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44% of financial institutions believe IT teams are the main risk to cloud security

Netwrix has announced additional findings for the financial and banking sector from its global 2022 Cloud Data Security Report. Compared to other industries surveyed, financial institutions are much more concerned about users who have...

Zoho Finance Platform achieves 50% year-over-year growth

Zoho Finance Platform has achieved 50% year-over-year (YOY) revenue growth, supporting more than half a million businesses across more than 160 countries. Driving the growth is the global expansion of its cloud-based accounting application, Zoho Books,...

Data literacy to be the most in-demand skill for financial services sector by 2030

Employees working in the financial services and banking industry are at risk of being left behind if they do not develop data literacy skills, according to research from Qlik. The majority of C-suite executives (85%) working in the industry believe that...

JM Finn lowers operational costs and reduces carbon footprint by migrating legacy data centres to Nutanix Cloud Platform

Leading UK investment management company, JM Finn, achieved tangible benefits – accelerated performance; operational savings; and improved efficiency – after migrating its legacy data centres to Nutanix Cloud Platform. Jon Cosson, Head of IT and...

Businesses adjust spend and look for ways to save costs and control their finances 

James Gibson, Revolut Business General Manager, speaks to us about finance in business and how organisations can save costs.  Businesses today are faced with increasingly difficult decisions as they try – quite literally – to keep the...

Get To Knw: Dr. Naveen Singh, Founder and CEO, Inery  

Dr. Naveen Singh, Founder and Chief Executive Officer at Inery, speaks to us about the company, his leadership philosophy, the blockchain market and the importance of businesses adopting a decentralised database management solution.  Can you tell us...

Finance firms need to check their cybersecurity posture

Mark Lukie, Director of Solution Architects – APAC, Barracuda, speaks to us about the company’s latest financial report, which highlights why Australian businesses in the banking sector need to take their cybersecurity more seriously. Despite...

Australian FSIs refine customer experience by focusing on connectivity

Branch, contact center and digital channels all need to be underpinned by a reliable and high-performing network so that customers can keep transacting no matter what happens. Oshadha Ranaweera, Manager for Connectivity and Network Services at Somerville,...

Get To Know: Manu Mehra, MD – ANZ, Lenovo ISG

On the lighter side of things, Manu Mehra, MD – ANZ, Lenovo ISG, talks to us about life inside and outside of the office. Can you tell us about your current position? I am responsible for managing the Australia and New Zealand operations at Lenovo...

SAS and the ACFE survey spotlights the top fraud trends to watch in 2023

Even though financial concerns remain a significant obstacle for companies in implementing new anti-fraud technologies, 60% of businesses expect an increase in their anti-fraud technology budgets in the next two years. This is according to the latest...

Get To Know: Rohini Gupta, Co-founder, FinregE 

We hear from Rohini Gupta, Co-founder, FinregE, about life inside and outside of the office  Can you tell us about your current position?  My name is Rohini Gupta and I am the Co-founder of FinregE, a regulatory compliance software solution which...

Mastercard launches campaign in support of women-owned small businesses 

Mastercard launched its new ‘Secret Sauce’ small business campaign to elevate the visibility of women small business owners in the culinary space and help equip them with the support, funding and resources they need to grow their businesses. The...