FINANCE

How AI is transforming the finance industry

How AI is transforming the finance industry

By Dan Somers, CEO of Warwick Analytics (www.warwickanalytics.com) Artificial Intelligence(AI) is helping to automate business process..

Desjardins: driving global payment acceptance interoperability with nexo standards

Desjardins: driving global payment acceptance interoperability with nexo standards

This case study explores the requirement of Desjardins to harmonise its payment acceptance infrastructure to support the international..

IRIS helps accountants future-proof their practice

IRIS helps accountants future-proof their practice

IRIS Accountancy Solutions is today warning UK accountants they must future-proof their practices to be ready for the imminent climati..

Finance and IT: turn your challenges into opportunities

Finance and IT: turn your challenges into opportunities

By Philippe Gangneux, ‎Chief Financial Officer at Sidetrade. Philippe Gangneux According to a survey by PwC, in 2017, 60% ..

Tackling Consumer Money Woes: Why PSD2 Could Be The Answer

Tackling Consumer Money Woes: Why PSD2 Could Be The Answer

By Jerry Mulle, Sales and Marketing Director, Intelligent Environments Jerry Mulle It will be a surprise to no one to know..

EU tax authorities – anti-fraud measures and a grab for cash

EU tax authorities – anti-fraud measures and a grab for cash

To date, 13 countries have implemented increased VAT reporting measures (and a further 3 countries have proposed measures), designed t..

Trustonic Underpins Korean National Certification Platform

Trustonic Underpins Korean National Certification Platform

Korean Accredited Certification Authority Koscom protects financial services with hardware-based PKI certificates to simplify how mill..

Finance amongst worst offenders as 74% of security incidents come from within organisations, not hacking groups

Finance amongst worst offenders as 74% of security incidents come from within organisations, not hacking groups

Clearswift Insider Threat Index 2017 Organisations report that 42% of IT security incidents occur as a result of their employees acti..

Research reveals real-time settlement is critical for collateral optimisation

Research reveals real-time settlement is critical for collateral optimisation

83% of financial organisations say real-time settlement is the most important factor when choosing a collateral management provider  ..

It’s time to address asset management’s image problem

It’s time to address asset management’s image problem

By Mash Patel, CEO of Kurtosys It’s a tough time to be a fund manager. Forthcoming regulatory updates darken the horizon, necessitatin..

Samantha Gleave: What does the BoE’s rate hint mean for stock pickers?

Samantha Gleave: What does the BoE’s rate hint mean for stock pickers?

Fund Managers: James Inglis-Jones and Samantha Gleave “…monetary policy could need to be tightened by a somewhat greater extent over t..

The collaborative future of fintech

The collaborative future of fintech

By Dominic Allon, Vice President and Managing Director, Intuit Europe The rise of fintech has revolutionised the way we pay, shop and ..

What EMV Tokenization 2.0 means for the payments industry

What EMV Tokenization 2.0 means for the payments industry

David Worthington, VP of Business Development at Rambus Technical body EMVCo launched version two of its EMV® Payment Tokenisation Spe..

Swiss ICO Summit Attracts Global Industry Leaders to Discuss Future of Crypto Finance

Swiss ICO Summit Attracts Global Industry Leaders to Discuss Future of Crypto Finance

Smart Valor today announced the full line-up in advance of the sold-out event Smart Valor, the decentralized platform for the issuance..

More Women Are Seeking Financial Advice, New Study Reveals

More Women Are Seeking Financial Advice, New Study Reveals

More women are seeking financial advice due to increasing rates of divorce and the rise of female entrepreneurs, according to a new st..

Finance Sector Workers’ Average ‘Lunch Hour’ Just 37 Minutes – How Can The Office Change This?

Finance Sector Workers’ Average ‘Lunch Hour’ Just 37 Minutes – How Can The Office Change This?

The average worker in the finance sector now takes just 37 minutes for their lunch break, with over half of UK workers (52%) skipping ..

Canadian Securities Administrators Issue Guidance Regarding Cryptocurrency Offerings

Canadian Securities Administrators Issue Guidance Regarding Cryptocurrency Offerings

By Tracy L. Hooey, Daniel Fuke and Bradley Freelan On August 24, 2017, the staff of the Canadian Securities Administrators other than ..

EMVCo Publishes Version 2 of the EMV Payment Tokenisation Technical Framework

EMVCo Publishes Version 2 of the EMV Payment Tokenisation Technical Framework

Updated framework includes expanded e-commerce use cases and operational management enhancements to support global interoperability an..

Scientists lead the way for financially savvy professionals

Scientists lead the way for financially savvy professionals

    79% of Brits consider themselves to be financially savvy     Yet a third don’t know the current VAT rate     Almost a quarter of ..

