1137 Results from 2015
Retired Member
At the Fintech Private Equity and Venture Capital days I've attended in London recently I see pitch after pitch after pitch from aspiring Entrepreneurs but with so much Me-Too competition emerging in the Fintech space investment teams need to be able to quickly establish whether or not they believe a start up is clearly differentiated enough to be...
22 July 2015 /startups
Colin Weir CEO at Moroku
A couple of months ago a friend of mine, said he was starting a business targeted at helping Social Enterprises. Pause Good – a new term. Curiosity lights up – “What’s a Social Enterprise Ben?” “It’s a business that doesn’t have shareholders and exists to support a more community or collective based set of values.” What? Like a charity or Not for
22 July 2015 /retail
Ivy Schmerken Editorial Director at FlexTrade Systems
Trading in securities of some small cap companies will change next May when the industry is scheduled to implement the tick-size pilot widening spreads for more than 1,000 stocks. But like Y2K, Reg NMS and other regulatory projects, the technology changes are not trivial and they will impact the securities industry in terms of time and resources. ...
22 July 2015 /regulation
Hans Tesselaar Executive Director at BIAN
In the last few years the financial landscape has been drastically changing shape, with new technology entrants coming onto the market and offering innovative solutions to financial services. The FinTech wave has even made its way onto the political agenda – Chancellor George Osborne announced a plan to boost competition by encouraging banks to op...
21 July 2015 /retail /wholesale
Did you know that the word “wallet” has been in use since the late 14th century to refer to a bag or knapsack for carrying articles? And that in the 19th century, wallets could be used for carrying money, victuals, dried meat, treasures and things not to be exposed! Honestly, I didn’t know about the meat! But here’s what I do know about wallets fr...
21 July 2015 /payments
“BIG DATA” is one of the most famous Digitalization concepts in recent years, not only in financial landscape but also almost in all industries. Everyone talks about it and mentions how important it is, but except for a few, many do not know what to do with it. As the 90% of world’s data generated over the last two years and has been getting bigg...
21 July 2015 /retail Innovation in Financial Services
Banking is in the throes of unmatched change and potential disruption. The shift to digital and mobile technologies combined with changing consumer demographics—especially the increased importance of Millennials—present vast opportunities for innovators. This blog describes critical elements that banks need to consider to become more relevant
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
There is good news for the tech-unsavvy out there: Google has made their privacy settings easier to work with. This day has not come a moment too soon. “My Account” is Google’s new dashboard. When you use any Google account, the giant company collects information on you. The new dashboard will reveal what information this is. My Account also has ot...
21 July 2015 /security
Mark Fry Business Development Director at Atos UK
In the month that the latest film in the blockbuster Terminator sci-fi series was released, I’m afraid I just couldn’t resist using the above title for this article. It was triggered by my participation at an event set up by TechUK: http://www.techuk.org/about which went by the catchy title of ‘Securing the IoT: Overcoming the risks associated wit...
21 July 2015
Simon Black
Ten years from now the way we think about cash and wallets will be very different. For most people cash, and specifically physical money, will be kept at home and used only on rare occasions when needed. Similarly, physical wallets that are currently a staple fixture in people’s handbags and pockets will be stored in a drawer, or more likely, may ...
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