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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 […]
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 […]
Improving access to financial services is on the agenda of central banks and development-focused organisations around the world. Yet, in many cases, efforts to reach unbanked individuals – around two billion – collide with outdated regulations and policies. Antonio Separovic, Founder and CEO at Oradian, believes regulators must embrace innovation to solve financial inclusion challenges. […]
New entrants to the banking market — including challenger banks, non-bank payments institutions, and big tech companies — are amassing up to one-third of new revenue, which is challenging the competitiveness of traditional banks, according to new research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN). Accenture analysed more than 20,000 banking and payments institutions across seven markets to […]
Ethereum, currently the second largest cryptocurrency after Bitcoin, will experience a “monumental, defining global breakout” when smart contracts can accept outside data. The bullish prediction from influential technology expert, Ian McLeod of Thomas Crown Art, the world’s leading art-tech agency, comes as Ethereum’s price jumped 4% on Monday, adding some 8% over the last week, […]
Over its 10-year life Bitcoin has been the standard bearer of the new financial revolution. As the baby of the 2008 global financial crash, Bitcoin was launched as a direct challenge to banks and other financial intermediaries – a middle-finger to fiat currency markets. Below Kerim Derhalli from Invstr, provides expert detail on the rise […]
Investors are rapidly losing confidence in the government’s ability to secure a good Brexit deal, according to new data from Assetz Capital’s Q3 Investor Barometer. The peer-to-peer business lender carries out its Investor Barometer every quarter, a survey of its 29,000-strong investor community. The Investor Barometer has tracked Brexit sentiment since the start of 2018, […]
As global business and cross-border transactions have proliferated, there are significant implications for commercial customers who rely on banks and payments providers to provide a flawless service faster than ever. So how do can the financial services sector put value back into the process? Below Abhijit Deb, Head of Banking & Financial Services, UK & […]
Gold has long been known as a store of value to help investors weather turbulent financial markets. Below, Shaun Djie, Co-Founder and COO of Digix, explains why digital gold is a forward moving solution for everyone. In recent years, it has also become far easier for the average individual to buy and sell gold. There […]
With businesses embracing big data, new tech and digital media, the role of traditional CFO is evolving from financial expert to strategic partner, data analyst, talent curator and more. With the support of several data streams, James Booth, Chief Financial Officer at Instant Offices explains for Finance Monthly what this new era of the multidiscipline […]
Money laundering is a pan-European problem, with 90% of the continent’s biggest banks having been sanctioned for money laundering offences, new research by anti-money laundering (AML) experts Fortytwo Data shows. The firm found that at least 18 of the 20 biggest banks in Europe - including five UK institutions - have been fined for offences […]
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