Paul Neville, director of digital, data and technology at The Pensions Regulator (TPR), is building strong IT foundations as part of a five-year strategy to help transform the organisation from a compliance-based to a risk-based regulator. He explains what that change will mean in practice over the next few years. “As a regulator, we’ll obviously…
The finance sector has been dealt another reminder that security postures are only as strong as the weakest link, as a tech supplier hack leaves US banks exposed. This week, SitusAMC, which provides loans and mortgage services to US banks, admitted that “certain information” from its systems had been compromised in a cyber attack. SitusAMC…
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Mariano Albera describes himself as “a software engineer who was demoted to chief technology officer” (CTO). Now at global payments processing company Checkout.com, Albera heads up the operational and customer-facing IT team, made up of around 600 IT professionals. This is a significant portion of the fintech’s total workforce of 2,000, which – if you…
Digital bank Revolut has been valued at £57bn, just over a decade after it launched as an app that reduced the complexity and cost of using different currencies. Following its latest share offer, the company’s value jumped from £34bn. “The level of investor interest and our new valuation reflect the strength of our business model,…
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Over the past three years, fintech Klarna has cut its workforce by half while doubling its revenues, in a sign of artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) growing impact on business. The buy now, pay later (BNPL) fintech, which launched in 2005, reported revenue of $903m for its third financial quarter 2025, more than double the $433m it…
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Finland is poised to further strengthen its global appeal as a Nordic hub for technology innovation and development through tax cuts for businesses. The new charm offensive, directly targeted at international investors, is based on the Finnish government’s national budget plan for 2026 that proposes a reduction in the corporate income tax rate from 20%…
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The US administration’s decision to raise fees for ‘H-1B’ visas for skilled foreign workers to $100,000 could prove a seminal moment — not just because of the policy itself, but because of its timing. It comes at a point when global demand for AI, data and digital expertise is reaching critical mass, creating an opportunity…
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Naomi Timperley, co-founder of Tech North Advocates, has become the 14th person to be named Computer Weekly’s most influential woman in UK technology. The list was created in 2012 to make the amazing women in the UK’s technology sector more visible and accessible, originally showcasing only 25 women before growing to include 50 women in…
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For years, the traditional entry route into the tech sector was to obtain a degree in computer science, engineering or another related field and join the profession as a graduate. But things are undoubtedly changing now as less conventional approaches, such as apprenticeships, T-level qualifications and coding bootcamps, become more widespread. They are also increasingly…
With nearly three million people – so far – signing an online petition against the introduction of “digital ID cards”, the government is already fighting to reclaim the initiative after prime minister Keir Starmer’s botched announcement of plans for a mandatory national digital identity scheme. Civil service officials last week attempted to quell the second…
