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Omdia research finds IoT enterprises are prioritising blockchain technology 

Blockchain is a growing technology, which many enterprises are keen to capitalise on – particularly in the IoT space, according to Omdia’s latest report. John Canali, IoT Principal Analyst, Omdia, explains more below.   While blockchain is most commonly assoc...

Aptitude Software and Microsoft integrate Fynapse with Dynamics 365 Finance  

Aptitude Software, a specialist provider of finance digitalisation and subscription management solutions, has announced the integration of Fynapse, Aptitude’s fully automated finance management platform, with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance. The...

MSCI and Google Cloud to build a secure global investment data platform in the cloud 

MSCI has announced a strategic alliance with Google Cloud to build a cloud-native investment data acquisition and development platform, aimed at delivering data, insights and solutions to power better and faster investment decision-making.  Built...

Securing the cloud with Okta 

Generali is one of the world’s largest and oldest insurance and asset management providers. And after spending years using lengthy manual processes across legacy on-premises infrastructure, Generali GC&C felt it was time to migrate to the cloud. How...

Five pressing themes reshaping the security industry in 2023 

The security landscape is constantly evolving, with organisations forever adopting new technologies and altering strategies for prime optimisation. Here, Gustavo Gassman, Vice President & Head of Emerging Markets, HID, offers his thoughts about the latest e...

What can banks do to better protect themselves and their customers? 

Which? research has found that basic security flaws on some of the biggest banks’ websites and apps are putting consumers at increased risk of falling victim to fraud.  The research comes after 29,102 cases of remote banking fraud were reported to UK Fi...

One in three finance and accounting professionals admit B2B procurement is broken 

Zip has announced the results of the 2023 Trends in B2B Purchasing survey of 1,056 US-based finance and accounting professionals – director-level and above. Respondents are overwhelmingly eager to move the procurement process away from legacy approval workflo...

How fraudsters attack blockchain technology and how it can be prevented  

Here, Ralph Chammah, CEO at OwlGaze, outlines how fraudsters attack the blockchain and how organisations can overcome these threats.  The global financial crisis of 2008-09 resulted in the development of the Bitcoin whitepaper which introduced the world to ...

General Agents Acceptance Corporation chooses Input 1 Payments as its digital payment platform

General Agents Acceptance Corporation (GAAC), a leading regional premium finance company, has announced that it has chosen Input 1 Payments to process credit and debit card payments for its premium finance business. The insurance industry comprises multiple...

Reinforcing trusted advisor status through technology innovation

Technology can play a leading role for accountants looking to strengthen their tax guidance with regards to Research and Development (R&D) Tax Claims. Mike Dean, Managing Director of WhisperClaims, explains how dedicated cloud-based R&D Tax Claims...

Landsbankinn leveraged Denodo to enable self-service analytics and a data sharing culture

Landsbankinn needed to streamline its data infrastructure and integrate more than 45 data sources, so implemented a logical data warehouse using the Denodo Platform. Davíð Jóhannsson, Head of Information Intelligence at Landsbankinn, said that at the heart of th...

Emirates Islamic launches cash back campaign to incentivise SME trade development in the UAE

Emirates Islamic, one of the leading Islamic financial institutions in the UAE, has launched its ‘Trade More, Earn More’ campaign to incentivise small- and medium-sized businesses to use the bank’s trade solutions suite for optimal import and export busin...