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• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  The secrets of Nordic fintech boost

  London has become the undisputed European capital for financial technology, but the Nordic countries have strong ambitions to challenge for the number one spot

• April 18, 2016 18 Apr'16

  The Middle East’s home-grown app market now really growing, but from a low base

  Despite massive smartphone penetration, native app developers in the region need to listen more closely to what locals want

• April 15, 2016 15 Apr'16

  E-commerce struggles for growth in Asean countries

  Online retail market growth in the Asean nations remains slow but nonetheless significant, according to a survey of consumer habits in the region

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  Data protection law sails through European Parliament

  The European Union’s new General Data Protection Regulation has successfully passed through the European Parliament

• April 14, 2016 14 Apr'16

  Social media could be used to identify refugees, says fintech founder

  A panel at the Innovate Finance Summit 2016 discussed ways refugees could access funds, including digital identities, smartphones and peer-to-peer applications

• April 11, 2016 11 Apr'16

  UK’s Daily Mail publisher eyes Yahoo’s assets

  The Daily Mail parent company is putting together a bid for Yahoo’s news properties that would increase its US presence significantly

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  Panasonic launches at-seat mobile payments for airlines

  In-flight entertainment and connectivity specialist Panasonic Avionics unveils near-field communications system to let airline passengers use mobile payments in the air

• April 05, 2016 05 Apr'16

  John Lewis launches 2016 round of accelerator programme Jlab

  Retailer John Lewis launches the 2016 round of Jlab, a programme designed to bring innovation and disruption to the retail industry with technology startups

• April 04, 2016 04 Apr'16

  Digital Single Market: European Commission warned not to over-regulate online platforms

  Ministers from 11 EU member states warn European Commission off over-regulating use of online platforms during the creation of the Digital Single Market

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  New London mayor urged to take ‘drastic action’ on capital broadband

  A YouGov poll for the Foundation for Information Society Policy finds widespread disillusionment among Londoners when it comes to broadband provision in the capital

• March 31, 2016 31 Mar'16

  Build out networks and mobile to rebalance UK economy, says O2

  In a major report, mobile operator O2 suggests that access to better digital infrastructure could boost the UK economy by £1.5bn outside of London and the South East

• March 30, 2016 30 Mar'16

  CIO interview: Retail’s past a poor guide to future, says Paul Coby of John Lewis

  Paul Coby, IT director at John Lewis, believes retailers will need to move with changing customer patterns and demands to survive the omni-channel shift

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  Sweden’s central bank puts brake on cash-free society

  Sweden has been on a fast track to become the world’s first cashless society, but now its central bank is stamping on the brakes

• March 29, 2016 29 Mar'16

  DNB to close 59 branches in Norway as online banking dominates

  Norwegian bank DNB is closing branches and cutting jobs as more customers move to digital channels

• March 23, 2016 23 Mar'16

  Android Pay UK launch announced by Google

  Google is entering the UK mobile phone payments market, with Android Pay expected to be available in months

• March 22, 2016 22 Mar'16

  Santander launches voice-controlled banking

  Santander has made technology available that enables its customers to control its mobile banking app and access information using their voices

• March 21, 2016 21 Mar'16

  Singapore and Malaysia most aware of gap in IT availability

  The gap between IT availability and what users want is clear to organisations in Singapore and Malaysia, according to a global study

• March 18, 2016 18 Mar'16

  Danish taxi drivers protest against Uber at startup event

  Taxi drivers in Denmark protest about the inclusion of Uber at Nordic Startup Conference in Copenhagen

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Everyone should be a chief customer officer, says PetsPyjamas CEO

  CEO of pet-friendly product company PetsPyjamas says the idea of the chief customer officer is redundant

• March 17, 2016 17 Mar'16

  Private mobile network powers Ocado’s robotic warehouse

  Online supermarket Ocado rethinks 4G mobile technology to power a network of 1,000 robot workers operating in the grocer's 'hive' warehouse

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Fintechs want to take one-third of traditional banks’ business

  Banks know they could lose large chunks of business to fintech firms, but if the challengers have their way, it will be more than expected

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  JD Williams uses analytics to move from mail order to omni-channel

  JD Williams’ head of web analytics explains how the firm is using data to provide a personalised experience for customers

• March 16, 2016 16 Mar'16

  Crypto ransomware lurks in ads on popular websites

  Security researchers warn that the major ransomware malvertising campaign that hit popular websites at the weekend may not be over yet

