Covid’s new spike – bank service requests
Guest post by Reginald Twigg Just nine months ago, no one would have imagined that social distancing would be the normal…
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Diegesis secures two-year managed services deal with the ONS
Guest post by Mary Phillips Following an initial proof of concept phase, Diegesis, an independent business technology and IT systems integration…
Finance teams targeted as ‘email hijack attacks’ rise 22%
Cybercriminals are targeting finance teams with attacks designed to intercept their emails and divert client payments into the hackers’ bank accounts,…
Paper-trail processes ‘leave us trailing behind’
More UK finance decision makers have labelled their company as inefficient than two years ago while the number of teams who…
Tech sector thrives on £4bn equity boost
Equity investment in the UK’s tech businesses increased by 27 per cent in 2019 to £4.0bn, the highest amount since the…
HMRC removes nearly 300 Covid-19 phishing scam sites
Internet Service Providers have been forced to remove 292 scam web addresses exploiting the Coronavirus outbreak since March 23, according to…
Data emerging as key to negotiation, study finds
Skilled negotiation may be as important as ever, but businesses must adapt their approach to avoid a lack of data preventing…
Firms fail to harness potential of unstructured data
Financial services firms are overlooking insight that could transform their businesses because as little as three per cent of them are…
IT is making finance more than just a numbers game
As digital work practices continue to evolve at a rapid rate, the financial sector is struggling to stay ahead of the…
Looking beyond surface figures for strategy success
Richard Hilton, Managing Director EMEA at Miller Heiman Group explores why finance and business leaders need to build a data-led strategy…