The Finanser’s Week: 3rd December – 9th December
The main blog headlines are … Is the internet of things our biggest future threat? We talk a lot about cybersecurity, fraud and risk, but are we too complacent about it? We have all these stats and figures: According to Verizon’s 2018 Breach Investigations report, 92 percent of malware is still delivered by email. Out of…

Is the internet of things our biggest future threat?
We talk a lot about cybersecurity, fraud and risk, but are we too complacent about it? We have all these stats and figures: According to Verizon’s 2018 Breach Investigations report, 92 percent of malware is still delivered by email. Out of the 1,300 IT security decision makers surveyed for cyberark Global Advanced Threat Landscape Report 2018, 56 percent said that…

The untold story of Stripe
Wired are really good at writing long, wordy essays on things they find of interest. I enjoy them, but not everyone has half an hour to read their musings. Therefore, as it covers my favourite FinTech firm Stripe, here’s a 1,500 abridged version of their 16 page, 5,000 word original (which you can read here)….

UK headmistress threatens to close tuck shop
I was wracking my brains trying to write something interesting about the Brexit farce, when I noticed that my good friend Bob Lyddon had done it for me. Enjoy! UK headmistress threatens to close tuck shop The UK’s headmistress, Theresa May, has issued a chilling warning to the 650 members of her House of Prefects…

Asking banks to be responsible is like …
The United Nations Principles for Responsible Banking were released last Monday. The aim is to help any bank – whatever its starting point – to align its business strategy with society’s goals. It’s a nice idea, but is it practical? In a guest column James Vaccaro, Director of Corporate Strategy at Triodos Bank, walks us through…

The Finanser’s Week: 26th November – 2nd December
The main blog headlines are … Five digital transformation lessons In a final write-up on leadership, there was a fantastic presentation about the lessons DNB had learned in trying to make digital change happen. Solveig Hellebust, Group Executive Vice President for People & Operations at DNB or, as she called it, POP, talked about the…

Five digital transformation lessons
In a final write-up on leadership, there was a fantastic presentation about the lessons DNB had learned in trying to make digital change happen. Solveig Hellebust, Group Executive Vice President for People & Operations at DNB or, as she called it, POP, talked about the five things that make the difference. These are the lessons…


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