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Why sustainable cyber resilience matters in the financial sector

Why sustainable cyber resilience matters in the financial sector

Author: Dirk Schrader, CISSP, CISM, and CMO at Greenbone Networks Banks, alongside the stock market and other financial companies, are..

Content Services: The Foundation of Digital Transformation for Financial Services Firms

Content Services: The Foundation of Digital Transformation for Financial Services Firms

The road to digital transformation in Financial Services (FS) has been a long and winding one. For the most part, banks and other FS p..

Are duplicate payments Kryptonite for accounts payable?   

Are duplicate payments Kryptonite for accounts payable?   

In most businesses the credibility of the accounts department is built on trust and stakeholders’ confidence in the output from the de..

An API-first approach will revolutionise Financial Services

An API-first approach will revolutionise Financial Services

Carlos Oliveira, CEO at SPINR Whatever business you’re in, you know perfectly well the new realities of commerce: customers expect sop..

SMCR – Are you Ready?

SMCR – Are you Ready?

By Bruce Penson, Managing Director of Pro Drive IT  If there were a major cyber security breach at your company, what would happen? Ch..

Finance Industry Is “One Court Case Away” from Claims Management Company Onslaught, Quadient Warns

Finance Industry Is “One Court Case Away” from Claims Management Company Onslaught, Quadient Warns

Increased Awareness of Data Protection Will Spark Major Claims by 2020, Customer Experience Specialist Predicts  After targeting PPI r..

Three reasons why finance professionals need to get to grips with big data

Three reasons why finance professionals need to get to grips with big data

Digitisation is a major driving force for change in finance departments, transforming financial processing and altering the role of fi..

How factory-style engineering creates a future to bank on

How factory-style engineering creates a future to bank on

By Ed Fowler, Head of Digital Engineering and VP at Virtusa One of the biggest emerging trends in the financial industry over the past..

Clarity and structure: the key to GDPR compliance in finance

Clarity and structure: the key to GDPR compliance in finance

Ian Osborne, Vice President UK & Ireland for Shred-it, discusses the challenges the finance industry faces to ensure compliance wi..

Three things every payments professional needs to know about PSD2

Three things every payments professional needs to know about PSD2

Myles Dawson, Managing Director Adyen UK If 2018 was the year of GDPR, 2019 is the year of European Payment Services Directive (PSD2) ..

SPINR launches, bringing a new era of data management to SMEs in financial services

SPINR launches, bringing a new era of data management to SMEs in financial services

Cloud-based data and API integration platform SPINR launches, helping smaller businesses unlock the value hidden in their data SPINR ..

Payment Card Security: Looking Ahead to 2019

Payment Card Security: Looking Ahead to 2019

Geoff Forsyth, CTO, PCI Pal  PCI Pal’s Geoff Forsyth takes a look at how businesses will respond to growing security threats in 2019,..

The rise of sophisticated BEC scams in the finance industry

The rise of sophisticated BEC scams in the finance industry

 Mark Nicholls, Redscan director of cybersecurity  For all the talk of insider threats, cryptojacking and ransomware, I believe that o..

Finance Transformation: How cloud solutions can be a catalyst for process improvement as well as a driver of business transformation.

Finance Transformation: How cloud solutions can be a catalyst for process improvement as well as a driver of business transformation.

Gianluca Bisceglie, CEO of cloud-based spreadsheet platform www.visyond.com  Finance transformation is critical if you want to keep up..

Real-Time Payments and The Growing Obsolescence of Cash

Real-Time Payments and The Growing Obsolescence of Cash

David Worthington, VP, Payments at Rambus According to the World Payments Report, compiled by Capgemini and BNP Paribas, the global vo..

2019: The year customers take control of payments

2019: The year customers take control of payments

Angus Burrell, General Manager, UK, Omni-channel solutions, Valitor 2018 was a defining 12 months for the payments industry, from grou..

Helping employees navigate in the sea of financial change

Helping employees navigate in the sea of financial change

Debra Corey, Reward Gateway advisor and best-selling author  One of my all-time favourite places to visit is the seaside. Sitting on t..

The role of cash in tackling the issue of financial inclusion in Europe

The role of cash in tackling the issue of financial inclusion in Europe

Udo Mueller, CEO paysafecard 40 million Europeans are still unable to access a bank account. Increasingly, this means they’re unable t..

