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Hi, I'm Jacob, the Editor for our Online Content. Feel free to email me at editorial.dept@finance-monthly.com if you have any questions or interesting content to send over!

Articles by Jacob Mallinder

Why Cryptocurrencies Keep Crashing

26th November 2018
Chris Burniske, Placeholder Management partner, discusses the November downturn for crypto assets with Bloomberg's Joe Weisenthal, Caroline Hyde and Romaine Bostick on "Bloomberg Markets: What'd You Miss?"
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Finance Companies Wasting Millions Due to R&D Tax Relief Blind Spot

23rd November 2018
Almost 9 in 10 finance companies could be eligible for Research and Development (R&D) tax relief on new products and services but only 41% of them have ever claimed, Catax has revealed. Businesses in the finance sector are missing out on millions of pounds even though 89% of them have developed new products or business […]
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How Much Is Your Personal Data Worth After the Facebook Data Breach?

22nd November 2018
Back in July Finance Monthly reported on how much your personal data was worth on the dark web. Price comparison experts Money Guru conducted research on several dark web marketplaces and uncovered that criminals can buy your details on the dark web for less than a coffee. In fact, email logins could be bought for […]
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If You Were to Come Into £1million Tomorrow, How Would You Spend It?

21st November 2018
This is the question Betway Insider asked 2,000 Brits, to reveal what the nation would spend a million on. Despite claims that £1 million isn't enough to retire on, our research found 50% of Brits would leave their jobs today, with men being more likely to leave work than women. Betway also took the question internationally and found […]
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3 Big Myths About Machine Learning We Need to Bust

21st November 2018
2018 has been the year that the financial services industry welcomed machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI) with open arms. However, there is much hearsay on the topic of machine learning, so what should anyone believe? Let’s start with three big myths, as explained by Dave Webber, director of concept management, data strategy and […]
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Card Is King: Consumers Reject Mobile Payments

21st November 2018
Despite the hype, research by IDEX Biometrics has revealed that mobile payments are almost as unpopular as cheques. In fact, the payment card is still the number one payment method when it comes to in-store purchases for UK consumers. Three quarters (75%) of respondents stated that they use cards, including contactless, most often, compared to […]
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Banks on a Mission to Protect, Detect and Prevent Fraud

20th November 2018
Below Puneet Taneja, Head of Operations at Teleperformance, discusses with Finance Monthly how banks can prevent, detect and protect against fraud. Trade body UK Finance reports that over £500 million was lost to fraud in the first half of 2018. What is particularly worrying is that of the £500 million lost to fraud, over £385 […]
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Are Banks Denying Small Businesses Growth Opportunities?

20th November 2018
Three quarters (75%) of UK small businesses have been rejected by banks when trying to access funding, according to independent research commissioned by Capital on Tap. The research discovered that access to funding was especially difficult among smaller and micro businesses. Over two fifths (43%) of sole traders have had funding requests rejected while 44% […]
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Here’s How the ICO Train Damaged Blockchain

19th November 2018
Below, Finance Monthly kicks off this week with Rob Brockington from Pipster on the ICO ‘train’ damaging the reputation of blockchain, one of industry 4.0s biggest innovations. When the trading industry experienced the ICO boom in January this year, amongst all the excitement there was a huge increase in available Altcoins. This surge in brand-new […]
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Goldman Sachs Entangled in Global 1MDB Scandal

19th November 2018
With the indictment of two former senior Goldman Sachs bankers, accused by US prosecutors of paying bribes, stealing and laundering money from a Malaysian sovereign-wealth fund, the Wall Street giant finds itself at the center of one of the world's largest-ever financial scandals.
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Why a Diverse Investment Portfolio Should Include Bitcoin

16th November 2018
Investment portfolios are equivalent to financial badges of honor that investors wear with pride! Any investors should have a diverse and dynamic portfolio not only to show that you can handle almost every type of investments as an investor but to have a pretty wide net of investments that have different rates of profits and […]
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Is Financial Services Regulation a Barrier to Innovation?

15th November 2018
A greater proportion of IT decision-makers in the financial/banking sector see key financial services regulations as a driver of innovation (34%) than regard them as a barrier to it (24%). More than a third (34%) of IT decision-makers across the UK financial sector regard key financial services regulations such as PSD2 and FRTB as a […]
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