..

Why finance needs to collaborate to get rid of internal worries

Why finance needs to collaborate to get rid of internal worries

By Daniel Ball, Business Development Director,Wax Digital Amid a backdrop of uncertain economic conditions, today’s Chief Finance Offi..

Avoiding expense over-payments in the NHS

Avoiding expense over-payments in the NHS

By Ben Western, Senior Business Development Manager at Selenity With increasing innovation and investment in technology, the NHS is cu..

Fintech: the age of partnerships and collaboration

Fintech: the age of partnerships and collaboration

By Viktoria Ruubel, Chief Product Officer at IPF Digital  The power of partnerships should never be underestimated. Nowhere is this tr..

The changing face of finance – the impact of digital transformation

The changing face of finance – the impact of digital transformation

In a digitally-driven economy, the financial services sector sits at the epicentre of change. Now more than ever, customers seek the s..

Anti Money Laundering Mess? How to Outsmart Villains by Understanding Their Networks

Anti Money Laundering Mess? How to Outsmart Villains by Understanding Their Networks

By Emil Eifrem, CEO and Co-Founder of Neo4j, the world’s leading graph database company Graph technology has the power to uncover ques..

Tightening up time consuming processes in the financial industry

Tightening up time consuming processes in the financial industry

By Andrew Filev, founder and CEO, Wrike Companies are turning to the expertise of professional services providers more than ever befor..

Applying CX intelligence to reduce channel switching

Applying CX intelligence to reduce channel switching

By Fabrice Martin, Chief Product Officer, Clarabridge Today’s banking or insurance customer wants to communicate via their channel of ..

How financial institutions can minimise the risk of IT outages

How financial institutions can minimise the risk of IT outages

By Paul Mercina, Director of Product Management, ParkPlace Technologies. The cost and impact of IT system downtime has never been grea..

The easy way to spring clean your finances

The easy way to spring clean your finances

By Conor McArdle, Opus Energy Spring is here, and there’s no better time to tidy up your business figures and make your SME ready for ..