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The Road to an Open Payment Platform: Making the Most of BOJ-NET

The Road to an Open Payment Platform: Making the Most of BOJ-NET

Celent has released a new report titled The Road to an Open Payment Platform: Making the Most of BOJ-NET. The report was written by Ei..

HEFCE selects Workday for financials and HR

HEFCE selects Workday for financials and HR

Workday announces G-Cloud accreditation HEFCE, the Higher Education Funding Council for England, today announced that it has selected ..

What is smart tokenization?

What is smart tokenization?

Marten Nelson, co-founder and VP of Marketing at Token Inc.  Before we get into the ‘smart’ bit, let’s recap. Tokenization..

EMVCo Publishes QR Code Payment Specifications to Promote Global Interoperability

EMVCo Publishes QR Code Payment Specifications to Promote Global Interoperability

EMVCo, the global technical body that manages the EMV® Specifications, has publicly released two QR Code payment specifications that s..

The 2018 regulatory landscape – an impending headache for Financial Services

The 2018 regulatory landscape – an impending headache for Financial Services

 Matthew Bryars, founder and CEO of Aeriandi In less than a year, a set of radical reforms designed to prevent history from repeating ..

Artificial Intelligence goes global: demand for AI reaches four continents in three months, new figures from Synechron show

Artificial Intelligence goes global: demand for AI reaches four continents in three months, new figures from Synechron show

28% of financial institutions set to implement Artificial Intelligence are based in Europe with 23% based in the UK, and 25% in the U..

Cyber security not a priority for most sectors, despite breaches costing UK firms £29 billion in 2016

Cyber security not a priority for most sectors, despite breaches costing UK firms £29 billion in 2016

Directors/senior management in finance and insurance are the most concerned about cyber security – with 60% classifying it as a very ..

Talent Acquisition – It’s Personal

Talent Acquisition – It’s Personal

Any organisation is only as strong as its people and their engagement. Within the financial services sector, the quality of talent wit..

The Kids are Alright – Communicating with new generations of customers

The Kids are Alright – Communicating with new generations of customers

David Webster, Financial Services Expert at GMC Software  Lots has been made of the influx of new generations into society. From Mille..

All change in the skills department

All change in the skills department

By Phil Sheridan, senior managing director at Robert Half  Companies around the world are facing challenges to find skilled profession..

Archover To Represent Peer-To-Peer Sector In Uk Finance Association

Archover To Represent Peer-To-Peer Sector In Uk Finance Association

ArchOver joins new UK-wide finance body following entry to Asset-Based Finance Association  ArchOver, the peer-to-peer (P2P) business ..

UK Finance: one giant leap for innovation in our financial sector

UK Finance: one giant leap for innovation in our financial sector

By Melanie Pittham, Creative Innovation Director at The BIO Agency The retail, music and media industries had to adapt years ago to th..

More Than Purse Keepers and Risk Managers, Modern Cfos Are Driving Customer Experience With Data

More Than Purse Keepers and Risk Managers, Modern Cfos Are Driving Customer Experience With Data

Fifty-three percent of finance leaders surveyed report being responsible or accountable for customer-focused initiatives  In a study r..

Boost For Brexit Britain’s Fintech Sector As Fca Moves To Engage Beyond London

Boost For Brexit Britain’s Fintech Sector As Fca Moves To Engage Beyond London

The UK’s financial sector is perhaps the most respected in the world, while the City of London is a hive for investment and top talent..

Augmented reality, the future of retail

Augmented reality, the future of retail

In-store customer experience has always followed the same formula. Customers enter the premises, browse through items, sometimes try t..

Premium Credit enables rich customer communications management with OpenText

Premium Credit enables rich customer communications management with OpenText

OpenTextExstream delivers increased control and flexibility and cuts management costs by 45%  OpenText™ (NASDAQ: OTEX, TSX: OTEX), the..

Medium enterprise organisations continue to drive business value with Workday

Medium enterprise organisations continue to drive business value with Workday

Momentum accelerates with leading brands including CustomInk, Patagonia, and WeWork  Workday, Inc. (NYSE: WDAY), a leader in enterpris..

Is Bitcoin teetering on the edge of the abyss?

Is Bitcoin teetering on the edge of the abyss?

$1k invested in Bitcoin in 2010 would be worth $1m now Bitcoin and Ethereum account for 68.4% of the $100 billion combined market ca..

