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The D-day for UK pensions has arrived. On April 6th 2015, alongside the usual scramble to capture personal ISA allowances, new UK pension reforms came into force affecting arguably the most important savings vehicle. The new rules mean greater freedom for individuals regarding how they manage and draw their pension. The most significant adjustment is that from now you can take as much cash as you like from a defined contribution pension, with no obligation to buy an annuity. What do these rules mean for insurers and wealth managers?
BT has been named the UK’s best security company in the Cybersecurity 500, a list of top security vendors compiled by market intelligence firm.
The rankings, which have historically been dominated by US headquartered companies, reflect the optimism and attention that BT is generating in the US and abroad. Steve Morgan, chief executive of Cybersecurity Ventures, said rankings were based on a range of subjective factors, including feedback from CISOs and channel partners, media coverage and founder and management pedigree.
With the majority of shoppers (64%) now storing their debit or credit card details with online sites, many are still yet to make the leap to storing payment details within mobile apps.
The Innotribe Startup Challenge attendees selected the five finalists from the European leg of the Startup Challenge to compete at Sibos Singapore in October. Fifteen early-stage and growth-stage startups delivered compelling pitches to an audience of financial services experts, fintech professionals, angel investors, venture capitalists, and global bank decision-makers. The showcase was held at East Wintergarden at Canary Wharf, on Wednesday 22 April, in partnership with the Finextra Future Money conference.
A new research paper by SWIFT assesses the global real-time retail payments systems (RT-RPS) landscape, provides analysis on the key drivers and trends, and identifies the different approaches, barriers to entry and critical success factors.
FXSpotStream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of LiquidityMatch LLC, today announced that Credit Suisse is now live as a liquidity providing bank to FXSpotStream’s price aggregation service from FXSpotStream’s sites in New York, London and Tokyo. Client trading with Credit Suisse via the service has commenced. Credit Suisse is the 10th bank available to clients connected to FXSpotStream’s service.
As Earth Day is celebrated today around the world, over a billion people in 190 countries are expected to take action and reaffirm their commitment to the environment.
Diebold, a leading supplier of ATM solutions to financial institutions, is committed to the environment and the Diebold 429, the world’s greenest ATM, is a good example of how Diebold can support Earth Day objectives and help work towards a more sustainable future.
For more than 15 years BTCSoftware has been dedicated to one main objective: making life easier for SME practitioners.
This is reflected in BTCSoftware’s abiding ethos which is that high quality, practice grade software should never be expensive. The company knows that making life easier for clients revolves around providing great value for money with every solution that it sells.
