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Why so critical?: Making crypto credible

Why so critical?: Making crypto credible

By Erik Wilgenhof Plante, CCO at Sequant Capital Cryptocurrency, whether it is Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple or the others on the market, ..

CryptoIndustry Heavyweights Back Platform for Social Good, Social Alpha Foundation

CryptoIndustry Heavyweights Back Platform for Social Good, Social Alpha Foundation

The Hong Kong-based not-for-profit is the world’s first blockchain for social impact grant-making platform Hong Kong — May 31, 2018 — ..

3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media

3 ways financial institutions can leverage Live Engagement on social media

By Priya Iyer, Chairman & CEO, Vee24  With nearly 2.62 billion people having active social media accounts[1],the finance industry ..

Santander Scam Avoidance School (Sas)1 Graduate Turns Ethical Hacker To Help The Fight Against Fraud

Santander Scam Avoidance School (Sas)1 Graduate Turns Ethical Hacker To Help The Fight Against Fraud

Alec Daniels, 86, successfully sent a ‘controlled’ phishing email and breached a public WiFi hotspot in only 16 minutes 40 seconds  4..

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

UK200Group Corporate Finance – 2022 M&A deal volumes flatline but average deal size decreases £800,000

Nick Hammond, Lead Adviser for Financial Services at World Wide Technology, highlights the need for Financial Services to take a futur..

Machine learning critical for better SME credit scoring in trade finance

Machine learning critical for better SME credit scoring in trade finance

AI and broader data collection can overcome the “trade finance gap” by improving credit scoring for SMEs in trade finance, says Michae..

Fintech’s dynamic potential

Fintech’s dynamic potential

By Dan Read, partner at law firm TLT The rise of fintech companies and their disruptive propositions has been an interesting developme..

UK expenditure sees its biggest increase in a decade, while income remains stagnant  

UK expenditure sees its biggest increase in a decade, while income remains stagnant  

Hitachi Personal Finance analyses new data that shows that household expenditure at its highest in a decade The UK’s average weekly i..

Natixis acts as Equity Financial Advisor to EllaLink

Natixis acts as Equity Financial Advisor to EllaLink

EllaLink and Natixis are pleased to announce that Natixis has acted as Equity Financial Advisor to EllaLink during its negotiations wi..

Murphy Wealth poised for further growth following successful year

Murphy Wealth poised for further growth following successful year

The Glasgow-based wealth advisory is preparing to expand  Murphy Wealth, the Glasgow-based wealth advisors, is set for a period of pro..

4 reasons your finance employees are showing signs of stress

4 reasons your finance employees are showing signs of stress

By Matt Weston, UK Managing Director at Robert Half There’s no denying that working in finance can be stressful. With mental health aw..

Why push notifications improve customer experiences

Why push notifications improve customer experiences

Lisa Rose, Business Development Manager, Engage Hub  Increasingly demanding consumers are redefining the standards for online and mobi..

Combating our love-hate relationship with contactless payments

Combating our love-hate relationship with contactless payments

Lina Andolf-Orup, Global Product Marketing Manager, Fingerprints   Contactless payments’ popularity is undeniable. Of the 3.5 billion ..

Trustonic secures PlayCoin cryptocurrency for GameHub

Trustonic secures PlayCoin cryptocurrency for GameHub

Online gaming platform provider turns to device security leader Trustonic to provide protection  The online gaming industry continues ..

Mythbusters: Breaking Down DevOps Misconceptions Across Financial Services

Mythbusters: Breaking Down DevOps Misconceptions Across Financial Services

By Brickendon Executive Director and DevOps Specialist Tim Smolcic  The term DevOps is frequently used across all industries, but in t..

Finance innovation needs to be driven from the top, and supported from the bottom

Finance innovation needs to be driven from the top, and supported from the bottom

Andy Bottrill, regional vice president at cloud accounting software company BlackLine Innovation in finance is stunted – why? For mill..

The future of the high street: Study reveals the first 10 cities in the UK to become cashless

The future of the high street: Study reveals the first 10 cities in the UK to become cashless

New data reveals the UK cities leading accelerated growth in contactless payments with the top 10 expected to go cashless first.  Top..

RPA for financial services – 5 steps to success

RPA for financial services – 5 steps to success

Jonathan Ebsworth, partner of the disruptive technologies practice at Infosys Consulting Businesses in the financial sector could make..

Helping SWIFT gpi take root

Helping SWIFT gpi take root

Monika Aminiova, BNY Mellon With new value-added capabilities and predictions that it could become the standard for all cross-border p..

