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‘Recovery bus’ provides cool relief for S.Korea’s COVID-19 testers

‘Recovery bus’ provides cool relief for S.Korea’s COVID-19 testers

By Yeni Seo and Daewoung Kim NAMYANGJU, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean health workers staffing COVID-19 testing centres in..

Online brokerage Robinhood jumps 29% to surge past offer price

Online brokerage Robinhood jumps 29% to surge past offer price

(Reuters) – Robinhood Markets finally on Tuesday got the share bounce that was predicted for last week’s much-hyped Nasdaq..

A new golden era in money: Revolutionary new banking platform with money designed to protect and benefit the customer, not the bank. 

A new golden era in money: Revolutionary new banking platform with money designed to protect and benefit the customer, not the bank. 

Tally®is disrupting the monopoly of government-issued debt-based (fiat) currency in bank accounts. World’s first to issue customer ac..

New Research Reveals 71% of Digital Bank Customers, 64% of Traditional Bank Customers and 73% of Fintech App Customers In the United Kingdom Want Embedded Insurance Offers Based on Transaction Data

New Research Reveals 71% of Digital Bank Customers, 64% of Traditional Bank Customers and 73% of Fintech App Customers In the United Kingdom Want Embedded Insurance Offers Based on Transaction Data

Data shows consumers are more compelled by contextual and convenient insurance & warranty offerings from their banks London, July ..

Automakers mandate masks at all U.S. plants but not requiring vaccines

Automakers mandate masks at all U.S. plants but not requiring vaccines

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Detroit’s Big Three automakers and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union said on ..

SASE: How financial firms can secure a cloud-first competitive advantage

SASE: How financial firms can secure a cloud-first competitive advantage

By Jonathan Lee, Senior Product Manager, Menlo Security For many, employment today looks a lot different compared to the norm that wer..

Motivation for buying electric cars has little to do with the environment, research reveals

Motivation for buying electric cars has little to do with the environment, research reveals

28 July 2021 Environmental awareness among consumers is not a driver of electric vehicle sales, new research from Trinity Business Sch..

Wildfire engulfs houses in suburbs of Athens

Wildfire engulfs houses in suburbs of Athens

By Angeliki Koutantou ATHENS (Reuters) -Children were evacuated from a Greek summer camp and residents fled their homes on Tuesday as ..

U.S. donates more than 110 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad -White House

U.S. donates more than 110 million COVID-19 vaccine doses abroad -White House

By Susan Heavey and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has donated over 110 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines to more..

Strong earnings, dividend bonanza push FTSE 100 higher

Strong earnings, dividend bonanza push FTSE 100 higher

By Shashank Nayar and Amal S (Reuters) -London’s FTSE 100 ended higher on Tuesday as a set of upbeat earnings results supported ..

System glitch prompts Boeing to postpone test space flight

System glitch prompts Boeing to postpone test space flight

By Eric M. Johnson (Reuters) -Boeing Co on Tuesday scrubbed the launch of its CST-100 Starliner capsule to the International Space Sta..

New York becomes first U.S. city to mandate COVID vaccines to enter restaurants, gyms

New York becomes first U.S. city to mandate COVID vaccines to enter restaurants, gyms

By Maria Caspani NEW YORK (Reuters) -New York City will become the first major U.S. city to require proof of COVID vaccination for cus..

Unified communications, a lifeline in crisis and a lifestyle in the new normal

Unified communications, a lifeline in crisis and a lifestyle in the new normal

Heather Zhang, Country Business Leader for UK & Ireland, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise In the spring of 2020, when life as we knew it ..

Tips for marketing your ecommerce start-up

Tips for marketing your ecommerce start-up

Looking for a way to take your ecommerce marketing strategy to the next level? In today’s post, Andrew Dark, Director and Co-Own..

5 Considerations When Trying to Grow Your Business During a Pandemic

5 Considerations When Trying to Grow Your Business During a Pandemic

By Frederic de Ryckman de Betz – CEO of Attic Self Storage People are your greatest asset and your greatest challenge Keeping pe..

Mind the gap: plugging the physical disconnect in a digital-first retail era

Mind the gap: plugging the physical disconnect in a digital-first retail era

By Christophe Pecoraro, Managing Director at PFS Europe It is no exaggeration to say that the past 12 months have turned the retail en..

FINANCE BROKERS BANK ON RED FLAG ALERT TO HELP BEAT FRAUD

FINANCE BROKERS BANK ON RED FLAG ALERT TO HELP BEAT FRAUD

The National Association of Commercial Finance Brokers (NACFB) has partnered with disruptive data analysts Red Flag Alert in a bid to ..

Problems at home impact employee creativity more than problems at work

Problems at home impact employee creativity more than problems at work

Feeling ostracised by family members has a negative effect on employee creativity, more so than feeling ostracised at work, finds new ..