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Retail banking will be fully automated by 2020, say bankers

  Financial services employees believe the future of customer retail banking will be automated as the need for digital technology increases

• March 15, 2016 15 Mar'16

  Retailers are in the “dial up” stage of omni-channel

  A Retail Business Technology Expo panel likened the current omni-channel movement to the dial-up stage of internet connectivity

• March 14, 2016 14 Mar'16

  New UK law will criminalise failure to hack on demand

  MPs have been given only two weeks to read 1,200 pages of documents which disclose new powers to require technology companies to install secret surveillance capabilities in software, computer equipment or networks

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  Technology and new finance firms will test banking industry

  UK bankers now think fintech is a bigger issue than regulatory change, according to a study

• March 11, 2016 11 Mar'16

  Payments regulator makes progress in introducing competition

  UK payments regulator has slashed the time it takes for finance firms to join and use real-time payments system

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Innovate UK and UKTI lead Asean smart city mission

  Smart city technology developers are heading to Malaysia and Singapore on a government-led trade mission

• March 10, 2016 10 Mar'16

  Retailers not prioritising mobile are choosing to ignore their customers, says PayPal

  PayPal’s director of mobile commerce warns retailers that mobile payments should be a top priority to provide the experience customers want

• March 09, 2016 09 Mar'16

  Challenger bank buys digital gaming specialist

  Challenger bank Atom buys gaming expertise business Grasp to develop its online customer interfaces

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Legacy systems stand in the way of customisation for banks

  Banks are hindered by legacy systems that prevent them from delivering a personalised customer experience

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Record UK cash withdrawals, but is it just a stay of execution?

  The amount of cash withdrawn from UK ATMs last year was up on the previous year despite the arrival of technology-enabled alternatives

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Global finance regulator to examine fintech risks

  Global financial system stability group FSB will take a closer look at financial technology companies

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Londoners lead mobile banking switch

  People in London are the most likely to manage their finances using a smartphone, according to a survey of consumers in England and Wales

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  52 contactless payments made every second in UK last December

  Contactless card payments continue to rise at a rapid rate, with nearly £8bn spent in the UK last year using the technology

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Tech Nordic Advocates partners with Nordic Startup Conference

  Tech Nordic Advocates, sister organisation of startup group Tech London Advocates, is partnering with the Nordic Startup Conference show in Copenhagen in March

• February 23, 2016 23 Feb'16

  Case study: National Rail Enquiries tackles website uptime issues with AWS and SOASTA

  The National Rail Enquiries website took a battering in the wake of the 2013 St. Jude’s storm, prompting the organisation to rethink its hosting and load-testing procedures

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Consumers want to collect loyalty points on mobile phones

  Eight out of ten customers would like to start collecting loyalty points from retailers through their mobile devices

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  Alternative finance sector accounts for £3.2bn investments in UK

  Alternative online finance provided 3% of lending to SMEs and 13% of lending to small businesses last year, but overall growth rate slowed

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Middle East telecoms operators face up to IoT smart city challenges

  As smart city initiatives spring up in the Middle East, telecoms operators contend with the strain of the internet of things (IoT) on networks

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  'We stumbled on e-commerce,' says Ecco marketing head

  Head of e-commerce at retailer Ecco Dana Schwartz explains how the firm’s transformational journey happened as a result of e-commerce adoption

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Peer-to-peer lender wants to acquire traditional mortgage firm

  LendInvest suggests acquisition could help it become “the biggest mortgage lender in the country”

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Singapore restructures infocomm and media agencies

  Singapore government merges its ICT and media agencies in recognition of their overlapping responsibilities

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Sweden’s NFT Ventures looks to Finland for fintech startups

  Swedish startup fund that targets financial technology developers has expanded its reach into Finland

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Paym usage doubles every six months

  Mobile payments provider says use of its mobile payments service is increasing by about four times each year

• February 10, 2016 10 Feb'16

  Finnish construction company YIT opens a virtual IT test lab

  Finnish construction company YIT has opened a lab to allow its staff test out their digital ideas

• February 09, 2016 09 Feb'16

  Banks should allow open data sharing to help customers compare services

  The Open Banking Working Group has suggested information about products and customer transaction data should be open to improve service comparison and drive competition

• February 05, 2016 05 Feb'16

  CIO interview: Kevin O’Connor, group CIO, William Hill

  Former Paddy Power CIO aims to bring IT development work back in-house and use technology to improve customers’ betting experience