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With cybercrime and ransom hacks being a common occurrence in today’s newsrooms, Karen Wheeler, VP UK Country Manager at Affinion talks to Finance Monthly about the opportunities that can arise from these kinds of threats, for the banking sector in particular. We’re living in a world where high profile data hacking scandals and cybercrime attacks […]
Almost half (48%) of SMEs felt that British businesses are missing out on opportunities because of a reluctance to borrow, and 45% believe that the economy is being stifled because they won’t borrow. Yet, almost a third (27%) of those SMEs are holding back the growth of their own business, due to a ‘fear of […]
You wouldn’t drink milk if it was five days past its sell-by date. You wouldn’t buy a computer in 2017 running Windows 98. Would you use data that you know is bad, incomplete or outdated? Rishi Dave, CMO at Dun & Bradstreet talks to Finance Monthly about the impact of using bad data, and what […]
According to a new whitepaper from asset management strategy consultancy Casey Quirk, a practice of Deloitte Consulting LLP, the industry is likely to experience "the largest competitive re-alignment in asset management history" through merger and acquisition activity from 2017 to 2020. According to its new Investment Management M&A Outlook, "Skill Through Scale? The Role of […]
Mortgage debt increased by 11%1 to $201,000 last year and more than half (52%) of Canadian mortgage holders lack the financial flexibility to quickly adjust to unexpected costs, per a new Manulife Bank of Canada survey. This despite 78% of Canadians having made debt freedom a top priority. The problem is most acute among Millennials, […]
As the UK General Election approaches, all the major political parties have made their traditional bid for votes via the publication of their manifestos. Given the enormous contribution that SMEs make to the UK economy, it’s no surprise that parties of all colours have announced polices that aim to court the good opinion of SMEs. […]
Restructuring attorneys and advisers predict that the energy and retail sectors will be the most active for out-of-court restructurings this year, according to The Deal, a business unit of TheStreet, Inc. Early in the first quarter of 2017, many restructuring attorneys and advisers were certain that the healthcare industry was heading for a wave of out-of-court restructurings […]
Data & content management have a visible impact on a business, whether done correctly, in half measures, or not at all, and can have adverse effects on a firm’s reputation, operations, and in the long run, vision. Here Katie Rigby-Brown, VP of global financial services at SDL, discusses the currency of content in a global […]
Adaptive Insights recently released its global CFO Indicator report, which explores the pace of finance, its impact on agility, and what CFOs need to do to shorten their organisations’ time to decisions. Alarmingly, 77% of CFOs admit that major business decisions have been delayed due to stakeholders not having timely access to data and report […]
Utter the words ‘disruption’ and ‘financial services’ and your thoughts will be drawn to the bevy of technologies that were supposed to transform the sector. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain are the most recent additions to the list, but this time around, they probably have the potential to drive real structural change. To explain their […]
Lack of trust and transparency as a result of ideological and military conflicts are undermining the international supply chains linking the world, according to the Q1 2017 CIPS Risk Index, powered by Dun & Bradstreet. Prolonged conflict is creating supply chain no-go areas, cutting off local businesses and consumers from global markets and potentially causing […]
There were increased signs of a slowdown in the UK property market last month, as the number of sales has fallen dramatically and even less are taking out mortgages. Analysis by data firm Equifax claims mortgage sales dropped by over 15% between March and April. But why is this happening? Here Mark Homer, Co-Founder of […]
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