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Oil, EU exit and diversity will dominate law sector in 2017
December 28th, 2016
The impact of the downturn in the oil and gas industry will continue to be felt in 2017, despite some signs that the worst is over for the sector, according to Ledingham Chalmers chairman Jennifer Young. However, Ms Young, ...
The dawn of financial technology in Islamic finance
December 23rd, 2016
Over the past decade, financial technology — widely referred to as FinTech — has grown primarily due to growing Internet access worldwide and the emergence of smartphones and apps. According to the Ericsson Mobility Report published last year, 70 ...
KPMG UK has announced an increase in revenues; breaks £2bn barrier
December 19th, 2016
KPMG has announced an increase in revenues from £1,958m to £2,068m. Mid-market tax, transaction services and management consulting achieved double digit growth The firm created approximately 1,500 new jobs, with total staff now just over 13,000 KPMG, the professional ...
Spains first Fintech incubator and accelerator wants to attract international companies
December 19th, 2016
Spains first Fintech incubator and accelerator wants to attract talents and start-ups from Europe and Latin America. The program includes a 16 weeks incubation in Spain and continues to use a collaborative approachas it does not require any stake ...
Microsoft completes acquisition of LinkedIn
December 9th, 2016
Jeff Weiner, CEO at LinkedIn has issued an announcement to inform that LinkedIn’s acquisition by Microsoft is closed. Below is the announcement as it was published: Jeff Weiner CEO at LinkedIn As we closed LinkedIn’s acquisition by Microsoft today, ...
ACCA: Rise of the Robots is the advent of Accounting
December 8th, 2016
In a speech to Liverpool University last night, Bank of England chief Mark Carney estimated that up to 15 million of the current jobs in Britain could be automated over time, with whole professions—including accounting—eliminated. John Williams, head of ...
Lithuania is looking to attract FinTech companies
December 5th, 2016
Of all the cities lining up to poach London’s business post-Brexit, Vilnius might seem the most unlikely. Yet the Lithuanian capital has much to offer financial firms, from liveability and local talent to cutting-edge fintech regulation. Euromoney visits a ...
Robot lawyer Visabot is available in beta on Facebook Messenger
November 17th, 2016
Visa lawyer bot pledges to ‘help immigrants make America great again’ A bot that helps people complete visa applications to enter the United States has launched in the aftermath of the U.S. presidential election. Available in beta on Facebook Messenger, Visabot helps complete ...
Deloitte now focuses on blockchain technology and the Internet of Things (IoT)
October 19th, 2016
Deloitte Catalyst accelerates digital transformation by bringing together critical assets and capabilities from the domains of cognitive technologies, Internet of Things and blockchain and includes as initial members Narrative Science, Kira Systems, Ayasdi and Loyyal, among others. Deloitte Catalyst has enabled Deloitte to launch ...
EY reports record global revenues in 2016
October 7th, 2016
EY records sixth consecutive year of record growth Solid growth across all businesses and geographical areas, including developed and emerging markets Large scale transformations and capital transactions fuel growth in Advisory and Transactions businesses Significant investment in digital transformation, ...
