With the 1 April deadline for the introduction of Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT fast approaching, Alison Horner, partner and Head of VAT at MHA MacIntyre Hudson, gives her top tips on how to survive the new system:

A staggering 75 per cent of consumers would not know what to do if they fell victim to cybercrime. According to the Affinion Cybercrime SOS report, despite high levels of concern and awareness, there is widespread confusion about where the lines of responsibility fall and who to turn to.

The People’s Bank of Zanzibar (PBZ), a state-owned and one of the oldest commercial banks in Tanzania, has successfully deployed and gone live on 

Nelnet Business Solutions, Inc., has announced an expanded collaboration with Western Union Business Solutions to include an embedded interface between Nelnet's payment processing platforms and Western Union's trusted international payments service. 

Barclaycard, which processes nearly half of the UK’s credit and debit card transactions, today announces that it will start accepting cards that run on the Discover Global Network across its UK merchant network. 

Barclaycard and Discover Global Network have reached an agreement whereby Barclaycard’s merchants are now able to accept Discover, Diners Club International and affiliate network cards both in-store and online. 

With banks now suffering well over one IT outage per month, the extent of this financial IT problem needs immediate attention.

Gjensidige and Nordea announced today that Nordea has successfully acquired Gjensidige Bank ASA. In connection with the completion of the transaction, the mutual distribution agreement between Nordea and Gjensidige Forsikring will also take effect.