Qantas idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights

Qantas idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights

(Reuters) – Qantas Airways Ltd is temporarily idling about 2,500 employees without pay for at least two months in a bid to cope ..

McDonald’s makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

McDonald’s makes masks mandatory for all customers, staff

(Reuters) – McDonald’s Corp on Monday confirmed that all its customers and staff will need to start wearing masks again in..

UTP Group’s Same-Day Settlement Proves a Hit with Merchants

UTP Group’s Same-Day Settlement Proves a Hit with Merchants

London, 2nd August 2021: UTP Group, a European card payment solutions provider, is seeing increased demand for its services as more an..

Monneo Launches First Multi-Currency Merchant Settlement Solution for Acquirers to Streamline International Payments

Monneo Launches First Multi-Currency Merchant Settlement Solution for Acquirers to Streamline International Payments

London, 02 August 2021, Monneo, virtual IBAN and eCommerce bank account provider, today announces the launch of its merchant settlemen..

Bishopsgate Financial acquired by CubeMatch Ltd

Bishopsgate Financial acquired by CubeMatch Ltd

Two leading specialist financial services change management consultancies partner to offer an enhanced service Bishopsgate Financial’s..

Tech Mahindra Q1’22 Revenues up 14.6% Q1’22 Profit after tax up 42.2%

Tech Mahindra Q1’22 Revenues up 14.6% Q1’22 Profit after tax up 42.2%

Pune – July 29th, 2021: Tech Mahindra Ltd., a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services to..

New fintech company set to change the lives of financial directors forever

New fintech company set to change the lives of financial directors forever

A new business expense card and app unlike anything else in their field are set to transform how business expenses are managed and pro..

Innovative AI Accounting App MyT Exceeds Seedrs Funding Round Target

Innovative AI Accounting App MyT Exceeds Seedrs Funding Round Target

MyT successfully secures 132% of their £100,000 target from 247 investors Key Takeaways: MyT is an Artificial Intelligence cloud-base..

BIAN Appoints Three Industry Experts to Executive Board

BIAN Appoints Three Industry Experts to Executive Board

Charaka Kithulegoda, Shanker Ramamurthy and Balaji Kumar join leadership team to drive innovation at not-for-profit organisation Frank..

Axyon AI delivers first ever use of market anomaly detection in digital asset space

Axyon AI delivers first ever use of market anomaly detection in digital asset space

Axyon AI partners with DeFi FX exchange DeFinity to develop Deep Learning AI market anomaly detection LONDON, July 26, 2021 – Ax..

ELIZABETH SOLARU–CAKE GURU Makes NFT History

ELIZABETH SOLARU–CAKE GURU Makes NFT History

2 August 2021 MULTI-AWARD WINNING CAKE DESIGNER ELIZABETH SOLARU MAKES HISTORY BY BECOMING THE FIRST CAKE DESIGNER TO HAVE AN NFT. THI..

How the finance sector can embrace the shift to open source technologies

How the finance sector can embrace the shift to open source technologies

Tim Oldfield, Financial Services Client Director at Mango Solutions (an Ascent company) The highly regulated financial services sector..

European shares climb higher; oil hit by China demand concerns

European shares climb higher; oil hit by China demand concerns

LONDON (Reuters) – European shares picked up in early trading on Monday after a recovery in Asian equities overnight, with risk ..

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

Zoom reaches $85 million settlement over user privacy, ‘Zoombombing’

By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -Zoom Video Communications Inc agreed to pay $85 million and bolster its security practices to settle a ..

Employee benefits fit for the workplace of the future

Employee benefits fit for the workplace of the future

By: Nick Greenston, CEO of Retinue Talent Solutions COVID-19 has shone a light on the importance of employee benefits.  And, as worker..

Open Banking: making data sharing, meeting regulations and record keeping better for small businesses

Open Banking: making data sharing, meeting regulations and record keeping better for small businesses

By Richard McCall, CEO, Armalytix Small businesses are notoriously susceptible to business failure – this can be for any number of rea..

Balancing innovation and security

Balancing innovation and security

By Altaz Valani, Director of Insights Research, Security Compass At a time of significant disruption for the financial services indust..

UK crying out for financial help even as lockdown restrictions lift

UK crying out for financial help even as lockdown restrictions lift

Creditspring’s Stability Hub, which helps people improve their financial resilience, has seen 82% increase in members since start of ..

Fundings Options and Love Energy Savings partner to help SMEs get best offers in utilities

Fundings Options and Love Energy Savings partner to help SMEs get best offers in utilities

Collaboration will mean SMEs can secure finance and energy products at competitive rates from multiple providers via a single marketpl..