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Is One Of These Companies The Next FinTech Unicorn?
June 21st, 2016
What happens when you take FinTech, one of trendiest sectors out there right now and put it together with the equally popular field of behavioral economics? You get a new sweet spot in finance that’s attracting more than its share ...
HSBC to pay $1.575 billion, ending Household International class action
June 17th, 2016
A unit of HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) said on Thursday it will pay $1.575 billion to end a 14-year-old shareholder class action lawsuit stemming from the Household International consumer finance business that the British bank bought in 2003. HSBC ...
Accountants outsourcing their work in countries like India and Philippines
June 16th, 2016
Many accountants in Australia are shifting large proportions of their operations offshore to countries like India and the Philippines where workers can be paid as little as $5 an hour to complete time-consuming compliance work. While legal, many consumers are ...
CySec has issued a circular for CIFs regardig their remuneration obligations
June 16th, 2016
The Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySec) has issued a circular wishes to remind the Cyprus Investment Firms (CIFs) about their obligations concerning remuneration policies and practices. In particular: 1. The CIFs must establish, implement and maintain remuneration policies ...
Mobile payments: The new future of commerce
June 16th, 2016
We look at how the mobile commerce space is advancing and why this often overlooked part of the brand engagement process is important for marketers to focus back on Many sales and marketing campaigns would be pointless if they ...
PwC has a new UK head of Financial Services
June 16th, 2016
PwC has appointed Andrew Kail as leader of its UK Financial Services practice, succeeding Kevin Burrowes who joins PwC UK’s Executive Board from 1 July as Head of Clients & Markets. Andrew has over 25 years of experience with PwC having held a variety of senior roles including most recently as head ...
Top 100 UK law firms achieve fee income growth of 5.4 per cent in FY16
June 15th, 2016
The UK’s largest law firms achieved an average increase in fee income of 6 per cent in the final quarter of the financial year ended 30 April 2016 compared with the same period last year. This resulted in an ...
The pensions mess: can gold help?
June 14th, 2016
The British have recently seen two unpleasant examples of the cost of pension fund deficits. A deficit at British Steel, estimated to be about £485m, was followed by a deficit at British Home Stores of £571m. In both cases, ...
FINRA Announces CEO Transition
June 14th, 2016
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) today announced that its Board of Governors has concluded the CEO search, and appointed Robert W. Cook as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective the second half of 2016. Mr. Cook will succeed ...
Europe’s Most Innovative Universities
June 14th, 2016
At first glance, the most innovative universities in Europe don’t appear to have much in common. Some are Catholic schools, some are secular, others are state-run and some are private. One is 920 years old. Another has been an ...
