In a landmark transaction, the Federal State of Saxony-Anhalt has this week issued a €50 million digital commercial paper in the form of dematerialised electronic securities in accordance with the German Electronic Securities Act. NatWest Markets Europe a...

The EU AI Act, which came into force on 1 August 2024, is a significant legislative development for financial institutions (FIs). With provisions starting to apply over a period of six to 36 months, most of the Act’s rules will be enforceable after two y...

The UK’s change in government power has also brought mass changes and promises to sectors across the nation. Labour has recently announced its pledge to embrace FinTech, in a bid to deliver a £330bn boost to the UK economy over the next five years. This up...

Chainalysis, the Blockchain intelligence platform, has inaugurated its headquarters for Southern Europe, Middle East, Central Asia and Africa in Dubai. This move follows three years of exponential growth in the region for the company, as it has established...

Leaders from the technology industry have issued an urgent warning for the government to increase regulation and investment in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology.   Speaking at the Parliamentary AI and FinTech Summit, which was hosted by Dean...

If you’re struggling to manage tax legislation in different locations, Alistair Sim, Head of Global Mobility, activpayroll, tells us how a global mobility partner can help navigate the complexity.  If your organisation is expanding into new territories, one of...

Following the NatWest and Nigel Farage scandal, banks are still coming under increased scrutiny. The Treasury wrote to the ombudsman in September asking it to provide the complaints data showing a monthly rate of more than 268 complaints per month, made up of 1,351...

Following an extended period of preparation, this year saw many insurance companies worldwide implement the most significant change in global accounting standards in almost two decades the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) 17 came into force....

In March 2023, the UK Government announced the latest Spring Budget. Many businesses anxiously held their breath as it was released during the height of the country’s cost-of-living crisis.   The Budget claims to “build upon the action taken at the Autum...

Lookout, an endpoint to cloud security company, has released its 2022 Government Threat Report which examines the most prominent mobile threats affecting federal, state and local governments in the United States.  Lookout data reveals mobile phishing...

CIOs must take time to consider ‘what if’ scenarios to avoid being blindsided by social, behavioural and technological disruptions, according to Gartner. Speaking at Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo in Australia, David Yockelson, VP analyst at Gartner, said many dis...

As many as 22.91 million people from all over the globe registered their interest in getting Dubai Police’s first collection of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which was released by the Dubai Police General Command during the second quarter of 2022....