ZPER Secures Crypto Mobile Wallet with Trustonic

ZPER Secures Crypto Mobile Wallet with Trustonic

Leveraging Trustonic hardware device protection, ZPER’s blockchain-based wallet is the first to securely isolate cryptocurrency value ..

The wait is over: Why real-time redemption makes loyalty better

The wait is over: Why real-time redemption makes loyalty better

Julian Wallis, Retail Director at Rambus These are challenging times for brick-and-mortar merchants. Across the world’s top 250 retai..

The Pillar Project Adds Token Camp, Stellar Lineup to Summer Unconference  

The Pillar Project Adds Token Camp, Stellar Lineup to Summer Unconference  

The Zug-based nonprofit building the world’s most advanced cryptocurrency and token wallet announces exciting additions to its summer ..

6 ways to Spring clean your business finances

6 ways to Spring clean your business finances

Simon Willmett, Financial Director, Nucleus Commercial Finance. Mopping around the back of the sofas, cleaning the compartments in the..

FinTechs – A Threat to Banks or the Perfect Partner?

FinTechs – A Threat to Banks or the Perfect Partner?

By Christer Holloman, CEO and Co-Founder of Divido It’s no industry secret that FinTechs have had a profound impact on the Financial S..

Brits Saving Less Than Ever: Only 50 % Add To Savings Each Month

Brits Saving Less Than Ever: Only 50 % Add To Savings Each Month

We all know we need to save for the future but reining in spending can feel like an impossible task. Investment specialists, Legal &am..

CLOUD SERVICES CENTRAL TO SMALL FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESSES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YET DATA PROTECTION CONCERNS STILL A BARRIER TO ADOPTION

CLOUD SERVICES CENTRAL TO SMALL FINANCIAL SERVICES BUSINESSES IN THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, YET DATA PROTECTION CONCERNS STILL A BARRIER TO ADOPTION

By Sascha Ragtschaa, CEO and co-founder, Chainium Smoke and mirrors Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) – when a start-up offers early invest..

Three things to ask your management team and accounts payable vendor to overcome your AP challenges

Three things to ask your management team and accounts payable vendor to overcome your AP challenges

Accounts payable is an essential part of any business so being asked to research the best solution for your company can be a daunting ..

Three steps to ensure best practice in your ICO

Three steps to ensure best practice in your ICO

Laurent Leloup, CEO of Chaineum  Initial Coin Offerings, or ICO’s, are a way to create and sell your own token which is based on an ex..

Five Key Questions to Consider Before Investing in Cryptocurrencies

Five Key Questions to Consider Before Investing in Cryptocurrencies

Investing in cryptocurrencies is growing in popularity and despite somewhat mixed responses from organisations, countries and governme..

ThinCats’ growth capital funding takes Calnex Solutions to the next level

ThinCats’ growth capital funding takes Calnex Solutions to the next level

ThinCats, the alternative finance specialist, has provided Linglithgow-based Calnex Solutions with growth capital financing, both to e..

Forex Trading for Beginners: Things to Avoid

Forex Trading for Beginners: Things to Avoid

Adam Truelove, Global Trading Director at Learn to Trade Forex trading can offer an efficient way of building real wealth. However, i..

Triggered by Regulation – Why the Need to Comply is Driving Financial Services Firms to Adopt Data Management Best Practice

Triggered by Regulation – Why the Need to Comply is Driving Financial Services Firms to Adopt Data Management Best Practice

By Graeme Dillane, manager, financial services, InterSystems Traditional database architectures are coming up short in today’s data-dr..

Why does the Cryptocurrency Market Struggle with Transparency?

Why does the Cryptocurrency Market Struggle with Transparency?

By Drew Bell, Chief Developer at Ethercoin With over 1,300 cryptocurrencies currently on the market, it seems that a new digital curre..

AI’s role in the finance industry’s customer experience

AI’s role in the finance industry’s customer experience

By Clint Oram, cofounder and CMO, SugarCRM  AI is the buzzword of the moment and the resultant technology trends, such as chatbots and..

Does Credit Management Have a Role in Retaining the Loyal Customer?

Does Credit Management Have a Role in Retaining the Loyal Customer?

Martin de Heus, VP of Direct Sales at Onguard, believes that the segmentation of late payers can turn some into loyal customers that p..

Cryptocurrencies yet to convince the savvy investor

Cryptocurrencies yet to convince the savvy investor

Investors in the Assetz Capital platform are yet to be convinced by cryptocurrencies, with just 16% seeing them as worthwhile investme..

Tokens are Taxed as Assets

Tokens are Taxed as Assets

By David Siegel, CEO and founder of the Pillar Project Most tax authorities see cryptocurrencies and crypto-tokens as commodities. As ..