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If you’ve had a mobile app developed, you’re doing a great job ensuring your business thinks mobile first. But, are enough people discovering and downloading your app? Getting your app discovered is o...
Today, I was invited to participate in a Challenge meeting at the Euroforum Fintech event in Amsterdam. My challenge was the following. Suppose we are somewhat further in time. Blockchain is far beyon...
Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond announced the Autumn Statement 2016. “I want to tackle the long lasting problem of fastest growing start up tech firms being snapped up by bigger c...
The short to medium term lending market is diverse, comprising customers entering the credit market for the first time as well as those re-entering. The first-timers often include students or migran...
The consequences for under-insured businesses are one of the most series issues that business owners face today. The value of insurance and a company’s chosen policies become truly apparent when a cri...
When talking about blockchain, up till recently there was not much happening in the energy industry. At least not in the spotlights. But that is rapidly changing. In April 2016, the ‘said’ world’s fir...
Brave New World Would you believe, we still rely on fifteen-year-old technology for today's internet payment security? So much has changed in that time, the exciting news is we’re about to make a big...
Mobile banking apps are used more than 7,610 times per minute according to research by BBA As Bill Gates famously said: “Banking is essential, banks are not.” According to research by BBA and Statist...
Last week saw the second R3 smart contract template contract summit, following on from June’s summit and Barclays demonstration at the London O2 in April. Dr. Lee Braine from Barclays stated in Apri...
With stricter regulations, capital constraints and technology costs impacting the sell side, large brokers are rationing their services and this trend is being felt on equity trading desks. Brokers
Where a data gap exists, social media and other alternative data sources can open the door to previously excluded potential customers. How realistic is it to close the door on its use? Earlier this m...
At the forefront of Regulation AT has been a discussion on CFTC access to source code. That issue has been fought with strong opinions on both side of the argument. Regardless of any regulations, what...