TECHNOLOGY

TURNING ‘BIG DATA’ COMPLIANCE INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

TURNING ‘BIG DATA’ COMPLIANCE INTO A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

‘Big data’ is widely discussed within the financial markets, as it is elsewhere; particularly concerning how it could and should be us..

NEW GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECKON SOFTWARE AND MYFIRMSAPP DELIVERS CLOSER INTERACTION BETWEEN ACCOUNTANTS AND THEIR CLIENTS

NEW GLOBAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RECKON SOFTWARE AND MYFIRMSAPP DELIVERS CLOSER INTERACTION BETWEEN ACCOUNTANTS AND THEIR CLIENTS

For the first time accountants and clients can interact together through a document portal directly from the firm’s own app  Reckon So..

How to use momentum analytics software to improve portfolio performance

How to use momentum analytics software to improve portfolio performance

By Rocco Pellegrinelli, CEO, Trendrating Rocco Pellegrinelli Active managers often enjoy a level of compensation that can seem incomp..

Matching digital adoption with cybersecurity in the financial services industry

Matching digital adoption with cybersecurity in the financial services industry

Trent Telford, Covata CEO and Founder As banks and financial services organisations search for ways to increase revenue, efficiency, c..

Trendrating 1.3 delivers faster data analysis and enhanced risk control tools

Trendrating 1.3 delivers faster data analysis and enhanced risk control tools

Trendrating, the leading provider of momentum analytics to fund managers worldwide, has announced today the release of the Trendrating..

Speaking Clearly: The Case for Voice Biometrics

Speaking Clearly: The Case for Voice Biometrics

By Martin Hummel, Voice Biometrics Consultant, Soitron UK In 1891, a quiet revolution began when a Croatian-born police official calle..

PEPPERMINT TECHNOLOGY REVAMPS COMMUNICATIONS WITH VIA VOICE SOLUTION

PEPPERMINT TECHNOLOGY REVAMPS COMMUNICATIONS WITH VIA VOICE SOLUTION

Peppermint Technology, the provider of specialist legal software, has overhauled its communications system to drive further efficienci..

CFOs need a focus on forex in financial planning tools, Accountagility reveals

CFOs need a focus on forex in financial planning tools, Accountagility reveals

Recent research by Accountagility, a leading solutions provider for the finance function, has revealed that almost half of CFOs and Fi..

Shakedown on horizon for financial technology world

Shakedown on horizon for financial technology world

Much has been written of late about the imminent disruption of the asset management industry. These predictions concern organisations ..

HOW ADVANCED DATA ANALYTICS IS PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

HOW ADVANCED DATA ANALYTICS IS PIONEERING A REVOLUTION IN FINANCIAL SERVICES

By James Blake, founder and CEO of big data firm Hello Soda James Blake One out of every six waking minutes is spent on social media...

The Future of Biometrics in Payments

The Future of Biometrics in Payments

Bob Graham, Senior Vice President – Head of Banking & Financial Services, VirtusaPolaris. Bob Graham The global explosion of mobi..

London: the capital of cyber crime in the UK

London: the capital of cyber crime in the UK

By Chris Underhill, Chief Technical Officer at Cyber Security Partners (CSP) Chris Underhill London is a hub for big business; the fi..

Are legacy IT systems holding the construction industry back?

Are legacy IT systems holding the construction industry back?

How consolidating operational and financial processes reduces complexity and gives a strategic advantage By Nick Nesbitt is Consulting..

Why the finance sector must prioritise mobile security over innovation

Why the finance sector must prioritise mobile security over innovation

Article on behalf of: Laurent Gautier, co-founder and President, Ilex International With the number of smartphone users rising to over..

DIGITISATION, FOR THE SAKE OF DIGITISATION, IS POINTLESS

DIGITISATION, FOR THE SAKE OF DIGITISATION, IS POINTLESS

Nick Cowlen, Software & Solutions Director at MooD International According to McKinsey, the global management consulting firm, ra..

LLOYDS GOES DIGITAL – BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR LOYALTY?

LLOYDS GOES DIGITAL – BUT WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR LOYALTY?

By Christopher Evans, Collinson Group Lloyds Banking Group recently announced the creation of an in-house digital analytics team in th..

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF COMPUTE JAIL

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF COMPUTE JAIL

By Jon Leppard, Founder and Director. Future Facilities Out of all sectors of business, it’s Finance that has the most unenviable posi..

UK PLC TO BENEFIT BY £322 BILLION FROM BIG DATA AND IOT – DON’T MISS OUT!

UK PLC TO BENEFIT BY £322 BILLION FROM BIG DATA AND IOT – DON’T MISS OUT!

By Mark Wilkinson, SAS Regional Vice President – Northern Europe and Russia/CIS. The value of big data equity in the UK was estimated ..

PRIVACY VS SECURITY: IS THE CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING ACT BENEFICIAL?

PRIVACY VS SECURITY: IS THE CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION SHARING ACT BENEFICIAL?

