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Wall Street's 'Melt-Up' Likely to Lead to Strong 2018 Stock Market Returns

29th January 2018
The euphoric rally of US stock markets is sustainable through 2018, forecasts a leading global analyst at deVere Group. Tom Elliot, deVere Group’s International Investment Strategist, is speaking after America’s leading market indices - the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq - finished at a record high following the end of the government shutdown. Mr Elliott comments: […]
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15 Business Books Everyone Should Read

29th January 2018
The top 15 books to read for business, investment, and life, with descriptions and tips on when to read.
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US Banks Are Relying on Fintechs to Overcome Legacy Systems

26th January 2018
Legacy systems are preventing nearly two thirds (64%) of US commercial banks from developing Fintech applications, research commissioned by Fintech provider Fraedom has revealed. Interestingly, 82% of the respondents that highlighted this concern were shareholders. Over half of those polled also noted a lack of expertise within banks as an important concern (56%), just ahead […]
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1/4 of Finance Startups Suffer from Health Impacts

26th January 2018
More than a quarter (27%) of small financial business owners in the UK have had a health scare since starting their business according to research from Ultimate Finance, which explores the pressure British SMEs are under in the UK. 79% of financial business owners and managers worry their current work / life balance is having […]
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How Did the Banking & Financial Sector End 2017?

25th January 2018
The UK’s Banking and Financial sector has ended the year on a positive note, with the growth of new companies up 18.56% to 5,775 and failures down by 37.89% to 59 compared to Q3, according to figures released in the quarterly Creditsafe Watchdog Report. The report tracks economic developments across the Banking and Financial sector […]
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Here's Why Data is Key to Budgeting into 2018

25th January 2018
Budgeting time is here, and you’re likely going to make some safe assumptions on the budgeting based on previous years, experience and forecast. But is are these backed by actual real data? Below John Orlando, CFO at Centage Corporation, talks Finance Monthly through data integration in budgeting, looking at specific trends we can expect in […]
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Mortgage Sales Plunge by £5.8bn in December

24th January 2018
December mortgage sales in the UK plummeted by 38% (£5.8 billion) on November, according to Equifax Touchstone analysis of the intermediary marketplace. Year-on-year sales dropped by 12.8% (£.1.4 billion). Residential figures dropped dramatically by 39.6% (£4.9 billion) on the previous month. Buy-to-let sales also tumbled, falling by 32.1% (£853.7 million) on November. All regions across […]
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Meltdown & Spectre: 2 Ways Your Banking Device Is Vulnerable

24th January 2018
You may have seen the headlines just a few weeks back: Intel computer processors at risk form hackers. The computer technology firm owned up to some serious flaws in their systems and began to implement patches. Below Rusty Carter, VP of Product at Arxan Technologies, explains the ordeal and touches on the detail of the […]
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Your Thoughts: PSD2 & Open Banking

23rd January 2018
As of this month, the revised second Payment Services Directive (PSD2) is in force and set to cause significant disruption within the European payments & banking sector. The first and foremost disruption is the possibility of Open Banking, as the legislation now allows a level playing field for PSPs to operate. From data and cyberattacks […]
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UK Will Lose £237,823 Per Minute Without Access to the EU Single Market

23rd January 2018
If the UK leaves the EU in 2019 with no deal permitting access to the single market and customs union, it could cost the economy £237,823 every minute of every day in lost economic output by 2020. It’s not just at home where the pinch will be felt, with the cost to the EU itself […]
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The Rise of Bitcoin, the Birth of ICOs and the Future of Cryptocurrency

22nd January 2018
From its inception Bitcoin has led the rise of crypto culture worldwide, creating quite a roller-coaster economy in the digital currency sphere. Below Founder and CEO of Chaineum, Laurent Leloup talks Finance Monthly through the yesterday, today and tomorrow of cryptocurrencies. Founded in 2009, Bitcoin was born from the notion of creating a currency that […]
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What’s the Impact of US Government Shutdown on Markets & Stocks?

22nd January 2018
From the current situation in the US to oil and gambling stocks, Rebecca O’Keeffe, Head of Investment at interactive investor, shares some thoughts on this week’s news. The huge importance of politics to equity markets might have led one to conclude that the US shutdown would be a negative factor for markets, but the bullet-proof […]
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