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Why You Might Fall in Love with CFDs

Why You Might Fall in Love with CFDs

 Soteris Phoraris of easyMarkets Yes, its Valentine’s Day and there are many different types of love – the love between a ..

INTL FCStone Financial Enhances Its Offshore Mutual Fund Offering Through Agreement with Allfunds Bank

INTL FCStone Financial Enhances Its Offshore Mutual Fund Offering Through Agreement with Allfunds Bank

INTL FCStone Inc. (NASDAQ: INTL) today announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, INTL FCStone Financial Inc. (“the CompanyR..

Biometrics set to fuel another financial sector revolution

Biometrics set to fuel another financial sector revolution

By Xavier Larduinat, Digital Banking & Payment Expert, Gemalto Xavier Larduinat In the space of no more than five year..

Is the market right to be losing its head with the recent Stock market collapse?

Is the market right to be losing its head with the recent Stock market collapse?

James Trescothick, Senior Global Strategist, easyMarkets It was coming.   For many months you heard the cries that a stock market cra..

The Future of Financial Services: Strategies to Capitalize on Open Banking Opportunities

The Future of Financial Services: Strategies to Capitalize on Open Banking Opportunities

By Ame Stuart, Vice President, Digital Markets, Capgemini Financial Services Open banking is an open secret. Financial services provid..

Lisk announces LSK token listed on bitFlyer, the European Union’s newest crypto exchange

Lisk announces LSK token listed on bitFlyer, the European Union’s newest crypto exchange

Significant milestone comes ahead of Lisk’s re-launch event in February Lisk, the public blockchain platform that allows users to deve..

deVere officially launches cryptocurrency app with bold Bitcoin predictions

deVere officially launches cryptocurrency app with bold Bitcoin predictions

Despite cryptocurrencies tanking over the last month, demand for them will “skyrocket” in the next 12 months, Bitcoin could gain by 50..

Transforming the LMOF in an Age of Real-Time Reporting

Transforming the LMOF in an Age of Real-Time Reporting

by Ron Baden Every corporate finance department is familiar with the “Last Mile of Finance” (LMOF)—that stressful period at the end of..

3 Things you didn’t know about trading

3 Things you didn’t know about trading

Benjamin Sparham, Trader at Learn to Trade Trading is often seen as a career path only for those with a deep understanding of the mark..

Scores, rates and repayments:Busting the myths of your credit applications

Scores, rates and repayments:Busting the myths of your credit applications

Credit is confusing. Common myths can make it hard to distinguish between what is hear-say and what is the truth. Hitachi Personal Fin..

The Future of Direct Carrier Billing in 2018

The Future of Direct Carrier Billing in 2018

By Hiroyuki Sato, Founder & CEO of DOCOMO Digital On the 13th January 2018, the new Payment Services Directive (PSD2) came into ef..

Data Privacy Day: Who’s responsible for keeping customer data safe?

Data Privacy Day: Who’s responsible for keeping customer data safe?

By Karen Wheeler, Vice President and Country Manager, Affinion UK According to a new report by cybersecurity firm Norton, more than 17..

Events will determine currency values over 2018

Events will determine currency values over 2018

Daniel Stanley, Head Trader at London-based foreign exchange specialists Global Reach Partners Daniel Stanley, Head Trader..

Will 2018 finally see Gold’s shine return?

Will 2018 finally see Gold’s shine return?

James Trescothick, Senior Global Strategist, easyMarkets James Trescothick, Senior Global Strategist, easyMarkets It’..

Digital transformation, finance, and world-class performance in 2017 and beyond

Digital transformation, finance, and world-class performance in 2017 and beyond

By Gilles Bonelli, Associate Principal, The Hackett Group Gilles Bonelli, Associate Principal, The Hackett Group World-cla..

EMVCo Invites the Payments Community to Gain Insight into Latest Initiatives

EMVCo Invites the Payments Community to Gain Insight into Latest Initiatives

Global technical body to host annual EMV® User Meeting in San Diego, USA, with a focus on EMV Payment Tokenisation, EMV 3-D Secure and..

How to improve your credit score in 2018

How to improve your credit score in 2018

Personal loan provider, Hitachi Personal Finance, has collated a simple list of useful dos and don’ts to help you achieve and maintain..

Over 150 New Business Jets Could Be Delivered To Europe This Year Worth An Estimated $ 5 Billion

Over 150 New Business Jets Could Be Delivered To Europe This Year Worth An Estimated $ 5 Billion

Over 13% of deliveries could go to the UK Research reveals demand for business aviation finance is expected to increase Analysis of ..