By David Poole, Business Development Director at myPINpad On 18 December 2015, President Barack Obama signed into law the US budget, a..

AUDITING IN CYBER: HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN KEEP TRACK OF THEIR DATA

AUDITING IN CYBER: HOW ORGANISATIONS CAN KEEP TRACK OF THEIR DATA

By Professor Mark Rodbert, CEO of idax The seemingly never-ending series of data breaches of the last year have pushed cyber security ..

TOMORROW’S WORLD: HOW CLOUD COMPUTING WILL IMPACT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR IN 2016

TOMORROW’S WORLD: HOW CLOUD COMPUTING WILL IMPACT THE FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR IN 2016

By Ian Stone, Managing Director of Anaplan UK and Ireland Tarred with a brush of traditionalism and conservatism, the Financial Servic..

THE TURBULENT ROAD TO INNOVATION

THE TURBULENT ROAD TO INNOVATION

Keith Tilley, EVP, Global Sales & Customer Services Management at Sungard Availability Services Innovate or die. That’s the messag..

FROM THE EXPERTS: 5 PAYMENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2016

FROM THE EXPERTS: 5 PAYMENT TECHNOLOGY TRENDS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2016

The last few years have witnessed a huge change in the way we make payments. At a recent speech at Trinity College Dublin, Tim Cook CE..

BIG DATA, ANALYTICS & FRAUD PREVENTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

BIG DATA, ANALYTICS & FRAUD PREVENTION IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR

By Greg Mason, Partner at Forensic Risk Alliance and Frances McLeod, Managing Partner at Forensic Risk Alliance. www.forensicrisk.com ..

TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS AND SERVITIZATION: A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR MANUFACTURING?

TECHNOLOGY, SKILLS AND SERVITIZATION: A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR MANUFACTURING?

It has been a turbulent year for the manufacturing sector. EEF, the manufacturers’ association, recently revised down their 2015 forec..

THE FUTURE OF CYBER SECURITY

THE FUTURE OF CYBER SECURITY

Information security is a perennially hot topic, but as 2016 kicks off, many organisations look to take stock over the past year and c..

THE FINANCIAL SECTOR MUST ACT TO TACKLE INTERNAL DATA SECURITY

THE FINANCIAL SECTOR MUST ACT TO TACKLE INTERNAL DATA SECURITY

  By Jens Puhle, UK Managing Director of access rights management specialist 8MAN Jens Puhle 2015 may have seen an increasingly ..

THE IMPORTANCE OF A PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING CONTACTLESS FRAUD

THE IMPORTANCE OF A PROACTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO REDUCING CONTACTLESS FRAUD

Nick Peplow, Director, allpay Limited The popularity of contactless payments continues to grow and this should come as no surprise. Wh..

REALIZING THE PROMISE OF IT GRC

REALIZING THE PROMISE OF IT GRC

Luc Brandts, CTO at Nasdaq BWise Luc Brandts Governance, risk management and compliance demands that firms tap into a broad spectrum ..

NEW DEMANDS ON NETWORK SECURITY

NEW DEMANDS ON NETWORK SECURITY

Article by Jan Hof, international marketing director, ForeScout Technologies, Inc. www.forescout.com Jan Hof, International Marketing..

BANKS STRUGGLE TO HARNESS BIG DATA

BANKS STRUGGLE TO HARNESS BIG DATA

Big data and customer analytics have and continue to be hot topics in retail banking. According to Bob Meara, senior analyst with Cele..

FRAUD IN A MOBILE DIGITAL WORLD

FRAUD IN A MOBILE DIGITAL WORLD

By Mark Somers, Technical Director at 4most Europe www.4-most.co.uk Mark Somers With an increased reliance by consumers on mobile dev..

THE BENEFITS OF BIG DATA – HOW TO CONVINCE YOUR CFO

THE BENEFITS OF BIG DATA – HOW TO CONVINCE YOUR CFO

Robert Gothan, CEO and founder of Accountagility – the leading business process management specialist Robert Gothan The Strata + Hado..

WHY DO MODERN FINANCE FUNCTIONS STRIVE FOR AUTOMATION?

WHY DO MODERN FINANCE FUNCTIONS STRIVE FOR AUTOMATION?

By Mario Spanicciati, Chief Staregy Officer at BlackLine. About Mario: Mario Spanicciati is responsible for strategy and alignment ac..

YOUR MONEY IS SAFE, BUT YOUR DATA MIGHT NOT BE

YOUR MONEY IS SAFE, BUT YOUR DATA MIGHT NOT BE

By Jacob Ginsberg, Senior Director, Echoworx Jacob Ginsberg Simple and secure communication that complies with regulatory requirement..

Tokenisation, Schmokenisation?

Tokenisation, Schmokenisation?

By David Froud, Head of Global Compliance & Risk at myPINpad David Froud During the first three quarters of 2014, global payments..

Data centres and the changing financial trading landscape

Data centres and the changing financial trading landscape

By Darren Watkins, Managing Director, VIRTUS Data Centres Darren Watkins The stock market and High Frequency Trading (HFT) have long ..