As part of work undertaken by Skipton Building Society, research revealed that although 60% of consumer decisions in the market were based on interest rates, 40% can be attributed to brand.
The research was carried out by the Skipton BS...
IT and marketing specialist roles are leading the way in growing demand for talent in the financial services sector, reaching 70% of the industry's recruitment needs for the whole of 2020 within the first four months of the year.
The...
Former Pensions Minister, Baroness Ros Altmann has said that the 'old mantra' in the pensions industry doesn't fit anymore.
Speaking as part of an online event, Baroness Altmann said, "the old mantra is that pensions are sold, not bought...we had...
Just under half of UK adults, aged 18 or over display at least one characteristic of vulnerability. That's according to the findings of the FCA's Financial Lives Survey and it equates to 24.1m consumers.
The FCA believes that the COVID-19...
Citi is to launch a fintech marketplace, making third-party fintech apps and services available to its customers.
The marketplace will make use of API technology that enables customers to share information with financial apps that are a part of the...
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Interview with Paul Mills, CMO at Shaw & Co
For this week's interview I had the pleasure of speaking with Paul Mills, a CMO who started out as an anlytical chemist before embarking on a sector-hopping...
In March this year, Bruce Hepburn, CEO at Mactavish, a leading insurance consultancy issued a scathing analysis of the commercial insurance industry. His analysis centred on the industry's insistence on delivering commercial insurance as a commodity, a habit that...
David Rutter, CEO of blockchain software firm, R3 has said 'cracks are already appearing' in the banking system following fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Speaking in an interview with City AM, Rutter said, "...when markets go through extreme stress, you...
Leanne Cutts, HSBC's CMO has said that COVID-19 is "a real reset moment for our role as marketers" that has shown the firm that it can deliver change more quickly and confirmed its reliance on an agile method of...
Monzo has announced a new fee structure that will see some customers paying for replacement cards and cash withdrawals. In a post on its website, the online bank announced that as of 31st October it will be introducing a...
