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Friday, 25 March 2022

Why Global Supply Chains May Never Be the Same

Every day, millions of sailors, truck drivers, longshoremen, warehouse workers and delivery drivers keep mountains of goods moving into stores and homes to meet consumers’ increasing expectations of convenience. But this complex movement of goods underpinning the global economy is far more vulnerable than many imagined.

Watch this WSJ Documentary.

Thursday, 10 March 2022

How Covid Changed the Payments Industry

Covid-19 caused clear shifts in payments preferences, changes that continue to reverberate through both banking and the world of nonbank payments providers. The most recent Federal Reserve Payments Study, delving deeply into data from 2019 and 2020, shows clear evidence that the pandemic jump-started migration from traditional forms of payments to a myriad of remote and innovative forms of payments.

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Tuesday, 18 January 2022

Data Security - Five Common Mistakes

Even before the pandemic, data breaches were a common occurrence, with prominent companies suffering attacks that were regularly reported and analyzed. They have continued to surge, and data security is at the top of every organization’s mind.

Due to the changing threat landscape as a result of a hybrid-remote working model that has created a wider attack surface, threat actors are increasingly successful in gaining access to sensitive data, and organizations are still struggling to implement adequate data security practices to avoid breach.

Many of these organizations still tend to make critical mistakes with regards to data security that, if left unaddressed, can lead to drastic consequences for the entire business.

Check out the five common mistakes we all make HERE.

Common Mistakes When Addressing Data Security

Friday, 14 January 2022

How Companies Are Overhauling Supply Chains to Ease Bottlenecks

The Covid pandemic has strained global supply chains, causing freight backlogs that have driven up costs. Now, some companies are looking for longer-term solutions to prepare for future supply-chain crises, even if those strategies come at a high cost.

Tuesday, 4 January 2022

Digital Services that Changed the Face of Banking

The convenience and speed of digital banking services are at a point of no return. Here’s a look at some innovations in fintech and banking that make our money lives easier.

Banks have always been at the forefront of the digitization revolution. Internet banking became a reality as early as the 1990s. Mobile banking was possible by the early 2000s. The last two decades have seen several digital innovations that have made banking more accessible to customers. Fintech apps and platforms have just added to the convenience of customers.

The COVID pandemic has given a push to the banking ecosystem to rapidly embrace digitization. We take a look at the digital technologies that have transformed the way we bank.

Read the full article HERE.

Wednesday, 1 December 2021

Covid-19: How dangerous is Omicron?

The new variant of covid-19, Omicron, is spreading around the world. Just how infectious is the strain, and will current vaccines prove effective against it? The Economist's experts answer your questions.

Saturday, 20 November 2021

Is it time to go back to the office? - The Economist

Has the working-from-home revolution been good for productivity? Or is it time for office workers to go back to the office?

Saturday, 6 November 2021

U.S. Travel Ban Lifting Nov. 8: What You Need to Know

Travelers who meet certain requirements will be allowed to enter the U.S. beginning Nov. 8. WSJ’s Allison Pohle explains what these new rules mean.

Friday, 5 November 2021

“TOP READS OF THE WEEK” (for week 30 October to 5 November)

This is the final edition of TOP READS OF THE WEEK in this format.

However, you can still get all the top reads in banking, fintech, payments, cybersecurity, AI, IoT, risk management by reading / subscribing to the “Citadel Advantage News Digest”.

The Citadel Advantage News Digest is published at least twice a week with all the latest news on Banking, Fintech, Payments, Operations Risk and much, much more. Check it out!

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Wednesday, 27 October 2021

WTO director-general says supply chain problems could last months

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first African head of the World Trade Organization, tells the FT Africa Summit that she expects global supply chain difficulties to last several months. She tells FT editor Roula Khalaf that the rhetoric about a decoupling of the US and Chinese economies is not matched by reality on the ground, and she blames a lack of global leadership for Covid-19 vaccines not ending up where they are needed most.