Combating Financial Crime in the Financial Services Industry: A Look at Recent Trends and Technologies

Combating Financial Crime in the Financial Services Industry: A Look at Recent Trends and Technologies   Financial crime continues to be a major challenge for financial services organizations, with the potential for significant financial losses and reputational damage. As a Senior Recruitment and Business Development Consultant working with financial services organizations, I understand the importance…

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Multi-tasking or Mindfulness?

I had a conversation with my Manager recently about the challenges of multi-tasking. The conversation took me back to a workshop that I attended, many years ago, on mindfulness and how effective this can be in improving our performance, both at work and in our personal lives. Is mindfulness more important during this current pandemic,…

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A year of lockdown has made millennials like me fall in love with phone calls again

Will this affect the recruitment industry do we think…. ‘Generation mute’ abandoned phone calls in favour of social media, but the past year has made us rediscover the joy of talking on the phone A good article from a person who barely made phone calls but now does https://www.telegraph.co.uk/family/life/year-lockdown-has-made-millennials-like-fall-love-phone-calls/

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Bitcoin is a defence against monetary madness

Nobody knows how central bank money-printing will end, which is why ordinary people have sought a hedge It swings around wildly in price. It consumes more energy than all the gas-guzzling SUVs in Chelsea put together. And, as well as legitimate investors, it is used by drug dealers and terrorists to shuffle assets through the…

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Rail firms to launch flexible season tickets to lure commuters back to city centres

Interestingly we were talking about this in Talenthawk last week and how this may effect the WFH policies companies put in place. Ministers and rail chiefs are finalising a new system of flexible season tickets designed to entice commuters back to city centres as the shift to hybrid working takes off. https://www.cityam.com/rail-firms-launch-flexible-season-tickets-to-lure-commuters-back-to-city-centres/

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