Faster Payments: exploring the opportunities for treasurers

Faster Payments: exploring the opportunities for treasurers

Ed Adshead-Grant, General Manager, Payments, Bottomline Technologies  The race to process transactions quickly, securely and safely in..

Financial innovation for financial inclusion

Financial innovation for financial inclusion

Paul Randall, Executive Director, Creditinfo  Historic institutions, outdated technology and consumer-unfriendly approaches have ripen..

Lack of partnerships holding back open banking innovation, report finds

Lack of partnerships holding back open banking innovation, report finds

Financial services leaders say finding the right partners is a major challenge As the first anniversary of open banking and PSD2 arriv..

nexo standards Welcomes Ten new Members to Growing Membership Base

nexo standards Welcomes Ten new Members to Growing Membership Base

Payment stakeholders collaborate to drive unified global card payment acceptance  As nexo standards continues to respond to the expand..

BOKIS and Nets Renew Agreement on International Payment Cards

BOKIS and Nets Renew Agreement on International Payment Cards

BOKIS, a Danish banking collective, and Nets, a market leader in the payments industry, have extended their existing agreement on hand..

Finance Trends 2019

Finance Trends 2019

Fiona Blades, CEO of MESH Experience  The pursuit of purpose  We believe it will become even more important for organisations in finan..

Confusing Car Lingo: Just One In Ten Brits Understand Car Finance Jargon

Confusing Car Lingo: Just One In Ten Brits Understand Car Finance Jargon

New research by a leading car finance company has revealed that Brits are getting confused when it comes to terminology surrounding ca..

Effectively and efficiently build financial trust on the customer journey

Effectively and efficiently build financial trust on the customer journey

The customer journey has transformed in the digital age, as 81% of bank shopping journeys begin online and buyers use an average of ni..

2019 is the year we must re-build public trust in finance

2019 is the year we must re-build public trust in finance

By Andy Bottrill, VP EMEA BlackLine Over the last 12 months there have been a number of high profile scandals centred on the audit and..

Confusing Car Lingo: Just One In Ten Brits Understand Car Finance Jargon

Confusing Car Lingo: Just One In Ten Brits Understand Car Finance Jargon

New research by a leading car finance company has revealed that Brits are getting confused when it comes to terminology surrounding ca..

Are payment cards under threat?

Are payment cards under threat?

Abhijit Deb, Head of Banking & Financial Services, UK & Ireland, Cognizant Consumers do not only compare how easy it is to mak..

Where can ROI be achieved from automated Accounts Payable?

Where can ROI be achieved from automated Accounts Payable?

Ian Smith, Finance Director and General Manager, Invu Automated Accounts Payable enables the data on purchase invoices,which are recei..

Three challenges of using Excel for regulatory reporting

Three challenges of using Excel for regulatory reporting

By William Davis, Senior Director, Trifacta The financial services sector is constantly adapting to shifting regulatory requirements. ..

IFRS 16: CFOs can see quick gains with Connected Planning technology

IFRS 16: CFOs can see quick gains with Connected Planning technology

Nick Turner, Country Manager UK & Ireland, Anaplan There’s nothing quite like ringing in the new year. Along with the promises of ..

Financial Crime: more than a language of its own

Financial Crime: more than a language of its own

By Juan Diego Martín, COO of Fonetic As the finance industry’s focus on stamping out illegal or inappropriate trader behaviour has inc..

Credit Chameleons – Lenders must tune in to changing customer attitudes

Credit Chameleons – Lenders must tune in to changing customer attitudes

Sarah Jackson, Director of Equiniti Credit Services, explains how data-led outsourcing and automation technologies are enabling lender..

Don’t be weak in spotting vulnerability

Don’t be weak in spotting vulnerability

The outcome of the latest FCA consultation into high-cost credit is expected to strengthen protection for vulnerable consumers. Martin..

Arctic Trucks ‘Ditches Horrible Consolidation Spreadsheets’ After Choosing Cloud CFO to Produce Group Management Accounts

Arctic Trucks ‘Ditches Horrible Consolidation Spreadsheets’ After Choosing Cloud CFO to Produce Group Management Accounts

Arctic Trucks originated in Iceland over 20 years ago and is now a multinational business with bases in Iceland, Norway, Dubai and in ..

Equiniti Credit Services continues innovation drive with more IT hires

Equiniti Credit Services continues innovation drive with more IT hires

Equiniti Credit Services, the UK’s leading loans management and credit technology company, has recruited a further 15 software enginee..