All posts tagged "Finance"

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  Rebuilding public finances: exploring the post-pandemic recovery

  As governments invest in keeping their economies ticking over, civil servants are thinking about how to close yawning budget deficits. At a recent webinar, finance leaders considered how best to

  • Posted October 22, 2020
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  UK open banking users surpass two million with payments projected to drive further growth

  More than two million people are now using open banking-enabled products in the UK – a doubling in usage in just over six months, despite the challenges created by the

  • Posted October 1, 2020
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  Digital finance crucial to achieving sustainable development goals, says UN

  Unleashing the potential of digital finance could have a transformational impact on sustainable development, according to a report from a taskforce convened by the United Nations’ secretary-general. ‘People’s Money: Harnessing

  • Posted September 11, 2020
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  Fintech firms call for more government-backed finance

  UK fintech business leaders believe that they’re unfairly excluded from government investment schemes and need a stronger voice in regulatory policymaking, according to a survey by the Digital Finance Forum

  • Posted August 23, 2020
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  Know your enemy: Using data to tackle COVID-19

  Facing battered public finances and increasing citizen expectations, governments are being required to deliver more with less as the global economic recovery from COVID-19 takes shape. Public-private sector partnerships, leveraging

  • Posted August 17, 2020
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  Strength in numbers: combined authorities and the levelling up agenda

  Bringing together local authorities under city-regional mayors, combined authorities can achieve far more than individual councils. At a GGF webinar, public servants and economists considered their role in the government’s

  • Posted July 31, 2020
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  UK open banking body launches app store to clarify ‘daunting’ market

  The body leading the development of ‘open banking’ in the UK has this week launched an app store in a bid to help buyers navigate what it describes as a

  • Posted June 11, 2020
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  UK ‘open banking’ champion looks to boost payments functionality

  The UK is “90% of the way” through the first, implementation phase of introducing ‘open banking’, according to the body leading its development – which has just set out its

  • Posted May 21, 2020
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  Spain readies ground for fintech regulatory sandbox

  Spain’s plans to launch a regulatory ‘sandbox’ for financial technology have regained momentum as the country emerges from almost a year of political deadlock.   The Council of Ministers in

  • Posted March 5, 2020
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  Case study: driving culture change at the Crown Commercial Service

  “Our vision is to put finance at the heart of decision making – driving the agenda, not just keeping score”, head of the UK government finance function, Mike Driver, said

  • Posted January 23, 2020
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