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Hybrid working in financial services: the roadmap to Digital Transformation 

Sam Wilson, UK Country Manager at Serviceware, discusses the path to achieving growth and innovation required of the financial services sector to accommodate the needs of both customers and employees.  Working practices changed radically in 2020, but...

Will women take over the financial markets?

For years, a woman operating in the financial markets was someone unique. However, recently there has been a dynamic change and women investors are increasing year by year. XTB Group tells us more. The last three years have been a time when financial...

Network International invests ZAR500 million in technology

Digital payments leader, Network International, reaffirms its commitment to South Africa with ZAR500 million investment in deploying its processing capabilities locally; building on its ZAR3.5 billion acquisition in Payfast. Network International has said...

Rackspace works with Moody’s to analyze data from 400 million firms

Rackspace Technology, a leading end-to-end multi-cloud solutions company, is to partner with global financial intelligence services specialists Moody’s Analytics over management datasets involving 400 million firms. The partnership is pitched as...

How not to drown in red tape: there’s an app for that

Companies are facing an ever-growing compliance burden as regulations increase and with skilled talent hard to come by, finance teams are trying to do more with less. Businesses in the SME bracket will potentially feel this more than larger...

Family-owned businesses should bring in finance talent and invest in technology to level up

Family-owned businesses (FOBs) are built for resilience. However, when these businesses grow to a certain size, the financial cracks can start to show. A lack of standardised processes, integrated systems and directed growth strategies can make it difficult...

How an oversight committee focused on cybersecurity can protect the value of your business

Cybersecurity is not an area which businesses can ignore, but with budgets being squeezed, it is important to know you are getting a return on your investment. One way to ensure this is to form an oversight committee focusing on investments in...

Banking’s on the money as tech pays its way in the Caribbean

Three examples from the Caribbean show how finance in the region is handling change. Bank of Nevis International (BONI) is first Caribbean bank to launch Tookitaki anti-money laundering tech BONI joins other leading global banks to deploy next-generation...

Credit card fraud soars to a 10-year high

Credit card application fraud rose by 18% in the last quarter of 2022, with fraudsters looking to take advantage of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and take out credit and borrowing in an account holder’s name.  The rise means the...

Network International and Carrefour implement PopID’s face verification platform

Network International, a leading enabler of digital commerce in the Middle East and Africa region, and Carrefour – owned and operated by Majid Al Futtaim in the UAE – have announced that they have implemented Face Pay for payments from...

Think tank predicts UK will avoid a ‘technical recession’

The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has predicted that the UK is likely to avoid a ‘technical recession’ in 2023 but warns that it will certainly feel like a recession for many, due to GDP growth set to remain close to...

Northern Accountants builds new R&D tax service underpinned by WhisperClaims’ technology

Northern Accountants, an accountancy general practice in Leeds, had initially decided not to offer an R&D tax service because it is a specialist area. But thanks to the WhisperClaims’ R&D platform, it started to confidently deliver R&D tax...