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4 career trends to consider in 2023

Do you want to get ahead in your career this year? Then you may have to switch your thinking in a few areas and embrace the biggest career trends of 2023: 1. Embrace non-financial benefits As the global recession wages on, companies are starting to become more savvy when it comes to compensation packages and are adding a focus on non-financial be...

30 December 2022 /people

Why credit unions must learn to lean on fintech

James Berry CEO at Great Western Credit Union

Why credit unions must learn to lean on fintech

From financial insecurity to lockdowns preventing access to high street bank branches, the pandemic brought numerous changes to the way both people and businesses handle their money. The impact accelerated the need for more advanced technological solutions, including increased accessible banking options at a time when leaving the house was not enc...

29 December 2022 /retail

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

Finextra’s Top Long Reads of 2022

With 2022 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most viewed long reads over the course of the past year. 10. How to overcome barriers to innovation by improving the skills gap I covered the salient points from a Finextra Research and Pluralsight webinar on ‘Creating a skill development programme aligned to strategic planning’ where Jane ...

28 December 2022 /payments

Will 2023 be the year of the four-day work week?

Retired Member

Will 2023 be the year of the four-day work week?

If 2020 was the year of banana bread and 2021 was the year of Squid Game and that Oprah interview, 2022 was the year of flexible working with the arrival of the four day working week global pilot programme. Launched in June, the programme ran for six months, with 70 organisations signing up to trial a four-day working week in an initiative run by 4...

23 December 2022 /people

How Atomic Swaps will enhance interoperability

Erol Kaya CTO at Abu Dhabi

How Atomic Swaps will enhance interoperability

Money has taken on different shapes, sizes, and forms throughout history. Payments have evolved from offline to electronic in credit cards and electronic wallets.. Instant payments will become the new normal. The volumes in domestic and cross-border payments will increase as instant payment offers financial institutions the opportunity to innovat...

21 December 2022 /payments

Payments: Why a holistic view is needed to improve the payments landscape

Jeroen Holscher Practice Lead at Capgemini

Payments: Why a holistic view is needed to improve the payments landscape

This article was co-written by Venugopal PSV, senior director of global cards and payments practice, and Jeroen Holscher, head global payments and cards practice at Capgemini. We have seen a dramatic change in the way people choose to pay. There has been substantial growth in the digital payments markets over the last few years, which only promis

20 December 2022 /payments

The India Policy Series: Analysing the 2022 Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

Retired Member

The India Policy Series: Analysing the 2022 Digital Personal Data Protection Bill

India’s journey towards a dedicated privacy law started with the Puttaswamy judgment in 2017, which recognised privacy as a fundamental right under the Constitution of India, and expressed the need for a comprehensive data protection regime in the country. After extensive public debate and discussion, the draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2019...

19 December 2022 /regulation

In-person networking is making a comeback for 2023

Jennifer McShane Contributor at Jobbio

In-person networking is making a comeback for 2023

After almost two years of reshaping how we networked in a pandemic world – namely making connections over virtual coffees via Zoom––getting back to making connections face-to-face might seem exciting and a little intimidating. During Covid, never was the importance of connection so amplified, yet research revealed our professional and personal ne...

16 December 2022 /people

Madhvi Mavadiya Head of Content at Finextra

What does net zero mean for banks?

Earlier this month, I moderated a panel hosted by Cogo on how banks can play a more urgent role in the transition to net zero. The webinar was hot on the heels of COP27 and while all the developments over in Egypt were still front of mind. However, despite many discussions at the event this year, we cannot ignore the fact that the policies that we...

15 December 2022 /sustainable

How are BNPL products impacted by the FCA Consumer Duty?

John O'Donovan Partner, Head of Banking & Finance at Harold Benjamin Solicitors

How are BNPL products impacted by the FCA Consumer Duty?

The market for interest-free Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) and other associated products, such as short-term interest-free credit (STIFC) has been growing at a searing pace. Unsurprisingly, it has come to the attention of the regulators with respect to potential consumer detriment. This has only been magnified by the backdrop of the Financial Conduct Au...

15 December 2022 /regulation

The Westminster Series: Key questions for the Chancellor’s ‘Edinburgh Reforms’

Chris Holmes Peer at House of Lords

The Westminster Series: Key questions for the Chancellor’s ‘Edinburgh Reforms’

On Friday the 9th December, Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt unveiled the ‘Edinburgh Reforms’ of UK financial services – over 30 regulatory reforms to unlock investment and turbocharge growth in towns and cities across the UK. The Chancellor positioned these reforms as the next step in a plan kicked off by the previous Chancellor (now PM)’...

14 December 2022 /regulation

Capitalising on opportunities for international payments

Lewis Ide Head of International - Customer Success at Form3

Capitalising on opportunities for international payments

Improving access to international payments has been high on the agenda for governments, central banks and financial institutions for a number of years. As financial services become embedded within an increasingly digital economy, the pressure to build and provide resilient access to fast, secure and affordable international payments has soared. Th...

13 December 2022 /payments

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