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by Chris Neale, Lead UX Designer at Tobias & Tobias Bitcoin’s blockchain ledger may turn out to be more important than the currency Bitcoin’s rise to prominence over the last five years reminds me...
I’ve written a few times on this blog about disparate payments processes within large corporations and then the benefits associated with centralising and standardising that process. One of the clear ...
This is a genuinely historic week for the world’s financial markets. For the first time investors worldwide can invest directly in the companies driving this country’s amazing growth story via the Hon...
How adopting a user centric approach will turn Chief Data Officers into superstars. The explosion of Big Data has seen the importance and influence of Chief Data Officers (CDOs) continue to increase. ...
As the FT reported earlier this week, ESMA is set to step back from imposing a much contested overhaul of dealing commission. The scrutiny of commissions has been a major concern for the buy-side, in...
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The news of a PCI breach is just the start of a host of issues – all of which can be crippling to a business. Many CIOs and compliance officers may complain about the burden that the Payments Card Cou...
As you may have already seen, Global payments company NCR has announced that one of its merchant point-of-sale (POS) systems will soon offer Bitcoin support. Merchants have shown an increasing appeti...
While there’s general consensus across the buy-side regarding the value IBOR can deliver to investment firms, the debate over how best to implement it still rumbles on. There are many challenges in pr...
Don’t blame the hackers; don’t blame the bank; apparently it’s the victim’s fault that a Missouri escrow firm was robbed of $440,000 in a cybercrime, says a report on computerworld.com. The attack ...
In a single move, mergers and acquisitions can provide businesses with a tremendous tool for increasing growth, profitability and improving strategic capabilities. M&As are gathering speed and las...
Market surveillance and market abuse continue to be pushed higher up the regulatory agenda. Given the avalanche of news about large regulatory fines, this comes as no surprise. ‘Protect and enhance th...