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After every few years, there is always a technological breakthrough happening and the pace or rate at which these significant events happen will increase. Gordon E. Moore, co-founder of Intel, stated ...
Fragmentation resulting from multiple Pan European Immediate Payments schemes is a challenge but solutions exist We are facing a proliferation of Pan EU Instant Payment Services in Europe. Most ind...
According to Warren Buffet, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, any technology that reduces auto accidents is remarkable, but auto insurance companies should not be holding a party, yet. The truth is, 90% ...
On May 25th 2018, the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will come into force and any business processing data about EU Citizens will be required to comply. This is arguably the most fundame...
If you are working for an IT security company, I have a message for you: the term “identity theft protection” is way overused and even abused as a marketing term. We know that this term is used to sel...
Who Could Move Your Cheese? “If you do something and it turns out pretty good, then you should go do something else wonderful, not dwell on it for too long. Just figure out what’s next.” – Steve Job...
Seventy percent of all legacy applications in large corporations still leverage COBOL, according to recent study by Information Week. What’s more, many core applications within financial services cont...
There is a growing expectation that chatbots can be used for recruitment. The obvious low hanging fruit is for a chatbot to: Answer questions about the job on offer Qualify a prospect through a set o...
Last week in the office, someone asked me if I was happy with the contribution I’m making to my pension. To be honest, I was embarrassed to say I’d little idea what I’m contributing, especially having...
Financial news in Flanders : clients of Argenta bank are unable to use their banking app or the online banking portal after a software upgrade. The problem did not last for a couple of minutes (which ...
Several organisations have considered the effect of GDPR in the context of whistleblowing and the steps required to investigate claims, but what are the implications when a whistleblower doesn’t follo...
In early January, all eyes were focused on the implementation of MiFID II. So the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA’s) Dear CEO letter on January 10 targeted at providers and distributors of Contract