How Can Financial Firms Improve Customer Service after the Pandemic
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Covid-19
By Troy Meyers Chief Customer Officer at essensys
UK Receivables Market Outperforms US & Europe With Lowest Levels Of Fraud And Business Failure
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Covid-19, Risk Management
New global receivables finance report shows impact of Covid-19 on fraud across Europe and US EQ Riskfactor, the risk management specialist and part of EQ (Equiniti plc), today launches volume 2 of its global outlook report series – “Technology – the route to resilience”. The report surveyed senior decision makers from the receivables finance industry across the UK, US, Germany, France and the Netherlands on the impact of Covid-19, and how... more
Increased Risk For Cyberattacks On Businesses Since Start Of The Pandemic
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Covid-19, Cybersecurity, Security
Avast Global Risk Report shows businesses in the United Kingdom have a monthly risk ratio of 11% of getting attacked by any type of PC malware
Boyden Sees Growth Ambitions And Digital Change Drive Demand For Interim Managers Across Europe And Worldwide
- 3 years 3 months ago
- Covid-19, Management
Financial services expert Richard Plaistowe and defence expert Andy Dunne join Boyden as clients leverage interim management for post-pandemic transformation Boyden, a premier leadership and talent advisory firm with more than 75 offices in over 45 countries, sees international growth and digital change fuelling demand for interim managers across Europe and worldwide, as organisations seek fast-paced business transformation.
UK Crying Out for Financial Help Even as Lockdown Restrictions Lift
Creditspring’s Stability Hub, which helps people improve their financial resilience, has seen 82% increase in members since start of COVID-19. Members given monthly Stability Score to indicate financial health, as well as personalised tips to improve their situation month on month and increase their chances of securing affordable credit. Offers transparent, clear guidance for the millions of people still suffering financially as a result of the... more
Banks Must Embrace Fundamental Shift in Operational Risk Models to Tackle £multi-billion Digital Transformation Safely, says ORX Report
- 3 years 4 months ago
- APIs, Covid-19, Risk Management
Risk leaders of global financial institutions must start managing risk in a far more active way to tackle their £multi-billion commitments to digital transformation warns Simon Wills, author of ‘Right time, right place’ a new in-depth report from ORX, the world’s largest operational risk association.
North-south Divide Exacerbated by Covid-19
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19, Banking, Alternative Finance
56% of SME leaders believe UK regions are unequal 44% say economic inequality has worsened as a result of Covid-19 Nearly a third (32%) believe the location of their business has negatively impacted their ability to access financial support during Covid-19
A Polish Solution to Plague of Online Account Takeovers Powered by $6.7M Series A
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19, SaaS, Cybersecurity
Nethone's passive behavioral biometrics allows online businesses to seamlessly stop over 95.3% of account takeovers (ATO) - cyber threats that have been spreading globally at an alarming rate. Besides ATO, the Polish fraud fighter has been flourishing in its payment and financial application use cases, systematically proving over 10 p.p. higher fraud detection precision than the conventional methods.
Refinitiv Survey Reveals True Impact of COVID-19 on Supply Chain Due Diligence
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19, Infrastructure
New research shows only 44% of organisations conducted third-party due diligence checks during the COVID-19 pandemic, as companies struggled to prevent extensive supply chain disruption by creating new third-party relationships
Trackwise Designs (TWD): Strategic Progress in Challenging Environment
- 3 years 4 months ago
- Covid-19, Management, Consultancy
Trackwise Designs' FY20 results show a resilient response to the pandemic while management expanded IHT capacity to meet the requirements of a multi-million order from an undisclosed UK electric vehicle (EV) OEM. This OEM has recently extended its supply and manufacture agreement with Trackwise from three years to four, increasing the total value by £16m to up to £54m. We note that the volume ramp-up under this agreement has been delayed by a... more
Comment: FSB Warns of SME Funding Gap
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19
Commenting on the Federation of Small Businesses warning that SMEs face a funding gap as COVID-19 restrictions continue and financial support ends, Douglas Grant, Director of Conister, part of AIM listed Manx Financial Group, said: “As the lifeblood of the UK economy, we must continue to do all we can to protect agile and resilient SMEs who are working hard to adapt to the post-pandemic economy.
A Digital Currency Revolution is Upon us a New Dawn of Fintech Approaches. Paysend New White Paper Explores the Opportunities for Digital Money in the World After Covid
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Payments, e-Payments
Paysend announces that the latest White Paper entitled Digital Money in a Post-covid world has been published and is available now. Head of Branding, Alberto Macciani, digs deep into the prolific expansion of digital money over the last 12 months and demonstrates just how we will see the landscape of financial technology shift, revolutionising the way we manage our money on a daily basis.
Pandemic increases Consumer Focus on Ethics and Independent Retail, Survey Finds
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Payments, e-Payments
Cashflows, the platform that makes it easy for merchants to accept payments, today publishes new research revealing the impact of the pandemic on UK consumer shopping habits. The research shows a marked increase in those who say they feel motivated to buy based on ethics, however cost, quality and convenience remain the primary concerns.
How Have Phishing Scams Changed In 2021? (Including Safety Tips)
- 3 years 5 months ago
- Covid-19, Security, Cybersecurity
Phishing, the practice of impersonating trusted people or representatives of trusted entities in an effort to fraudulently obtain valuable information (e.g. credit card details), has caused problems since the inception of the internet. Even the most tech-savvy individual can be fooled if they let their guard down. Compounding the problem, phishers keep tweaking their methods.
Elevator Lab Demo Day 2021: Zentity wins the Best Pitch Award
Elevator Lab, powered by RBI, organized its annual Demo Day on the 10th of June 2021. Unlike the previous events, the Demo Day took place in a digital format due to the COVID-19 crisis.
