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This network brings together professionals involved in the oversight and management of their company's financial risks and exposures as well as solution vendors, in order to discuss risk issues including interest rate risk, foreign exchange risk and commodity price risk, among others.
Think carefully, someone could be watching! Busy Regulators! Regulators have been busy. Organizations such as SMBC Nikko, JP Morgan, Atlantic Trading, Natwest, and Robinhood have all recently inc...
As technology evolves, more and more children are gaining ready access to the internet, with Ofcom’s latest research estimating that 55% of children now have their own smartphone. Meanwhile, the marke...
Negotiating the right price and quality of data for bureau contracts is essential for credit providers. Despite this, many organisations are unaware that there are differences in pricing and do not h
We live in an increasingly unstable world, a fact which has been exemplified by the unfolding of the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Unfortunately, nationalist tendencies can lead to heightened east vers...
The ability to understand and control risk allows organizations to be more confident in their business decisions. The culture of risk analysis is characterized by the alignment of risk management with...
In the world of foreign currency and cross border payments, SMEs are the worst off every time and frankly, I’m tired of it. In my 25+ years working closely with SMEs, their needs and knowledge g...
This article is co-authored by Vaibhav Dubey, Priyanka Mishra, Suresh Thevar & Vaibhav Grover Banking continues to be in the forefront of driving digital and process transformation. Many banks are...
Unsecured systems and processes can be remarkably easy to exploit. Just imagine a banking call centre, where employees process payments on behalf of customers every day. Before the world changed in e...
Globally, there’s been a great deal of media attention on payment scams affecting consumers, and rightly so. In late September of last year, the U.K. Financial Ombudsman Service received more than 5,0...
Anyone who is paying attention knows the financial industry is going through an unprecedented digital transformation which has been accelerated by the coronavirus pandemic. At the same time, cyberatta...
In March, a bakery owner in South West England received a curious SMS from her bike courier. The baker, whose canelés are famous in her city, supplies pastries to nearby cafes and other bakeries. She...
It seems hard to believe that it was only 10 years ago that the FSA, as it was known back then, removed the mobile phone taping exemption from the call recording rules introduced in March 2009 with C