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Why operational resilience matters more than ever in 2022 for the UK financial services sector
By Amelia Green Yalini Pathy Neil Reid +1 more...
Despite what appears to be an acceleration away from the worst of the pandemic, businesses continue to face disruptive forces on multiple...
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Disruption in Insurance: Shifting Expectations
By Mark Lustig
One notable finding from the newly released third annual AlixPartners' Disruption Index is that 72% of CEOs are worried about losing...
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Crypto hacking: The balance of sophistication between users and bad actors keeps risk riding high throughout the crypto ecosystem
By Colin Johnson Kevin Madura Mark Doughty
Digital assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum are a major asset class, representing over $2 trillion in market capitalization, and are...
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NFTs - A masterstroke or minefield for monetizing digital masterpieces?
By Colin Johnson Mark Doughty Kevin Madura
Transformational, disruptive, innovative – NFTs have solidified their place as part of the mainstream conversation, from brand investment...
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Buy now, pay later – looming credit crisis or victory for greater consumer choice?
By Mark Flamme Joe O'Connor Neil Reid
A recent report in The Guardian drew attention to the increasingly popular buy now, pay later market. According to the article, by the...
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Five incoming ESG regulations UK financial services firms need to prepare for—now
By Andreas Kyriakos Neil Reid
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are flying high on the boardroom agenda. The pandemic has, for many, crystalised the...
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The ongoing proliferation of non-financial services financial services
By Mark Flamme
Non-bank lenders have played a large role in the US mortgage market for many years, with the ability to generate fee income from...
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Omnichannel banking – why bricks and mortar banks still matter in the digital age
By Mark Flamme
The history of the digital-only bank business model is mixed in the US. Several well-funded ventures including WingSpan Bank (Offered by...
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Rewriting the rules? Are central bank cryptos the answer to the regulation challenge?
By Neil Reid
The continuing rise of cryptocurrency lending platforms is accelerating the need for clarity on some of the big issues affecting...
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What should you do when China increases its regulatory scrutiny?
By Cliff Lam
Chinese regulators have recently taken a hard stance against homegrown technology and education companies, raising concerns about, among...
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Is digital evidence as reliable as we think?
By AlixPartners
I have been following this case with interest for many years. In 1999, the UK Post Office introduced a new computer system called Horizon...
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Is there a future for subprime lending?
By John Bruce
As discussed in today's opinion piece in the FT, the different treatment of Amigo Loans and Provident is interesting, as both firms use...
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Aligning financial crime compliance with local and international enforcement priorities
By Cliff Lam
On 30 June 2021, the Wolfsberg Group published a paper on demonstrating effectiveness in Anti-Money Laundering/Combating Terrorist...
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As climate change increasingly drives the corporate agenda are there lessons to be learned from the post-GFC ‘bad banks’?
By Neil Reid
At last week’s G7 summit environmental matters were high on the agenda. Despite the immediate impact of the pandemic, longer term concern...
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Lessons learned from Ewarton's incident
By Cliff Lam
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has recently reprimanded and slapped a local securities firm, Ewarton Securities...
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Will the rising influence of activism drive corporate ESG commitments and what does it mean for banks’ lending?
By Neil Reid
Interesting news from the Netherlands in the FT recently where a Dutch court has ordered Shell to accelerate its decarbonisation...
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