Insights

The internet allows us to make direct payments without using third parties like banks. But can you trust counterparties without an intermediary? Ashley Kemball-Cook examines this issue and the relationship between the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on privacy and blockchain technology.

How long does it take to complete CeMAP? Our regulated, total qualification time for completing CeMAP is 230 hours. But what does that really mean?

LIBF welcomes latest Salvation Army Centre to start delivering LiFE

It’s nearly 18 months since open banking arrived to transform the UK’s banking landscape. And – while it’s clear how newcomers can use open banking to develop new offerings to consumers – existing banks are still struggling to monetise opportunities.

Trade finance: banks want regulators to ease the burdens they face in policing trade sanctions, money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.

Since we were established in 1879 well over 1.5 million people have studied with us and gone on to have successful careers in the sector.

Wendy Chowne explains how cyborgs, artificial intelligence and machine learning are revolutionising the way we bank – and how higher education needs to update the skills it teaches accordingly.