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Bank Shares Fall as Coronavirus Impact Spreads

31st July 2020
Quarterly earnings reports have illustrated the damaged caused by COVID-19, and European investors are spooked.
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Will the SDLT Holiday Affect the PCL Market?

31st July 2020
As the UK government moves to encourage new homebuyers, we can expect to see knock-on effects for the lucrative London real estate market.
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US GDP Fell by 32.9% in Second Quarter

30th July 2020
Newly released analysis has shown how far the US economy cratered between April and June, beating all historic precedent.
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This is How AI and ML Will Change Financial Services

30th July 2020
It would seem that the financial industry is waking up to the huge potential offered by artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). So much so that a Bank of England (BoE) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) survey revealed that over two-thirds of organisations within financial services already have live ML applications, with this level of usage due to double in the next three years.
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The Smoking Room: The Risks for Businesses in the Post-COVID ‘New Normal’

30th July 2020
Do you remember the time of the smoking room at work? Long after the days where smoking at your desk was acceptable, organisations were nevertheless obliged to offer somewhere for their smoker employees to go for their unappealingly named ‘fag breaks’.
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An Interview with the CFO of Lidl GB - Dirk Kahl

30th July 2020
We speak with Dirk Kahl - the Chief Financial Officer of Lidl Great Britain. Currently based at their Head Office in Wimbledon, Dirk joined the Lidl Group as Global Finance and Accounting Director in 2008 and was subsequently appointed as Board Executive for Finance, Accounting and Tax for the German operation before joining the Lidl GB Board of Directors in 2014. In his current role, Dirk is responsible for the Financial and Administrative operation of Lidl GB, which has over 25,000 employees in Great Britain. He is currently a non-executive Member of the Board and the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of Kingston University in London. We caught up with him to hear about his role as Lidl GB’s CFO, as well as his tips for fledging CFOs.
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The Pandemic has Called for Touch-Free Authentication for All in the ‘New Normal’

30th July 2020
When COVID-19 was confirmed as a pandemic back in March 2020, the World Health Organisation (WHO) encouraged people to not use cash. Since then, touch-free payments for shopping in-store have become a necessity for all consumers. However, as we see more stores reopen and people become more confident about shopping in-store, payments via PIN touchpads have started to return. As we find ourselves in the ‘new normal’, the global payments industry must now consider how to protect consumers from the pandemic and potential future health crises during the transaction process.
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How Supportive Investors Can Help Businesses Adapt to Pandemic Challenges

30th July 2020
COVID-19 has forced many organisations to introduce new operating models that can scale and adapt to rapidly changing circumstances.
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Do I Need an Asset-Recovery Lawyer?

30th July 2020
Finance Monthly had the privilege to hear from father and daughter Robert J. Poulson and Jill Ann Poulson – partners in Poulson Law Offices. Robert, who’s spent most of his career as a commercial litigator specialising in the financial services sector, has represented some of the largest financial institutions in the world. Much of his work was done for liquidations and he has represented many bankruptcy trustees, debtors-in-possession, SIPC trustees and voluntary liquidations. Jill Ann is a transactional lawyer with heavy experience in mergers and acquisitions for major domestic and international corporations. She has recently expanded her work into asset recovery since mergers, acquisitions and other business restructuring often results in financial assets being lost or unintentionally abandoned.
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5 Steps to Financial Freedom

30th July 2020
In his first article for Finance Monthly, Rodney Peyton OBE MD covered the 5 fundamental strategies for the development and maintenance of passive income streams.
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Shell Books $18 Billion Loss Amid Oil and Gas Price Collapse

30th July 2020
A 21-year low in oil market prices has resulted in one of Royal Dutch Shell’s worst quarters on record.
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Do Finance Teams Always Play by the Rules?

30th July 2020
When traditional systems are placed under heightened pressure, its rules and regulations begin to decay.
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