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• October 24, 2018 24 Oct'18

  SMEs use fintech in fight against online giants, but fears remain

  Online SMEs are turning to financial technology to help them make payment processes easy for customers as they try to compete with online giants

• October 19, 2018 19 Oct'18

  Russians using less cash after accelerated use of electronic payments

  Russians are increasingly using electronic payments rather than cash, a recent study by Sberbank has found

• October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18

  Home Office ‘seriously’ considered ESN shutdown

  New disclosures from those responsible for the troubled Emergency Services Network project have revealed that, contrary to previous denials, the Home Office came close to pulling the plug earlier this year

• October 17, 2018 17 Oct'18

  Contactless payments surpass Chip and PIN in UK shops

  Contactless card payments now account for more spending in UK stores than Chip and PIN

• October 12, 2018 12 Oct'18

  Watchdog calls for clarity on Schedule 7 terrorism powers

  The Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation has called for greater clarity over police Schedule 7 powers to seize mobile phones and computers and question people without grounds for suspicion at ports and airports

• October 03, 2018 03 Oct'18

  Diversity key for innovation, says Carnival Corporation CEO

  The CEO of travel brand Carnival told Splunk.conf 2018 that having diverse teams is the best way to drive innovation throughout a business

• October 01, 2018 01 Oct'18

  Mobile will be more disruptive for retail than online, says Facebook representative

  Facebook’s retail industry head says mobile technology is likely to cause a bigger shift in retail than online shopping did

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  Brighton’s 5G experiment enters new test phase with focus on virtual reality

  The latest phase of the Digital Catapult’s 5G mobile network testbed in Brighton has begun, with digital businesses from across Sussex taking part in trials of augmented, mixed and virtual reality technology

• September 28, 2018 28 Sep'18

  Finland’s e-retail sector driven by international growth

  Finland has a fast-growing e-retail industry as a positive consequence of the huge job cuts at Nokia

• September 24, 2018 24 Sep'18

  Phased roll-out of ESN to start in early 2019

  The government will adopt a phased approach to the roll-out of the new emergency services 4G communications network

• September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18

  Out-of-contract users paying millions for phones they already own

  Despite calls for MNOs to change their ways, users are still being overcharged for their devices, says Citizens Advice

• September 19, 2018 19 Sep'18

  BMW innovation lab bears fruit with insurtech deal

  BMW has struck a deal with one of the tech startups that participated in its innovation incubator

• September 17, 2018 17 Sep'18

  Nationwide Building Society adds over a billion pounds to IT spend

  Nationwide is increasing the budget for its latest multi-year IT project

• September 13, 2018 13 Sep'18

  Tech Nation startup programme demonstrates richness of UK fintech

  A Tech Nation programme to support the UK's financial technology startups demonstrates the increasingly diverse range of business-to-business products and services available through the country's fintech community

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Argos launches voice shopping capability on Google Home Assistant

  Retailer Argos has developed a voice shopping service so customers can reserve items for pickup using the Google Home Assistant app

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  The fintech startups to watch in the UK

  Tech Nation’s choice of fintech companies to back reflects the changes expected to hit financial services IT

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Britons concerned over security of contactless payments, research finds

  Despite the popularity of contactless payments ahead of cash, Britons are worried about the security of tap and go

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, global CIO, Addison Lee

  Addison Lee’s global CIO is building a business strategy and ensuring the transport company has a flexible platform for growth

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Brussels loans Nokia €500m to fund European 5G research

  European Investment Bank is loaning Nokia half a billion euros to accelerate 5G mobile network R&D

• August 15, 2018 15 Aug'18

  Apple faces strong competition from Amazon

  As Apple is set to become the first trillion dollar company, a strong rival is only just behind – and it's not Google or Samsung.

• August 14, 2018 14 Aug'18

  Consumers accept fraud danger as online shopping increases, research finds

  The majority of UK consumers see the threat of online fraud as “inevitable” as e-commerce popularity rises

• August 08, 2018 08 Aug'18

  Nordic fintech becomes a significant global player

  The Nordic region accounted for three of the 10 biggest financial technology deals in the first half of 2018

• August 07, 2018 07 Aug'18

  M&S partners with Doddle for easier click-and-collect returns

  Retailer is using Powered by Doddle on its in-store devices to allow returns of online items, as well as the use of click-and-collect services

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  Starling raises the fintech stakes with banking-as-a-service

  Challenger bank enables companies outside the financial sector to offer their customers savings and current accounts via the bank’s APIs

• August 06, 2018 06 Aug'18

  Sweaty Betty revamps website to cater for digital customers

  Activewear brand has partnered with e-commerce firm Tryzens to launch a responsive site that is better suited to its increasingly digital customers

