Insights

Financial resilience has been brought into sharp focus over the last year or so, thanks to soaring energy prices, interest rate hikes and a lobal economic downturn.

National Apprenticeship Week raises awareness of what apprenticeships are and the advantages of doing one. It is also an opportunity to celebrate the hard work and accomplishments of apprentices and what they bring to their industry. This year, the theme of National Apprenticeship Week is skills for life. We take a look at how doing an apprenticeship in banking and finance can give you the skills to kickstart your career in the sector.

When we focus exclusively on GDP as the ultimate yardstick of economic performance, we lose sight of what actually contributes to a happier, more prosperous society and a healthier environment. To get the measure of what really matters, we should be using other metrics, says Lukasz Krebel.

For International Day of Education, we look at the value of financial education and how students can benefit from it in the long term.

Deciding where to go to university and what to study is an important decision for prospective students. As the UCAS deadline approaches, Max-Selby Bird, one of our BSc (Hons) Banking & Finance graduates, tells us why he chose to study a degree with us and how it helped his career in paraplanning.

Bank boards need to reassess their understanding of the impact that geopolitical risk can have on both their business and their clients, says Derek Leatherdale, Managing Director at GRI Strategies and Visiting Scholar at The London Institute of Banking & Finance.

Paul Stallard explains why more bank customers are going to ask their institution for help and what makes for excellent customer service in financial services.

Christmas is a time to reconnect with friends and family you may not have seen for a while. It’s a time for celebration and joy, but also when many of us may evaluate what’s important to us, what changes we may want to make in our lives and how to protect what we have.

Juan Dominguez, Director Mobile Financial Services, Orange MEA, talks to Ouida Taaffe in an edited interview about the French telecom operator’s plans for its financial services business.