From fighting hackers with the latest cybersecurity techniques to programming robots, from learning a construction trade to gaining advanced manufacturing skills – the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) is running a number of roadshows this month to inspire people to train for an exciting new career.

The roadshows are for unemployed people and those wanting to get a better job and aim to explain what training courses are on offer in the West Midlands as the WMCA takes control of the region’s £126m adult education budget (AEB).

In Verona today SIA has inaugurated a new specialized center for payment cards, capable of managing every stage of issuing, from conception to distribution, through a monitoring system compliant with the highest standards of security.

The technological excellence center uses state-of-the-art equipment capable of producing an average of 10 million cards per year, with volumes that are scalable even further.

It wasn’t so long ago that bank branches were leaving the high street - some even became wine bars. New research reveals that today’s youth predict a bright future for banks on the high street – although the vast majority (79%) believe that their relationship with banks will be fundamentally different in ten-year’s time.

Nationwide Building Society has become the 35^th deposit taker to join Flagstone’s cash platform in a deal that will open up a number of new savings products to Flagstone clients.

The partnership with Nationwide marks a year of rapid growth for the London-based FinTech firm, which has signed up 11 banks and building societies to its market-leading deposit marketplace in the past 12 months.

Global management consulting firm Axis Corporate confirms the appointment of Edward Armit as a senior consultant within its London office, with immediate effect. 

Edward joins Axis Corporate from Capgemini where he was a consultant within the Process Optimisation team, part of the Operations Transformation practice.  This role saw him work with a range of financial services and public sector clients on projects spanning process improvement, customer experience design, automation and business model transformation.

YSEOP, world leader in AI software and pioneer of natural language generation technology (NLG), today announced recognition as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s first Market Guide for Natural Language Generation Platforms*.

NatWest has announced the pilot launch of Rapid Cash – the first digital, flexible working capital product that seamlessly connects with accounting software, to provide a dynamic credit limit of up to £300,000.

Saxo Bank, the online trading and investment specialist, has published today its Q3 2019 Quarterly Outlook for global markets, including trading ideas covering equities, FX, currencies, commodities, and bonds, as well as a range of central macro themes impacting client portfolios.

 Finantix, a leading supplier of transformational software to the private banking, wealth management and insurance industries globally, announced that Deutsche Bank Wealth Management has chosen its AI-powered Finantix KYC Solution to help enhance the bank’s client onboarding and know-your-client (KYC) processes.