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Articles by Jacob Mallinder

How Can Banks Counteract the GAFA Threat?

9th October 2017
Richard Meirion-Williams, Head of Financial Services at BJSS discusses how banks can counteract the threat provided by Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon (GAFA). It wasn’t long ago that bank branches used to hold personal, trusted relationships with their local customers. However, since the rise of digital banking and the decline of the branch, relationships between […]
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Watch Google Make Fun of Apple @ Its Pixel2 Event

9th October 2017
Google made several jokes about Apple and the new iPhone at its event to show the Pixel 2. They took aim at Apple's storage problems and its perceived aloofness.
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The Countdown is on to MiFIDII: Are You Prepared?

6th October 2017
As you may already know, MiFID II is just around the corner and some firms are already well on their way to compliance, however others remain either oblivious, unprepared or facing the many challenges in establishing steps towards compliance. Here Fabrice Bouland, CEO of Alphametry, explains for Finance Monthly what some of these challenges may […]
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The Nightmare Scenario of a Robot Hack

23rd October 2017
With the worldwide number of robots in smart factories now topping a million, Ross Thomson cites a lack of awareness as the reason most operators haven’t tackled the threat. “Many firms believe hackers only want personal or financial data, but there is a credible risk to industrial robots,” says Mr Thomson, Principal Consultant at Amethyst […]
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The Top 6 Types of Money Launderer

5th October 2017
Money laundering represents the fifth largest economy in the world and equates to 3% of global GDP. Leading defence and security organisation, BAE Systems has set out six criminal types responsible for money laundering around the world, to help global businesses understand the motivations and modus operandi of criminals targeting their business. The company hopes […]
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Do Executives Really Deserve Such Big Salaries?

5th October 2017
It’s a discussion that has been ongoing since business was a thing. Why should the boss be paid more than his/her employees? Here Chris Abbass, co-founder of Talentful, delves deep into the considerations to make when posing this question. As the founder of a fast-growing business, I can attest to the levels of stress, sacrifice and […]
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The Top 5 Traded Investments in September

4th October 2017
Interactive Investor, the online investment platform, has recently released its clients’ most traded investments, by number of trades, in September 2017. Commenting on the results, Lee Wild, Head of Equity Strategy at Interactive Investor, said: “It was all about inflation, interest rates and tapering during September, so little wonder central banks dominated proceedings. US Federal […]
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Vodafone: IoT Connected Healthcare Can Improve Millions of Lives and Save Billions of Dollars

4th October 2017
In a new white paper, Vodafone – supported by Bernard Vrijens, Professor in public health at the University of Liege, Belgium – claims that new connected solutions based around the Internet of Things (IoT) will help people to follow their medical treatment programmes more closely. This latest development could improve millions of lives and save […]
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Minicorns: Exciting Young FinTech ‘Foals’

4th October 2017
“The Minicorn Club is for FinTech start-ups that are aspiring and aiming to become Unicorns,” explained Jessica Williams, Event Manager of PayExpo Europe before adding “and there are many exciting new businesses in the payment sector that deserve recognition in this way.” “Thousands of start-ups in this sector are jostling for position, chasing the right […]
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The World’s Top 10 Rich List Vs The Rest of Us

3rd October 2017
The average British earner would have to work for a staggering 35,715 years to make a billion and join the world’s top tycoons, as revealed in a newly launched innovative tool. Budget Insurance reveals a wealth of stats and facts about the world’s richest people, demonstrating how average UK workers stack up against top tycoons […]
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Bitcoin: The New Gold?

3rd October 2017
You’re hearing more and more news about bitcoin, the blockchain and cyrptocurrencies, but the big question floating around is whether bitcoin is the new gold, or just a fad. Richard Tall, Partner and Head of Financial Services at DWF, here provides Finance Monthly with an insight into the answers. Economic history has delivered many assets, […]
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Investors to Receive £8.2 Billion Dividend Windfall

2nd October 2017
Below Lee Wild, Head of Equity Strategy at Interactive Investor, discusses dividend cheques and payouts to shareholders over the next month. Over the next four weeks, some of the UK’s biggest companies will send dividend cheques to shareholders totalling a staggering £8.2 billion.  And the good news is that almost everyone invested in a pension […]
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