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I watched a TV programme a couple of nights ago on how US special forces operated to combat terrorist operations in Iraq. They put all their intelligence agencies in a hangar in the operations zone, ...
Data purists would rap my knuckles for asking this question and reply, "Never". On the other hand, "data sophists" who're accustomed to lying with Big Data in even more crude ways ...
The draft technical standards for MiFID II require exchanges to publish quarterly execution quality reports (RTS 6). Sell-side firms are expected to digest these and update their best execution polic...
2015 has been the breakthrough year for consumer mobile payments at physical stores. Beyond the current hype, there is still plenty of debate about whether mobile proximity payment will be successful ...
Many people are confused by the resurgence of personal financial management tools, after hearing for years that digital money management (DMM) isn’t working and that customers simply do not want it. ...
A quick review of who has launched widely commercially available open-loop proximity payment (NFC) solutions for the UK market. Firstly there is Everything Everywhere (EE) – they launched Cash on Tap ...
According to a Forbes article, 2015 could be the best year for M&A (Mergers and Acquisitions) since the financial crisis. The article mentions "According to data from Thomson Reuters analyze...
Ethereum recently wrote an interesting blog explaining the difference between public and private blockchains. However, I believe there is a much more fundamental question that needs to be answered – ...
“Reimagining, redesigning and rethinking the branches of the future” is a hot topic for banks. In order to stay ahead in the race, Banks have been experimenting with creating concept branches, adding ...
“Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.” Sun Tzu, Chinese general and military strategist, uttered these famous words around 400 B.C. Today, this quote could be used to describe perspec
How has the Budget affected the pension scene – and how might these and future changes impact your long-term retirement prospects? Successive changes made to the pension rules by the Coalition and the...
This isn’t a ‘should it, shouldn’t it’ question. For pensions, savings and investment businesses, the move to next generation technology is a strategic imperative if they’re to respond effectively to ...