Financial applications

Find news stories, analysis and case studies to help you best leverage financial applications to drive forward business and corporate strategies. Stay abreast of new financial applications developments, and get expert advice on how to evaluate corporate performance management (CPM) software, and manage corporate performance management systems. Learn how to best use software to improve financial management processes such as forecasting, planning and budgeting. And read about how to use financial analytics software to create performance dashboards to aid decision-making.

September 27, 2022 27 Sep'22
Robo investment platform adopts open banking-based payments

Nordic consumer investment fintech simplifies customer experience through open banking software from Mastercard-owned Aiia
September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22
Copenhagen Fintech connects its members to the world

Copenhagen-based startup initiative is driving fintech developments across the Nordic region, with Mastercard its latest global partner
September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22
Post Office scandal inquiry chair intervenes in slow compensation progress

Chair of statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal has aired his disappointment over the slow progress in making interim payments to victims
September 23, 2022 23 Sep'22
Mini-Budget 2022: HMRC tells firms to update payroll software ahead of November NI tax cut

HMRC is urging employers to ensure their payroll software systems are updated now, before the reversal of the previous government’s National Insurance tax hike kicks in

3 strategies for better finance-IT collaboration

Lack of communication between a company's finance and IT departments can cause problems with organizational goals and decisions. Learn how to improve finance-IT collaboration. Continue Reading
Finland brings cryostats and other cool things to quantum computing

Not only is Finland the clear leader in refrigeration technology for quantum computers, but it also leads in fundamental research into the underlying quantum information theory Continue Reading
Oracle Fusion cloud applications pathways tend towards pragmatic

Oracle’s full suite of cloud applications can be a pragmatic step-by-step journey for customers – we look at some examples Continue Reading

Pay-in-three is a slur

PayPal is taking its seductive “buy now, pay later” service to Australia, after successful roll-outs in Britain and the US saw it handle more than £540m of transactions by the end of 2020. It’s ... Continue Reading
Doubting Thomas

As a rule of thumb, we wish only misery and ruin on Bitcoin investors for daring to make the phenomenon sound any more sophisticated than a Bet365 advert. But our maniacal propensity for ... Continue Reading
Cash will survive beyond demise of plastic cards, says Deutsche Bank

Forget the end of cash, say goodbye to your platic bank card Continue Reading

Subpostmasters won their David and Goliath battle, but initial goal still not reached

Despite exposing the Post Office Horizon scandal, Alan Bates, the former subpostmaster who drove the campaign for the truth, says the goal of repaying people what they lost has not yet been achieved Continue Reading
A trial relying on computer evidence should start with a trial of the computer evidence

Learning from the Post Office Horizon scandal - the most widespread miscarriage of justice in recent British legal history Continue Reading
Basel III: How fintech can provide allocated gold for banks

Banking rules that were over 10 years in the making as a response to the financial crisis have finally come into effect, marking a seismic shift for European banks and their dealings with gold – potentially completely altering the landscape of precious metal investment. Sylvia Carrasco, CEO of Goldex, explains Continue Reading

The rise and rise of blockchain technology

The growing use of blockchain across Asia-Pacific is set to continue, with spending on the technology slated to hit $2.4bn this year, according to IDC