Staff at financial services firm, Standard Chartered have been told to avoid using Zoom and Google Hangouts due to security concerns, according to a report from Reuters.
The report claims to have seen an internal memo directing staff to avoid...
It has been a roller-coaster few weeks for Zoom, the video conferencing platform. At the end of last year, the company had 10m users, in the post-COVID-19 world, it has racked up 200m daily users.
Following its incredible rise, it...
Alana Matos, UX Designer and Researcher for The Economist's digital products will be speaking at an online edition of UX Oxford on Thursday 7th May.
The session will focus on the challenges with introducing modern UX thinking to a newspaper...
The number of searches taking place on desktop devices is increasing as the current pandemic unfolds, says Microsoft Advertising's Corporate Vice President, Rik van der Kooi.
Speaking at Microsoft's Elevate online event on Tuesday, van der Kooi said that he's...
Just six months after its launch, app-based digital banking brand, Bó is being shut down by RBS.
Launched as a competitor to fintech startups Revolut, Starling and Monzo, Bó was introduced in November 2019 with a bright yellow card and...
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Interview with Jasper Martens, CMO at PensionBee
Jasper Martens was part of a team of six people when he joined PensionBee in 2015. PensionBee is now a company of over 100 people with plush offices (albeit empty...
Podcast interview with Peter Ramsey (Built for Mars)
UX in banking
If you haven't heard of Peter Ramsey (A.K.A the person behind Built for Mars) and his epic study into the user experience (UX) of banking, it really is time you...
The ID Register, a service that enables investors to create a secure online 'passport', has spun out from its parent company, Apex Group Ltd in a management buyout.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Guernsey, The ID Register has plans...
Alanis Morissette knows how to write a tune. In 1996 she released 'ironic', and whilst it's a solid slice of pop gold, it is lacking in irony.
Bad luck? It's got lots of that, like the old man who turned...
Listen to the full interview with Nizam Uddin OBE
Tackling exclusion in financial services
Of all of the guests I've spoken to as part of our interview podcast series, my most recent guest, Nizam Uddin OBE is arguably the one who...
