UK micro-business sector plagued by late payments
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Payments, Infrastructure
UK freelancers and micro-business owners throughout Britain are suffering from chronic late payments from clients, new research reveals. The research from cloud accounting software company FreeAgent - who provide award-winning software for freelancers, micro-businesses and their accountants - has revealed that UK-wide, just 52% of invoices sent during the 2017 calendar year were paid on time or within three days of their payment deadlines.
Producers, Distributors, Aggregators: Mobey Forum Charts Strategic Options for Banks in the Post-PSD2 Age
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Mobey Forum, the global industry association empowering banks and financial institutions to shape the future of digital services, today publishes a new report, entitled ‘Producers, Distributors, Aggregators: Strategic Options for Banks in the Post-PSD2 Age’.
Catapult Launches Groundbreaking New Version to Leading Quote Management System
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
Catapult, an Accelya Group Company and creator of the most accurate freight rate and freight quote management system on the market, is pleased to announce the launch of CATAPULT QMS 5.0, a brand new version of their flagship product.
AsiaCollect raises USD 4.5 million to date after recent investment round led by global technology investment firm SIG Asia Investments
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
AsiaCollect, a pioneer in providing integrated Credit Management Services (CMS) in Southeast Asia, has raised USD4.5 million to date after closing its recent investment round led by global technology investment firm SIG Asia Investments. Dymon Asia Ventures, the venture capital arm of Dymon Asia Capital, a Singapore-based alternative investment management firm, returned to co-invest in this round after investing USD1 million in AsiaCollect’s... more
ITRS Group partners with Apica to offer best practice to avoid operational failures and outages
- 7 years 9 months ago
- Infrastructure
ITRS Group (“ITRS”), the leading provider of real-time monitoring and IT operations analytics to financial services firms, has announced a partnership with Apica, industry leaders in performance monitoring for enterprise business.
Databarracks scoops Responsible Business Award for its work addressing IT resilience amongst SMEs
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Data, Infrastructure
Business continuity and disaster recovery provider, Databarracks has been named winner of the Barclays Developing Resilience Award at the Business in the Community’s 2018 Annual Responsible Business Gala in London, attended by nearly 1000 business leaders and influencers and hosted by Sir Lenny Henry.
ITRS Group partners with Apica to offer best practice to avoid operational failures and outages
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Trading Systems, Infrastructure
ITRS Group, the leading provider of real-time monitoring and IT operations analytics to financial services firms, has announced a partnership with Apica, industry leaders in performance monitoring for enterprise business.
ICOs COULD REACH $40BILLION BY 2020 REVEALS LONDON FINTECH WEEK
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Research compiled by London Fintech Week 2018 has revealed that if present trends continue, the year 2020 could see an ICO ecosystem of $30bn-$40bn value of tokens issued with around 2,000 token projects. To put this into context, traditional fintech investment in 2017 globally totalled circa $30billion. This is against a backdrop of an ever-growing number of ICOs being launched in 2018, following a surge in popularity in the new form of... more
Cyber attack is now a case of ‘when’ and not ‘if’ for UK CEOs
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
KPMG surveyed 150 UK leaders and a further 1,150 CEOs from across the world about their future investment plans and the challenges and opportunities facing their companies. With reports of cyber-attacks and breaches almost daily, 39 percent of UK CEOs surveyed believe they will be targeted by a cyber attack. Though disheartening, this view was quite optimistic in comparison to their global counterparts, where 49 percent said they envisioned a... more
Kx announces Dashboards integration with Finsemble and OpenFin
- 7 years 10 months ago
- IT Innovations, Infrastructure
Kx, a division of First Derivatives plc (FD) and provider of the industry-leading kdb+ analytics database, has announced Dashboards for Kx integration with Finsemble and OpenFin. Dashboards for Kx’s rich visualization, powered by the complex processing capabilities and speed of Kx technology, is now enhanced with a seamless desktop experience.
elec calc™ BIM software is officially available for sale
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Trace Software International, the global leader in electrical engineering since 1987, announces the official launch of the elec calc™ BIM software, the first tool in the world that seamlessly integrates electrical calculation into the BIM process. When we talk about Building Information Modeling (BIM) we are not talking about a trend, but about a real digital revolution in the building sector, ready to break up obsolete schemes and processes.
Bank of England’s Systemic Risk Survey shows risk of cyber attack increasing for third time running
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
The proportion of firms citing cyber attack as a key risk has increased for the third consecutive time in the Bank of England’s Systemic Risk Survey, released today. The survey highlights perceived risks to the UK financial system. Although overall confidence in the UK’s system has increased, the number of firms who perceive cyber attack as a risk has increased to 62 percent.
Panduit Announces Vipin Sharma as Regional Business Director For Network Infrastructure in the Middle East and Africa
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure, People Moves
Targeting Opportunities for Significant Channel Growth in the Region Strategic Approach to Data Centre, Enterprise and Industrial Market Crucial Progression to Expand Panduit’s Middle East & African Channel Operations
Telenor Selects Business Spend Management Leader Coupa to Power Global Procure-to-Pay Initiative
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
Coupa Software, a leader in business spend management (BSM), today announced that Telenor, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, has selected Coupa to transform its global procurement capability and drive efficiencies across its 25,000 employees. Global service provider KPMG will support the deployment.
Dubai Financial Services Authority Signs MoU with Astana Financial Services Authority
- 7 years 10 months ago
- Infrastructure
The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) today entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Astana Financial Services Authority (AFSA). The MoU was signed in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) by Mr Bryan Stirewalt, Managing Director, Supervision of the DFSA, and Mr Stephen Glynn, Chief Executive Officer, AFSA. The signing was also attended by Mr Waleed Saeed Al Awadhi, Chief Operating Officer at the DFSA.
