Human resources

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Insurance giant Marsh appoints chief digital and data officer

Global insurance broker Marsh has aappointed Tamara Simpkins Franklin as chief digital, data, and analytics officer.

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Finance employees deemed least trustworthy

Employees working in the financial services sector are 30% less trustworthy than colleagues in other sectors.

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ANZ transformation head to leave bank

The executive charged with managing ANZ's digital transformation project is to leave the bank in October while the specialist 'agile' teams will be folded into the bank's general technology unit.

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Credit Suisse unveils operational restructuring

Swiss bank Credit Suisse has announced a "series of structural improvements" which will see it combine several divisions in search of operational efficiencies.

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StanChar set to resume job cuts

UK bank Standard Chartered (StanChar) is reportedly set to commence a new round of job cuts after posting a 33% drop in profits for the first half of the year

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UK fintech Curve hires ex-PayPal exec as first CFO

PayPal's former finance director has been hired by UK-based card and mobile app provider Curve to act as its first chief financial officer (CFO).

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Westpac hires new IT head

Australian bank Westpac has appointed former ANZ technology chief Scott Collary to lead the consolidation of its technology and operations division.

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Standard Chartered prepares for new way of working with virtual internships

Standard Chartered has devised an online learning programme for 300 interns who will work remotely across the bank's business and support functions.

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UBS poaches Credit Suisse IT exec

A former chief information officer and managing director at Credit Suisse, Jason Shane, has been recruited by rival Swiss bank UBS to become its head of technology for internal audit, compliance, regulatory and governance.

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Swiss crypto firm launches university courses

Swiss crypto bank Seba has sought to address the potential skills gap in emerging technology by launching a blockchain-themed university education course.

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FCA head of RegTech: Prioritise female hires across the industry

Francesca Hopwood Road, head of regtech at the FCA drilled down on how the hiring process structurally worked against the employment of females in regtech during the Regtech Women’s event ‘Cracking Communications: Be effective, be confident, be compliant’.

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IWD: Prioritising female hires for fintech gender parity

In conversation with Finextra Research, Donna Parisi, head of finance and fintech at Shearman & Sterling and Michelle Tran, founder of NYC FinTech Women, discuss the persistent gender disparity within fintech and how women can and should be encouraged to make their mark.

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Quality over quantity: A vital motto for Open Banking expansion

Notching up eye-watering numbers of APIs is not a valuable metric for success. A creeping, deep-rooted growth strategy is vital for successful expansion in Open Banking says Rune Mai, CEO and co-founder of Nordic API Gateway.

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Barclays pulls plug on Big Brother

Barclays Bank has scrapped a personnel monitoring system that chided staff for taking time out from their desks, after suffering a rash of complaints from employees and privacy groups.

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Barclays in Big Brother bother over employee spyware

Barclays Bank is facing a backlash from employees after installing productivity spyware on staff computers that admonishes individuals if they're not deemed to be working hard enough.

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BBVA tells employees to ignore email outside of working hours

BBVA is introducing a policy of digital disconnection for employees in Spain, encouraging them to put down their devices and take a break from the emails outside of working hours.

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Modulr invests £20m in Scottish fintech

SME payments outfit Modulr is to invest the best part of £20m in the Scottish fintech industry, in the process creating 53 new jobs and nurturing new technology talent.

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UOB devises digital learning programme for all staff

Singapore's United Overseas bank is to put all of its 26,000 employees through a 12-week learning and development programme designed to help them prepare for a digital future.

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HSBC to cut 10,000 jobs - FT

More than 10,000 jobs could be lost at HSBC as the global bank embarks on a cost-cutting exercise, according to a report in the Financial Times (FT).

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Sibos 2019: Recruiting the next generation of finance and technology players

At Sibos 2019, business leaders from across the globe come together to discuss the future of financial services and how engaging and employing skilled individuals now goes beyond salary, security and stability.