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Paysafe moves into new corporate headquarters in the City of London
Global payments platform, Paysafe, has moved its corporate headquarters from Canary Wharf, London, to a new, state of the art office in Gresham Street in the City of London. The fully refurbished building, in the heart of London’s financial hub and adjacent to the historic St Paul’s Cathedral, is equipped with best-in-class facilities, including wellbeing amenities and a rooftop terrace.
Bringing cryptocurrency to the front line
When we hear the word cryptocurrencies, three fixations tend to pop up: price volatility, anonymity and, perhaps most of all, its enduring association with the darker corners of the internet. These concerns have been widely popularized. With over 1,500 unique coins and tokens out there (amounting to £309bn total capitalization), it’s not hard to see why the regulators are looking to shine a brighter light on this market.
PSD2 ‘most interesting’ when combined with social media or government data
The most interesting outcomes of PSD2 will be derived from companies combining Open Banking with data from other areas like social media or government, argued Miles Cheetham, Open Banking Ltd. The intention of Europe’s revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2) was to create a fairer more transparent and level playing field in banking, explained Cheetham, head of customer engagement, Open Banking – an organisation established by the UK government to make PSD2 a success.
Preparing for GDPR? Here’s four things to consider
In today’s digitally connected world, infinite quantities of data are produced by consumers daily at a mind-boggling pace and volume. The implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will give consumers greater control over how their data is used, and with the regulation coming into force on 25th May 2018, it’s imperative for businesses impacted to put plans into place to ensure they are ready.
GDPR: Four things to do between now and 25th May
The 100-day countdown to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is well underway, and businesses impacted by the EU regulation should be doing all they can to prepare ahead of the 25th May deadline. The new legislation will give people greater control over how their personal data is used, and for businesses the costs of non-compliance are severe. In a monetary sense, failure to comply will incur penalties of up to €20 million or 4% of global annual turnover – whichever is greatest.
Treasury TV: Karen Pugsley, Domino’s Pizza Group
Karen Pugsley, group treasurer of Domino’s Pizza Group, has worked for the company for less than a year and has already worked on business acquisitions in London, Norway, Sweden and Iceland. She is also implementing a new treasury management system (TMS) and looking to increase automation in her department.
Treasury TV: Yeng Butler compares US and European MMF reforms
The US money market reforms came into effect in 2016 and are already dramatically shaping US fund industry with investors flooding out of prime funds and into government securities. The European money market fund reforms became legally effective in July 2017. This was the start of an 18-month transition period for existing funds to comply. Full compliance with the regulation will be required by January 21 2019. While the reforms are similar, they are not the same.
Treasury TV: Tim de Knegt, The Port of Rotterdam
Many treasurers are interested in blockchain technology, but very few are actually implementing it in their businesses. That’s where Tim de Knegt, strategic finance and treasury manager for the Port of Rotterdam, stands apart. GTNews spoke to de Knegt on how he was using blockchain, the challenges he will face in his role of treasury over the next 12 months and what advice he would give to someone starting their career in treasury. What will your biggest challenges be over the next 12 months?
Many treasurers juggle increased GDPR burden with business restructuring
As the May 25 deadline for Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) inches closer, many treasurers are being lumped with the task of ensuring their wider company is compliant. This burden of responsibility is added to if the treasurer is operating in an organisation facing frequent structural changes, argues Richard Scase, author and business forecaster on global megatrends. “In a constantly reconstituted business structure, how do you protect all this data?
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