• August 01, 2018 01 Aug'18

  Apple breaks Q3 records, while losing market share to Huawei

  Apple has posted a record-breaking quarter, but its smartphones are not selling as fast. Huawei is now the second largest smartphone maker

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  UK fintech investment exceeds US and China

  Financial technology investments in the UK have surpassed those made in the US and China

• July 31, 2018 31 Jul'18

  Briton ran pro-Kremlin disinformation campaign that helped Trump deny Russian links

  A British IT manager and former hacker from Darlington ran a disinformation campaign that duped former US intelligence agents and provided Donald Trump with manufactured “evidence” to deny that Russia interfered with the US election

• July 27, 2018 27 Jul'18

  IT meltdown pushes TSB into loss

  Bank is feeling the effects of its recent IT problems, reporting a loss of more than £100m for the first six months of 2018

• July 20, 2018 20 Jul'18

  Cisco and UCL to open AI research unit in $100m digital economy boost

  Cisco has extended its ongoing Country Digital Acceleration programme in the UK with a further $100m investment, part of which will go towards a new AI research centre

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Mobile devices lost in London underline security risk

  The security risk of lost mobile devices is underlined by the fact that almost 26,000 mobile phones and computing devices were lost in London in the past year alone

• July 09, 2018 09 Jul'18

  Superbike team adds managed UC to support racers

  Crescent Racing, Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team has enhanced its existing relationship with MSP GCI to include new unified comms and Skype for Business elements

• 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 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  European banks need to balance fintech strategies

  European Banking Authority highlights the risks of banks taking up fintech too quickly, and of ignoring it

• July 03, 2018 03 Jul'18

  UK financial services firms up tech investments to fuel new services

  Driven by the need to offer new services, as well as meet industry regulations, UK financial services firms are increasing spending on IT

• 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

• June 29, 2018 29 Jun'18

  British Muslim considers appeal after court rules repeated terrorism stops are legal

  Muzaffar Abdullah, a 37-year-old gas engineer who has been stopped and questioned by police at airports at least 10 times, is considering an appeal after being found guilty of wilful obstruction for refusing to answer questions under controversial ...

• June 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  PizzaExpress launches augmented reality football game

  Italian restaurant chain PizzaExpress has launched an augmented reality football game for customers to play during meals

• 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 27, 2018 27 Jun'18

  BBC launches online archive for 1980s Computer Literacy Project

  Archive will enable people to read up on a 10-year project developed by the BBC in the 1980s

• June 26, 2018 26 Jun'18

  British Muslim challenges use of intelligence databases for repeated police stops

  Muzaffar Abdullah is challenging police use of intelligence databases to repeatedly stop and question Muslims, after being arrested for refusing to answer questions under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000. His lawyers say he had been stopped at ...

• June 25, 2018 25 Jun'18

  Apple rejects claim of iPhone brute force hack

  Apple has rejected claims by a security researcher that he was able to bypass the iPhone defences against brute force passcode hacks

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  Debit card payments surpassed cash for first time in 2017

  For the first time, UK customers used debit cards to make more payments than cash in 2017, a change which has come a year earlier than expected.

• June 19, 2018 19 Jun'18

  CIO interview: Michael Cole, European Tour and Ryder Cup

  Michael Cole, chief technology officer at the European Tour and Ryder Cup, discusses how he is helping the sport of golf broaden its appeal through his “connected course” digital transformation vision

• June 14, 2018 14 Jun'18

  Take-up of Transport for London’s BYOD scheme leapt last year

  TfL staff are increasingly using their own mobile devices in the workplace, figures reveal

• June 13, 2018 13 Jun'18

  Advanced network supports new learning model at Northampton Uni

  The University of Northampton is preparing to open a new campus at a cost of £330m, and has turned to Cisco to supply an intelligent, secure network to support its innovative learning model

• June 12, 2018 12 Jun'18

  Investigators close Nokia extortion probe without finding a motive or making an arrest

  New details of €2m blackmail of Nokia in 2007 emerge as Finland’s NBI calls a halt to its investigation

• June 07, 2018 07 Jun'18

  Newcastle Council to show off smartest street in Britain

  The Great Exhibition of the North will see Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne transformed into Britain’s smartest street as part of a demonstration of IoT technology

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  Revamped BHS website to close two years after department store collapse

  The BHS website, which was developed after the department store’s closure in 2016, will be closed at the end of June

• June 01, 2018 01 Jun'18

  BBC to show World Cup in virtual reality

  Broadcaster will trial virtual reality and ultra HD live streams of the FIFA World Cup through BBC iPlayer and a dedicated VR app