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Innovative new app SplitBill launches to settle group payments between friends
Leading entrepreneur Ronald Javier Baddouh Abbate unveils new app designed to split bills and payments between groups of people, technology draws on open banking technology and allowing users to instantly transfer funds
- 1 July 2020
Covid-19 HMRC text phishing scheme targets passport details of self-employed
Business owners across London bombarded with scam text messages purporting to be from HMRC, cyber expert Stav Pischits, CEO, Cynance, calls for companies to invest in employees' security training, cyber awareness and review and refresh internal procedures that deal with email security and teleworking
- 30 June 2020
BookingTek launches free TableRes app for contactless restaurant experiences during lockdown
£2million invested in state-of-the-art contactless app TableRes to empower restaurants to re-open and remain compliant during social distancing measures, created by BookinTek
- 30 June 2020
Q&A with Sonny Sehgal, CEO of Transputec on driving innovation beyond Covid-19
In a special interview with The Commentator, one of the UK’s leading technology entrepreneurs Sonny Sehgal, CEO and founder of Transputec discusses the lessons learned during the Coronavirus lockdown, how companies can continue to innovate and why managed services will enable growth in the future
- 29 June 2020
Half of companies confess to poor quality cyber security policies for Covid-19 remote-working
New research from cyber security experts at Centrify reveals insight into businesses’ preparation, policies and approaches to 100 per cent remote working during the Coronavirus outbreak
- 25 June 2020
Thermavis announces Multi-Person Thermal Scanner to protect front-line workers from Covid-19
As Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces new plans for the lifting of lockdown, the new Thermavis Multi-Person Thermal Scanner has been launched to enable temperature checks at NHS hospitals, hotels, events and workplaces
- 25 June 2020
43% of companies plan to axe email systems due to Covid-19 lockdown
A poll of 200 business chiefs in large and medium sized UK companies has revealed 4 in ten plan to scrap email as the main source of communication with staff following the Coronavirus outbreak
- 23 June 2020
UK SMEs sharing confidential files via email during Covid-19 lockdown
Security risks on the rise as new polling from the Lanop accountancy group exposes a worrying trend of businesses sharing confidential data over email during the Coronavirus lockdown
- 16 June 2020
Half of businesses back SD-WAN as the solution of choice for cloud security
Global survey from Barracuda Networks uncovers industry and region dynamics of SD-WAN adoption
- 12 June 2020
Cyber criminals bombard self-employed workers with HMRC SMS phishing scam
Sophisticated phishing scam offers self-employed workers a tax rebate, only to steal confidential financial data, a new investigation has revealed
- 9 June 2020
ITI Capital acquires client book from SVS Securities
UK-Based international financial services company, ITI Capital, acquires client book from SVS Securities, it can be announced
- 8 June 2020
On The Robert E. Lee Statue
Patrick Sullivan argues that taking down the statue of General Robert E. Lee in Richmond, Virginia will do nothing to advance the cause of racial justice but is likely to make an already tense situation worse.
- 4 June 2020
Over 40% of UK business plan to switch banking provider due to poor support during Covid-19
Companies in the UK unhappy with the level of support and insight offered from their banking provider during the Coronavirus crisis and considering scrapping their supplier, according to new poll from Encompass Corporation
- 1 June 2020
Half of workers ‘cutting corners’ on cyber security during Covid-19 remote working, warns Tessian
Complacent staffers confess to ‘cutting corners’ on cyber security rukes during Covid-19 remote working, warns Tessian Report published today
- 28 May 2020
Hackers launch 65,000 Google-branded cyber attacks on remote workers
Google-branded sites such as storage.googleapis.com, docs.google.com, storage.cloud.google.com, and drive.google.com have been increasingly used to trick victims into sharing login credentials, according to new insight from Barracuda Networks
- 28 May 2020
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