Last week, investors in Neil Woodford’s flagship investment fund received more bad news. They are likely to remain trapped until early December after the frozen fund extended its suspension to sell holdings and pay for customer withdrawals. Ironically, they’ll be able to see Disney’s much-anticipated Frozen sequel, before they see their funds again. Demonised in the press and subject to investor fury, Mr Woodford has certainly eaten his share of humble pie. However, should he be the only one under scrutiny?

Trov (www.trov.com), a global leader in insurance technology, is launching a portfolio of end-to-end digital, white-labelled insurance products designed to be rapidly deployed by financial organisations and insurers. Lloyds Banking Group, the UK's largest retail financial services provider, with around 26 million customers and a centuries-old history, will partner with Trov. Later in 2019, Trov and Lloyds Banking Group will release an innovative insurance product designed around the evolving lifestyle of modern, connected UK consumers.

Computer algorithms and applications that perform tasks previously done by humans are changing the world as we know it. All sectors and industries are being disrupted at some level. Tasks, often time-intensive, that had to be done by humans, such as image or speech recognition, can now be completed in an instant, and with increasing reliability.

AI works through technologies such as Neural Networks, Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing (NLP). These technologies are used to create algorithms that are fed data to create innovative applications such as self-driving cars.

Rebura LTD, a cloud and technology consultancy, today announced a 40% year-over-year growth in the UK market, forecasting a further 40% increase in turnover for year three.  In addition, Rebura has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) End User Computing (EUC) Competency status and strengthened its lead in the provision of EUC technologies, boosting momentum and broaden

Global Digital Finance (GDF), the industry body driving acceleration and adoption of digital finance announces today that Sandra Ro, CEO of Global Blockchain Business Council has accepted an appointment to the Board of Directors of GDF as a non-executive director, commencing 1 September 2019.

MONEVO, Europe’s largest lending marketplace and platform, has announced it has partnered with yet another brand seeking to improve their customers’ access to credit, usave.

FSS (Financial Software and Systems), a global payments technology company, has won four awards at the 7^th edition of Payments and Cards Summit, held in Mumbai. The company received the highest honour Best B2B Payment Solutions Provider as well as awards in three other categories -- Best White-Labelled Payment Gateway for FSS Payment Gateway, Best ATM Managed Services for ATM Managed Services and  Best Anti-Fraud and Security Solution for FSS Secure3D. This is the second consecutive year in which FSS Payment Gateway has won this prestigious award.

When you think about identity in the context of finance, there are many different things that spring to mind.

From opening an account and establishing your identity to interacting on an ongoing basis, technology has changed the way we think of working with companies. No longer do we go into a branch, email or post documents or even use passcodes. Instead, we rely on data checks, cool selfie experiences after scanning a document, or using our face or fingerprint to get access to apps.

With widespread disruption from new and emerging technologies facing companies, the financial services sector is still lacking in CEOs with a background in technology, according to recent analysis from specialist recruitment firm, Robert Half UK.

Sign In App is making a play for the lucrative events market with the latest addition to its growing portfolio.

The Northampton-based developer, which is already making waves globally in the visitor management market, has developed additional technology to help companies and organisations that run events both internally and externally, monitor attendee/visitor numbers, keep track of attendees/visitors and manage guest lists quickly and effortlessly.