Hugh Cumberland

Director - UK & EMEA at txtsmarter

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Bio Business development for the leading supplier of non-vocal mobile electronic communications recording. Career History 46 years on since I started my apprenticeship at Marconi Telecom, and over 37 years since I started delivering technology and operational solutions in capital markets and financial services - principally in London, but also around the globe.

Blogs

Eavesdropping in a post-COVID-19 world.

16 Jul 2020

The advent of the telephone nearly 150 years ago, followed by the rapid creation of local, national and then international telephone networks, put an end to the use of the telegraph in trading of financial products fairly swiftly. But it was not long before traders grew frustrated with exchange- based telephone services – due to unanswered calls a...

Trust is in the eye of the beholder

09 Sep 2019

I always thought "Trust" was an album by Elvis Costello until I started working in the City of London. I quickly learned that much of everything we did in the City and in the global financial community relied on trust. You trust that your bank will look after your money, you trust that your broker will get you the best price for your shar...

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