The Tall Group Commended By Lord BlunkettFor Commitment To Fight Cyber Crime

The Tall Group Commended By Lord BlunkettFor Commitment To Fight Cyber Crime

Lord David Blunkett has praised The TALL Group of Companies, the UK leader in the provision of secure paper and electronic payment sol..

Financial Trade on your finger tips MAGAZINE

Financial Trade on your finger tips MAGAZINE

Since being founded in the living room of its CEO Greg Secker 14 years ago, Learn to Trade has gone on to teach over 250,000 people ho..

Blockchain – Bitcoin Will Revolutionize The Retail And Loyalty Industries Magazine

Blockchain – Bitcoin Will Revolutionize The Retail And Loyalty Industries Magazine

By Shidan Gouran, Executive Chairman of Chain of Points Let’s examine the main problems with loyalty programs today. Typically, they ..

Two 2016 trends that will impact on financial services in 2017-Magazine

Two 2016 trends that will impact on financial services in 2017-Magazine

By David Poole, Business Development Director, MYPINPAD David Poole 2016 was a year of significant change. It was also a y..

Fintech is changing the face of Asset Finance-Magazine

Fintech is changing the face of Asset Finance-Magazine

Rapid advances in financial technology over the past few years have changed the way we do business. Dave Chapman Getting t..

Top ten money-saving apps to boost your bank balance

Top ten money-saving apps to boost your bank balance

Without even noticing, 48 million* Brits have a money-saving device at their fingertips with the help of their smartphone. Thanks to t..

Spotlight on: Demonetization in India

Spotlight on: Demonetization in India

Sabapathy Narayanan, Field Marketing Manager, South-East Asia, FIME  In an unscheduled televised appearance on November 08, 2016, Indi..

One In Ten Brits Still Stash Cash Under Their Mattress 

One In Ten Brits Still Stash Cash Under Their Mattress 

£28 is the average amount of cash carried in the UK 77% of Brits proactively stash cash at home – the average sum is £110, though aro..

They think it’s all over, but is it now?

They think it’s all over, but is it now?

By James Trescothick, Senior Global Strategist, easyMarkets  James Trescothick Is the UK election a foregone conclusion an..

PAYDAY MILLIONAIRES: Brits spend nearly half (43%) of their disposable income within 24 hours of being paid

PAYDAY MILLIONAIRES: Brits spend nearly half (43%) of their disposable income within 24 hours of being paid

81% of our disposable income is spent within seven days of payday Belfast is revealed as the ‘payday millionaire’ capital of the UK, ..

How much automation can finance processes achieve?-Magazine

How much automation can finance processes achieve?-Magazine

Dr. Marlene Wolfgruber, product manager at ABBYY explains how data-driven and robotic software solutions can help accelerate enterpris..

Let the Capital Do the Heavy Lifting-Magazine

Let the Capital Do the Heavy Lifting-Magazine

An Insider’s Perspective of Equipment Finance and Leasing Work By Conrad Magalis – Marketing Manager – Advance Acceptance, First..

Maximise Customer Lifetime Value in a SaaS Based World-Magazine

Maximise Customer Lifetime Value in a SaaS Based World-Magazine

Amy Downs, Chief Customer Success and Happiness Officer at Lifesize. In a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) business, maximising customer l..

Pension Savings For The ‘Tinder’ Generation

Pension Savings For The ‘Tinder’ Generation

Dan Brent, Consultant at Thomas Miller Investment, comments on the financial issues facing Millennials Amongst the abundance of accusa..

A guide to loan grading

A guide to loan grading

John Mould, Chief Executive Officer of ThinCats, one of the pioneers of the direct SME lending industry, shares his thoughts on the in..

Brits are carrying property worth £3,000 every day

Brits are carrying property worth £3,000 every day

80% just ‘keep a close eye on property’ to protect it 96% of Brits always carry their smartphone and estimate the handset value at £4..

Expectations rocket as university students prepared to pay more for their accommodation

Expectations rocket as university students prepared to pay more for their accommodation

Proportion of students paying higher rents has shot up (UCAS) Students who pay more, demand more (Collegiate AC) 88% of students are ..

Better To Buy Than Rent At Elmington Green

Better To Buy Than Rent At Elmington Green

With rents rising more quickly than house prices, it is now cheaper to buy a property than pay rent. Bellway Homes highlight that the ..

Over a third of Brits monitor their finances on their smartphone

Over a third of Brits monitor their finances on their smartphone

One in three Brits use their smartphone to check daily deal apps 28% of the UK said banking apps have changed their life in a positiv..