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What Will the Insurance Industry Look Like Post COVID-19
The modern UK insurance industry began life in London during the 1700s when the first fire, accident and life insurance companies were established. Fast forward 400 years and you have an industry which, according to the Association of…
How to Secure Investment in the Wake of COVID-19
Debbie Jackson, Partner in the Corporate team at Walker Morris and UK ‘Hot 100’ lawyer, discusses how COVID-19 has presented opportunities for businesses to secure investment through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity from a…
COVID-19: The Beginning of the End for Cash
In recent months, we’ve witnessed a stark acceleration in the switch to electronic payments. Arguably, out of necessity rather than choice. However, this shift only intensifies the age-old debate that cash is no longer king.
Open Banking: An Opportunity for Europe’s Banks
Despite growing acceptance of open banking among European financial executives, there are fears that its benefits are not yet widely understood. What can organisations do to ensure that their transition to open banking proceeds as smoothly…
Lockdown Versus Economy: The Danger of a Rushed Reopening
With several states hurrying to resume business as usual, provoking renewed surges of COVID-19 infection, it is time to examine the damage wrought by the pandemic so far and how an unflattening curve could sink the US economy even further.