Sunday, Nov 24, 2024

International Finance

Category : Fintech

Finding balance with technology

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
By Sara Stender ,Director, Tech Cleanse. 25th November 2013 The “tech cleanse” movement is about achieving an equilibrium with technology, rather than taking an all-or-nothing approach. I would never expect anyone to remove technology from their life, and we benefit greatly from technological advancements. The key is looking at the intention behind our usage, and...
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Discovering Dark Data

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
by Nick Patience. 21st November 2013 Dark data, otherwise known as unstructured, unmanaged, and categorized information is a major problem for many organisations (and many don’t even know it). Many organisations don’t have the will, systems or processes in place to automatically index and categorize their rapidly growing unstructured dark data and instead rely on...
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Putting a Clause in the Contract for Electronic Discovery

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
by Drew Lewis. 21st November 2013 Let’s start with a not too shocking statement: the cloud offers many advantages for legal firms in terms of storage capacity, as well as reductions in IT, hardware and software costs.  Nothing controversial so far.  But for all of the convenience and benefit cloud storage and services offer, there...
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One Investment that Can Make Unhealthy Cities Livable and Fight Climate Change: Sustainable Transportation

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
BY RACHEL KYTE. 20th November 2013 The more the world urbanizes – and we’re forecast to be 70 percent urban-dwellers by 2050 – the more critical clean, efficient, safe transportation becomes. Access to better jobs, schools, and clinics gives the poor a ladder out of poverty and towards greater prosperity. But transport as we know...
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Relevant and Essential: ICT for the New Bank

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
BY DEEPAK BHATIA. 18th November 2013 As some of you may have heard, the World Bank is in the middle of an extensive change process, with the goal of making us more responsive and nimble in addressing the needs of our client countries. In the ICT Practice, we are convinced that an important part of...
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Can’t Pay, Won’t Pay: The Prompt Payment BattleGround

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The prompt payment code was put into place to encourage speedier payment of small suppliers by some of the UK’s largest companies and prevent retrospective change to payment terms. 14th November 2013 The prompt payment code was put into place to encourage speedier payment of small suppliers by some of the UK’s largest companies and prevent retrospective...
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Popularity Of “Cash for The Internet Is Still Increasing

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
The introduction of the online account “my paysafecard” in several European countries has been another huge success for paysafecard group this year. 13th November 2013 Since its launch in 2000, the idea behind paysafecard is to provide consumers with a payment method for the Internet that is as easy to use and safe as cash....
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Ten ways to kick-start your office’s sustainability efforts

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
It goes without saying that technology plays a critical role in helping businesses of all sizes be successful in today’s always-on, constantly evolving operating environment. 7th November 2013 One area that is often overlooked,  is how office technology can not only streamline operations and improve productivity, but can also help businesses be more sustainable in...
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FTC’s Mobile Payments Report: 3 Points for Your Company to Ponder

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
By Patti Poss.  November 2013 Paper, Plastic, . . . Mobile?  The question isn’t about how you bag your groceries — it’s about how you pay for them.  Are you going to use cold hard cash?  Swipe a credit card?  Wave your smartphone?  Last year the FTChosted a workshop to look at the innovative ways consumers...
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IT departments’ old-fashioned attitudes to email management are costing the economy £millions

International Finance Desk
by International Finance Desk
By Simon Lister.   3 rd,November 2013 IT departments are letting UK businesses down because they are not prepared for the exploding volume of email traffic their colleagues are generating. The focus remains on limiting individuals’ use, rather than managing and facilitating it. More than a third of employees say they spend up to two...
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