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.

October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21
Post Office board ‘appalling’ and ‘short-sighted’, said minister researching Horizon project in 2000

A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’
October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21
Oracle NetSuite embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP

Oracle Netsuite integrates HSBC corporate banking services into its latest software
October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21
Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation

Zopa will invest in its growing digital bank operation after becoming a unicorn in its latest fund-raising round
October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21
SocGen to cull thousands of jobs and move to single IT platform in merger with subsidiary

French bank’s move to a single banking platform will enable it to cater for changing customer demands

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
How AI and automation drive better customer service

Forrester analysts explore the benefits of combining artificial intelligence with automation Continue Reading
Anti-money laundering technology must operate in a collaborative ecosystem

With new technologies making it easier for banks to spot money laundering activity, we look at why the problem persists at scale, finding that ecosystems and collaborative processes need to be built 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

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
Why the Post Office Horizon scandal kept me awake at night

Reverend Richard Coles tells Computer Weekly why there needs to be a statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal Continue Reading
Post Office’s full and final settlement with Horizon scandal victims in plain English

The legal settlement with subpostmaster victims of the Horizon scandal that the government and the Post Office say is “full and final” is anything but Continue Reading