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Giving some back: Africa’s economies fuelled by Africans abroad
Abdirashid Duale, CEO Dahabshiil
In the 1990s, Africa saw the largest emigration of skilled people in the world. Similar brain drains have hurt other regions over the last decade, but Africa has enjoyed a silver lining in the form of a large increase in internal investment, in part down to close
Last Updated on Friday, 17 May 2013 05:40
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Account switching explained – a new guaranteed service for the UK
The Payments Council
The wide-ranging report published in 2011 by the Independent Commission on Banking recommended ways to give greater confidence to customers switching their current account to a new bank or building society, and to make the process easier for them.
At the Payments Council - the organisation
Last Updated on Monday, 13 May 2013 06:44
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The art of verbal intervention-ECB
The first week of May was packed with market-moving events for Forex traders: FOMC meeting, the ECB meeting and the Non-farm payroll. We’ve seen more proactive comments from the central bank officials and better job reports, but really, has the underlying course of the economy changed?
The ECB has
Last Updated on Tuesday, 14 May 2013 14:24
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Can sustainability data be used as a measure of risk?
Last Updated on Friday, 03 May 2013 06:31
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SEPA: Friend or foe of innovation in Europe?
Alex Mifsud is CEO at Ixaris
Europe is firmly on the map as a hub of payments innovation, as a host of new finance companies start to emerge from within the continents burgeoning economies. Take Finovate Europeas an example – initially designed as a small event to showcase the
Last Updated on Wednesday, 01 May 2013 06:53
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Credit cards: the power of online
By Thomas Gronbach, director of mobile & web performance at Keynote
Ten years ago credit cards were a paper-based business. Cards were marketed through the post, consumers applied with paper applications, paper statements arrived every month and paper cheques were written to pay the bill. Today, credit card issuers still
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 April 2013 10:14
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Internet of Everything – Finance
In this article, Ian Foddering, Cisco CTO, UKI discusses the potential impact, and value the Internet of Everything can bring to the Finance industry.
Cisco believes the technology industry has never been more innovative, this view has been reinforced by business and technology leaders. The finance industry in particular
Last Updated on Wednesday, 24 April 2013 07:35
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There’s more to an effective board than box-ticking
The pressures for the boards of organisations to review their effectiveness are many and varied. Whether from regulation, self-interest to protect against scandal, or to satisfy enquiring shareholders, gone are the days where boards could brush things under the carpet and hope the problem would go away.
Last Updated on Sunday, 21 April 2013 03:23
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