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• July 19, 2018 19 Jul'18

  SAP Q2 2018: Cloud revenue shows momentum, 600 more S/4 customers

  SAP’s second-quarter results show cloud revenue now at one-fifth of total, indicating momentum. S/4 Hana customers now number 8,900

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Saudi Arabia entices UK fintechs to its shores

  Saudi Arabia is offering fintechs from other countries the opportunity to access its large internal market

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  UK fintech industry fears Brexit-induced talent squeeze

  London’s financial technology community warns of problems ahead as the reality of the UK leaving the EU unfolds

• July 06, 2018 06 Jul'18

  Investment flows into Nordic startups from all directions

  The Nordic tech startup scene is attracting funding from a variety of sources, with private equity firms, banks and traditional IT companies all keen to put money in

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Case study: Logistics firm GWC moves from paper to digital HR in three months

  Qatar-based logistics firm Gulf Warehousing Company introduced smart appraisals for employees, cut the time it takes to recruit, and gave staff and managers access to accurate HR data by replacing paper systems with human resources software

• July 02, 2018 02 Jul'18

  Oracle decides on Brussels for European fintech innovation centre

  Software giant Oracle chooses Brussels as the centre of its European financial technology innovation programme

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  Nationwide Building Society to fund tech startups to the tune of £50m

  With an available fund of £50m, Nationwide Building Society is the latest traditional financial services provider to support tech startups

• June 22, 2018 22 Jun'18

  IBM early findings on disastrous TSB core banking system migration released

  Report released by Treasury Committee criticises lack of rigour in preparation for core banking system migration, but TSB says report’s content is out of date

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  Young generation tempted by Amazon bank-like services

  Tech firms offering banking services will be inevitable in the future as more than half of young people are tempted by such a prospect

• June 11, 2018 11 Jun'18

  SAP banks on “intelligent enterprise” at Sapphire 2018

  SAP, at its SapphireNow 2018 conference, promoted the “intelligent enterprise”, with Hasso Plattner and head of machine learning Markus Noga setting out the philosophy

• June 06, 2018 06 Jun'18

  Sapphire 2018: SAP will take over CRM market, says McDermott

  SAP’s chief executive Bill McDermott tells 2018 Sapphire conference the supplier will storm the CRM market with its C/4 Hana business applications suite

• June 04, 2018 04 Jun'18

  Subpostmasters told to expect decision on alleged unfair prosecutions in August

  The Criminal Courts Review Commission is expected to announce the findings of an investigation into alleged unfair subpostmaster prosecutions in August

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  Visa card payments system goes down across the UK and Ireland

  Millions of businesses across the UK and Ireland are unable to accept VIsa card payments because of a "service disruption"

• May 23, 2018 23 May'18

  Singapore to adopt European e-invoicing standard

  The city-state is the first country outside Europe to embrace the Peppol e-invoicing standard to speed up business transactions and lower operating costs for SMEs

• May 22, 2018 22 May'18

  A third of people would buy insurance from Google or Amazon

  Consumers are increasingly likely to buy insurance from tech giants as the insurtech industry hits the mainstream