Blockchain’s potential in 2019
Dr. Johnny Hon, Chairman – The Global Group Although Blockchain was a technology first discovered in 1991, it did not become well-know..
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Getting Smart at Being Smarter
By Paul Hardy, Chief Innovation Officer, ServiceNow Global access to data is exploding. At the same time, our ability to categorise, ..
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Why finance professionals should be familiar with vehicle tracking software
With the highly competitive marketplace, businesses find themselves looking for tools that increase profitability, such as vehicle tra..
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Behavioural pitfalls you can avoid when starting out in fintech
By Tobias Neale, Head of Delivery at Contis Starting a tech company is tough, whatever your sector. And turning a profit is harder sti..
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Fast-Growing Banco CTT Combats Money Laundering with Scalable Solution from Fiserv
Portuguese bank selects anti-money laundering platform to enhance efficiency and meet regulatory requirements Fiserv, Inc. (NASDAQ: FI..
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How machine learning can improve pricing performance
Walter Rizzi, Partner at McKinsey Marketing & Sales examines how adopting a variety of artificial intelligence capabilities, such ..
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence in Enterprises
Alexey Utkin, Principal Solution Consultant, Finance Practice at global tech consultancy DataArt If you are exposed to even a tiny bit..
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France & Fintech: are the smart card innovators still leading the way?
By Lina Andolf-Orup France has long been the pioneer of smart card technology: from the patenting of the first microchip, to the pivot..
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Kings Secure Technologies Adopts Agile and Flexible Cloud Reporting for Access to ‘Granular Real-time Financial Information’
Kings Secure Technologies is a national business with international capabilities specialising in the design and engineering of solutio..
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How tech is shaking up customer engagement
Karen Wheeler, Vice President and Country Manager UK, at Affinion In retail banking, customer retention is increasingly challenging. ..
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Open Banking: why cloud is key to FS innovation
Financial institutions across the world are increasingly reliant on cloud computing, accelerating company strategy through remarkable ..
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Artificial Intelligence Could Change The Way We Sell
Advice offered by Robin Hoyle, Head of Learning Innovation, at global skills development company, Huthwaite International, which – ove..
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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. ..
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The Rise of the Digital CFO: From Safe Pair of Hands to Strategic Shepherd
Simon Niesler, Vice-President and General Manager, UK, Ireland and Benelux, Infor, looks at the Expanding Role of the CFO in an Era of..
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It is time merchant acquirers to the extra mile for their customers. But first the sector must learn from its mistakes.
The merchant acquiring industry has doggedly played its role as the provider of payment processing technology and the face of the card..
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How customer demand is fuelling AI-deployments and ‘appification’ in the banking sector
By Martin Linstrom, Managing Director UK & Ireland at IPsoft Many businesses view artificial intelligence (AI) as a way to improv..
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Investing in Blockchain Technologies made simple with new Quantatex Alternative Investment Account
2018 has been characterised by frequent peaks and troughs in the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency, yet there remains an unwaveri..
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More Than a Password: Layering Security in Modern Banking
By Andrius Sutas, CEO and co-founder of AimBrain Passwords have been historically employed to keep user information safe. But in 2018,..
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Cyber Attack Targets & Outcomes to Watch Out for in 2019
By Morey Haber, CTO, BeyondTrust There are three jobs in this world where you can be completely wrong all the time and still not have ..
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The 5 MostCringe-Worthy Privileged Data Breaches of 2018
By Morey J. Haber, Chief Technology Officer, BeyondTrust Privileged attack vectors and stolen personally identifiable information (PII..
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PPRO Group 2019 Payment Tech Predictions
Ronnie D’Arienzo, Chief Sales Officer at PPRO Group The Mobile Take Over Generation Z (those born between 1996 and 2010) are arguab..
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Improving sustainability in finance with an effective IT lifecycle
By Carmen Ene, CEO of 3 Step IT In the coming years, sustainability will become an even more critical factor within the financial indu..
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ONPEX Partners with SatchelPay to Bring Simplicity and Efficiency in Cross-border Payments and Banking
ONPEX, a leading provider of multi-currency IBAN accounts, has partnered with the Lithuanian eMoney institution, SatchelPay. The partn..
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Belarus’s High Tech Park Announces Second Phase Of Legal Framework For Cryptocurrency Industry In Bid To Become Leading Crypto Nation
BELARUS BECOMES THE WORLD’S FIRST COUNTRY TO CREATE A LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK TAILORED TO CRYPTOCURRENCIES AND RELATED VENTURES Belarus’..
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First Data Chooses Latest nexo standards Specifications
nexo standards, the association dedicated to delivering fast, interoperable and borderless card payment acceptance, today announced th..
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Retail pricing software company bolsters leadership team
Price management and optimisation company, BlackCurve, has strengthened its leadership team with the appointment of software entrepren..
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Giving substance to the hype: Digital Catapult reveals strength and depth of British blockchain industry
More than 260 DLT companies surveyed in largest market mapping project of its kind to underline the potential impact of this technolog..
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Mastercard accredits FIME for biometric evaluation services
Device manufacturers and solution providers can now demonstrate the quality of fingerprint sensors for strong customer authentication ..
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New Face Of Digital Tax Revealed: Cartoon ‘Dexter The Digital Tax Advisor’ Launches To Tackle Lack Of Awareness Of New Legislation
Xero launches Dexter the Digital Tax Advisor as its new “face” of digitalisation to help small businesses and their accountants prepa..
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Accountants Can Add Even More Value by Offering Clients New Breakeven and CIS Calculators from Their Own Downloadable App
The calculators are one of the most utilised tools in the App MyFirmsApp, the global number one developer of custom Apps for Accounta..
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2019 predictions: AI in the enterprise
By Neil Murphy, Global VP at ABBYY The role of technology in organisations around the world has changed hugely in the last decade. In..
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What does the future hold for smart contracts?
Like with any new technology, when it comes to smart contracts, a pragmatic approach must be adopted and current limitations must be t..
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Why we like fintech…
Boaz Yaari, founder and CEO of Sharegain Not satisfied merely being a buzzword, and archetype of cool, ‘fintech’ has officially made i..
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Squirro launches new Augmented Intelligence solution for the Insurance industry
The new applications change the insurance business model by reducing the dependency on brokers for lead-gen within commercial insuranc..
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REP018: Can you refresh my memory?
Stephen Watkins, IT and InfoSec expert at leading financial services compliance firm fscom, explores the need for greater awareness of..
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W2 Global Data Solutions secures £3m series a funding
W2, a provider of SaaS, B2B software solutions and services has today announced it has completed a £3million Series A round of financi..
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Synapse’s Premier Partner, Green Light Change, Completes Successful Implementation of Insight Solution at Ramboll
Brian Donnelly, CEO, Synapse says: “Ramboll is a great example of a business that has grown tired of inflexible, expensive software pa..
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