Host Analytics Summer17 Takes Cloud EPM to New Heights, Helps Finance Teams Maximize Corporate Performance

Host Analytics Summer17 Takes Cloud EPM to New Heights, Helps Finance Teams Maximize Corporate Performance

New release of industry-leading EPM platform includes powerful breakback functionality, enhanced NetSuite integration, improved user e..

COINDESK REPORT REVEALS DIGITAL ASSETS NEARLY 20X MORE LUCRATIVE THAN PROPERTY, GOLD, AND STOCKS COMBINED

COINDESK REPORT REVEALS DIGITAL ASSETS NEARLY 20X MORE LUCRATIVE THAN PROPERTY, GOLD, AND STOCKS COMBINED

Unprecedented cryptocurrency gains and record interest from institutional investors and wealth managers spurs inaugural Consensus: Inv..

Lost in transition – how financial services can tap in to an underserved audience

Lost in transition – how financial services can tap in to an underserved audience

Women in transition represent a growing opportunity for financial services providers, as long as they can understand and address their..

Avalon Solutions Group Collaborates with Home Care Association of America to Bring Mobile Payments to the Industry

Avalon Solutions Group Collaborates with Home Care Association of America to Bring Mobile Payments to the Industry

New App Payably to cut costs of payment processing, streamline accounting for home care providers Avalon Solutions Group (Avalon), the..

What are the most valuable coins and notes in the UK?

What are the most valuable coins and notes in the UK?

ByEquilibrium Asset Management On 18th July 2017, on the 200th anniversary of Jane Austen’s death, the Bank of England unveiled the ne..

Nearly 40% Of Millennials Don’t Have Enough Money To Invest In Their Future

Nearly 40% Of Millennials Don’t Have Enough Money To Invest In Their Future

New survey finds that 39% of 25-34 year olds have no money left at the end of the month to invest in personal interests, savings or i..

Six top tips on saving for the future

Six top tips on saving for the future

Portafina shares top tips on how to successfully save money Whether you’re in the 30% of Brits currently saving for a holiday1, the ..

Workday Announces Fiscal 2018 Second Quarter Financial Results

Workday Announces Fiscal 2018 Second Quarter Financial Results

Subscription Revenues of $434.5 Million, Up 42% Year Over Year; Total Revenues of $525.3 Million, Up 41% Year Over Year Workday, Inc. ..

Mazars saves over 2,000 hours annually through sales automation

Mazars saves over 2,000 hours annually through sales automation

UK Accountancy firm sees efficiency savings after implementing SugarCRM platform Mazars, a professional services firm specialising in ..

What your business needs to know about influencer marketing

What your business needs to know about influencer marketing

Carl Reader, author of The Start Up Coach, co-owner of dennisandturnbull.com Recently, there was a story in the media about a bakery w..

Why Advanced Settlement is a key route to core revenue growth

Why Advanced Settlement is a key route to core revenue growth

Valerio Roncone, Head of Markets and Clients, SIX Securities Services Valerio Roncone Financial institutions are increasin..

7 Questions to Ask Before Paying Off Your Mortgage Early

7 Questions to Ask Before Paying Off Your Mortgage Early

Rob Moore, Co-founder at Progressive Property It seems to be many people’s goal in life to retire by having a pension and paying off y..

PSD2 – Driving fintech innovation by giving consumers control of their bank data

PSD2 – Driving fintech innovation by giving consumers control of their bank data

To be by-lined to Craig James, CEO of Neopay Craig James In recent years innovative fintech companies have been driving a ..

Revealed: Banking and finance businesses failing to report data breaches

Revealed: Banking and finance businesses failing to report data breaches

The real extent of the banking and finance sector’s problem with data breaches has been revealed by a survey which suggests 2 in 5 IT ..

Alternative finance market in robust health, despite CAMFI indicating slight downturn

Alternative finance market in robust health, despite CAMFI indicating slight downturn

Crowdfunding and marketplace finance industry entering slight summer downturn, despite showing signs of long term growth E..

MyFirmsApp Accelerates Rapidly With 300% Growth and a Doubling of Customer Base

MyFirmsApp Accelerates Rapidly With 300% Growth and a Doubling of Customer Base

Apps come to the rescue of accounting firms worldwide that need a mobile solution to communicate with clients  Joel Oliver..

Cashless society: mobilisingmillennials to pave the way

Cashless society: mobilisingmillennials to pave the way

Rob Manning, Group Strategy Director, Jacob Bailey Group, creative business services agency Rob Manning The first cash mac..

OXIAL and the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Hes-so) team up to mitigate human risk in financial services

OXIAL and the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (Hes-so) team up to mitigate human risk in financial services

New project aims to amplify weak signals around risk, enabling action to be taken before any damage is done The University of Applied ..