Total business volumes in the financial services sector fell slightly in the three months to December, marking the first contraction of demand since September 2013. That’s according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.

Meanwhile, sentiment among financial services deteriorated further, rounding off three full years of flat or falling optimism.

Spending by financial services companies on improving customer interfaces may be coming at the expense of investment in crucial back office IT systems, suggests research by Pinsent Masons, the international law firm.

Just 2% of financial services companies surveyed have prioritised investment in back office technology over the last three years, whilst 77% have prioritised investment in enhancing customer experience.

Average advertised salaries for tech professionals have increased for the third year in a row, despite uncertainty in the broader economy, according to new data from the 2019 Reed Technology Salary Guides.

This statement might be the summary of it all. The world is constantly changing, and with this change, new technologies and approaches are revealed, defining the future business and communications.

Global cross-border payments have been the main driving engine behind the recent international commerce great upsurge. However, in order to fuel this growth even further, new approaches and technologies must be utilized.

Orowealth, one of India's leading Direct Mutual Fund platforms, today announced that it has acquired the WealthTrust platform, including the product and all its users. Orowealth is a cutting edge investment platform with award winning advisory services. It seeks to be a one-stop solution for all your investment needs — from investing in stocks and direct mutual funds, to financial planning, goal advisory and more.

AxiomSL, the leading provider of regulatory reporting and risk management solutions, announces that Banque Palatine, a subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, has selected AxiomSL’s strategic platform to comply with AnaCredit reporting requirements in France. AxiomSL will meet the bank’s objective of automating the complex process of AnaCredit reporting and ensure submission in a timely and efficient manner.

Analysts, accountants and digital marketing specialists top a list of in-demand roles in 2019, as employers focus on navigating an increasingly digitalised business landscape and a shortage of key skills among the UK workforce, reveals Robert Half UK. 

BSI’s global centre of excellence for Cybersecurity and Information Resilience today announced world-renowned cybercrime investigative journalist, Brian Krebs as a speaker at the BSI International Cyber Resilience Exchange. The Exchange takes place at The Convention Centre Dublin on 26 March 2019.

Milleis Banque has selected Wolters Kluwer to provide its integrated regulatory compliance and reporting software. The bank will use Wolters Kluwer’s OneSumX for Risk Management as well as OneSumX for Regulatory Reporting to build a truly integrated risk and reporting framework.

AnaCap Financial Partners acquired Barclays French Retail Banking and Wealth Management business in 2017 and subsequently rebranded it in May 2018 to become Milleis Banque – a firm with more than 100,000 wealth management and retail clients.