Revealed: How Brits could save hundreds of £s a year

Revealed: How Brits could save hundreds of £s a year

Portafina shares tips on how to cut monthly spending in 2018 It’s no lie that as a nation we love to treat ourselves, whether we are..

Same, but different: how payments became commoditized – and what payment providers can do about it

Same, but different: how payments became commoditized – and what payment providers can do about it

By Peter Caparso, President North America, Checkout.com Peter Caparso, President North America, Checkout.com The thing ab..

Can 2018 herald a new era of good governance in financial services?

Can 2018 herald a new era of good governance in financial services?

By Alister Esam, CEO, eShare (www.eshare.net) Alister Esam, CEO, eShare (www.eshare.net)  Governance is more in the spotli..

Why leading financial institutions are relying on video to meet compliance needs

Why leading financial institutions are relying on video to meet compliance needs

By Paul Herdman, Vice President, Qumu EMEA How you communicate regulatory changes to your employees can make a difference as to how qu..

Mobile wallets in India: What the world can learn

Mobile wallets in India: What the world can learn

Elina Mattila, Executive Director, Mobey Forum India’s emergence as a digital payment powerhouse is an unlikely story. El..

The CFO and mastering the art of Digital Process Transformation

The CFO and mastering the art of Digital Process Transformation

Shantanu Ghosh is global business leader, CFO Services, and Transformation, at Genpact, a global professional services firm focusing i..

Getting Authentication Right – A Challenge For The Financial Sector

Getting Authentication Right – A Challenge For The Financial Sector

By Brett McDowell, executive director of the FIDO Alliance  What is online authentication?  For the sake of this article; online authe..

MiFID II: How Regulation Updates will Change Finance Communications

MiFID II: How Regulation Updates will Change Finance Communications

Alex Tebbs, founder, VIA The impending updates to the MiFID regulation will affect all finance businesses, from the smallest startups ..

The digital transformation of the financial services: what to expect in 2018

The digital transformation of the financial services: what to expect in 2018

By Jim Schulenberg, Market Development Executive, financial Services, DMI 2017 saw many functions within the finance industry being tr..

Top 10 financial services roles set for highest salary increases in 2018

Top 10 financial services roles set for highest salary increases in 2018

High- performing financial professionals remain in high demand as the skills deficit grows in the financial sector The Robert Half 201..

Bank of Baroda’s new digital Supply Chain Finance solution from iGTB to open up raft of working capital opportunities for clients of all sizes

Bank of Baroda’s new digital Supply Chain Finance solution from iGTB to open up raft of working capital opportunities for clients of all sizes

India’s International Bank now offers its extensive client base a host of automated supply chain finance products via iGTB’s platform,..

Giving the Control of the Payment Process Back to Consumers

Giving the Control of the Payment Process Back to Consumers

By Shane Leahy, CEO of Tola Mobile Handing control of the mobile payment process back to consumers will help revolutionise the fintech..

Open Banking Levels the Playing Field for SMEs and Brings Hope of a Better Future for financial services

Open Banking Levels the Playing Field for SMEs and Brings Hope of a Better Future for financial services

By Felicia Meyerowitz Singh, Co-founder & CEO, Akoni Hub It’s been a long time coming but we are entering an era of greater access..

RegTech – MiFID II and beyond

RegTech – MiFID II and beyond

Tom Harwood, Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer at Aeriandi The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II) comes into ..

The GDPR countdown – The importance of a data protection lead

The GDPR countdown – The importance of a data protection lead

Sion Lewis, CEO of IRIS Accountancy Solutions 25th May 2018. With less than five months before GDPR compliance is law, it’s vital acco..

Tungsten Network Finance accelerates growth

Tungsten Network Finance accelerates growth

Tungsten Corporation plc, the global e-invoicing, purchase order services, analytics and financing company, today provides the followi..

Model Risk and Model Governance in the Age of the Fintech

Model Risk and Model Governance in the Age of the Fintech

By Francesco Scarnera To many, RegTech can be an odd choice of phrase – after all, technology and regulation are all too often at logg..

GDPR litigation risks for financial institutions

GDPR litigation risks for financial institutions

With the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Bill at the forefront of data protection regulatory changes in ..

Protecting Against the Threat of Insider Trading Cyber Attacks

Protecting Against the Threat of Insider Trading Cyber Attacks

Alexander Beattie, Enterprise Director UK & Ireland, Anomali The massive data breach at Equifax, in which the personal information..