We speak with Alex Foster, Director for insurance, wealth management & financial services at BT, who also heads a number of industry initiatives and is an expert within the organisation’s banking and financial services vertical.
Many of the conversations about PSD2 and its online security requirements have revolved around the financial sector, with the implications for banking and increased scrutiny on FinTech being the main talking points. That focus is probably correct: when the directive comes into force, it’s expected to increase competition by opening up the payments infrastructure to third-party providers – allowing them to arrange payments for consumers and provide financial products.
There has never been a greater time to pursue a career in financial planning. A broader marketplace combined with a decline in practising advisers has offered up a range of new opportunities for individuals looking to make their mark within the profession.
Set on London's South Bank and just a 5-minute walk away from the Palace of Westminster and the London Eye, Park Plaza Westminster Bridge‘s location is ridiculously convenient and quite frankly, breath-taking as the majority of its rooms offer views of Big Ben (that’s when it’s not under construction of course). With a truly impressive 1,019 rooms and suites, a spa with a 15-metre swimming pool, 32 conference rooms and three restaurants onsite, the hotel would be the perfect place for your next London business trip.
Finance Monthly hears from Bianca Best - a global leader in a media agency where she runs an emerging technology division. She has a personal mission to create business cultures rich with empowerment, productivity and kindness.
The Which Group recently published a study [1]stating that the UK banking sector was hit by IT outages on a daily basis in the last nine months of 2018, with 302 reported failures. The major banks had suffered at least one incident apiece every two weeks. This is a highly concerning statistic that exposes the […]
Our identities are increasingly intertwined with the digital world as technology becomes more pervasive. For all the good this digital revolution has brought, interacting with different sites and services has produced a certain level of risk as well.
Big banks might be too big to fail, but they’re not too big to be disrupted. Over the past four years, challenger banks such as Monzo, Starling Bank and Revolut have upended the idea of a bank and have challenged long-standing customer loyalties.
The brain is a vast, complicated organ and it is widely, if misguidedly, believed that we only use about 10% of it on a regular basis. Science has, without doubt, disproved this fact, but it is easy to see why we would believe it. We often find ourselves failing to achieve our full potential, whether this comes in the form of lacking productivity at work, the impact of stress or tiredness on our decision-making or letting friends and family down, we are only human, we have our limits. This then begs the questions: how do we improve our potential? How do we build out our talents and achieve big dreams?
Start-ups face thousands of challenges – from location and logo to roles and responsibilities. Monzo is a shining beacon of the start-up world; a company that has managed to overcome obstacles and unequivocally overhaul the banking industry.
Planning a city break or a work trip to London this summer? Book a stay at the UK capital’s new 5-star boutique hotel addition – Vintry & Mercer. With its homely but luxurious bedrooms, an Asian tapas restaurant, a snazzy rooftop terrace that takes in London’s skyline, from the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral to the glass tip of The Shard, and a 1920s inspired bar in the basement, the hotel ticks every city-break-hotel box.
It’s no secret that the finance industry is a fiercely competitive field to break into. Hundreds of thousands of candidates apply for entry-level positions or graduate schemes at most of the top financial institutions and the truth is that even if you have the degree, your CV checks every box and your cover letter hits all the right notes, sometimes this is still not enough. In today’s fast-evolving workplace, it’s the soft skills and personality traits that can distinguish candidates from one another.
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