28 Feb 2023
Increasing security threats, hybrid working, uneven economic outlooks, geopolitical conflicts and ever-increasing regulatory compliance mandates have all put untold strain on the financial services industry in recent years. While organisations in this sector are typically ahead of other industries in cyber defence maturity due to their highly regu...
01 Feb 2021
Last year Amazon announced the adoption of a game changer for payments; Amazon One, which allows shoppers to pay at stores by placing their palm over a scanning device when they walk in the door or when they check out. A bold move by the retail giant which aims to offer the complete shopping journey for customers by changing how identification at ...
03 Sep 2020
The financial industry is one of, if not the most regulated industries in the world. As such, while innovation may appear to be on a smooth road in other sectors, to many the financial world can be viewed as a little slow to the party. However, while the industry can be cautious and rightly so given the role it has in society, innovation is by no ...
10 Mar 2020
On New Year’s Eve 2019, hackers struck foreign exchange giant Travelex and held them to ransom. The London headquartered firm with a presence in more than 70 countries, were forced to take down all its global websites. $6 million was demanded (£4.6 million) to return access or else customer information would be released. Sensitive personal informa...