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How to comply with PSD3

This article explores how financial institutions should comply with the seminal PSD3 act.

In December 1955, Herbert Simon and Allen Newell developed ‘Logic Theorist’, which is today considered the first ever AI program.

“There have been many fundamental shifts in the IT space, such as the internet and the ecommerce revolution. This is the biggest one..."

Regulators must define a “minimum set of data” to be shared between banks that would still “serve the purpose” of fraud detection.

Climate

Blackrock’s former sustainable investing chief, Tariq Fancy, has made nine key claims against the environmental, social and governance (ESG)

It is Women’s Equality Day – and over two years since the publication of the UK government’s last mandatory gender pay gap report, due to co

Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest just hit its highest level in over 15 years, despite Brazil – along with 100 other world leaders – pr

What is gender lens investing? How do we advance gender diversity and inclusion in the fintech and renewable energy sectors?

This year has been an inspiring year for music. Here are the songs, albums, and EPs, that had the greatest impact in 2024.

In the wake of ex-One Direction member, Liam Payne’s tragic death on 16 October 2024, calls are mounting for better safeguards for artists.

The 9th October would have marked John Lennon’s 84th birthday. It has been commemorated by the release of a series of Mind Games re-mixes.

In response to 1st September article by Barbara Ellen: Oasis are back. So why all the hatred?

Music

One fifth of the world’s children now live in areas impacted by conflict. This figure sinks far deeper now that I am a father.

In response to 10th November article by Martha Gill: In the moral panic over vaping, we risk forgetting that cigarettes kill

In response to 20th October article by Kenan Malik: Pumping the unemployed with weight-loss drugs echoes Victorian attitudes to the poor.

In response to 19th October article by Harriet Sherwood: Carey asks faith leaders to back 'compassionate and principled' assisted dying bill

Culture & Current Affairs

Horticulture

Earth Day 2024 is upon us; a day to not only demonstrate our unwavering support for environmental protection, but, perhaps, to re-visit some

Thanks to a generous helping of rainfall and a smattering of sun, spring is finally underway. And the gardens are showing it too; weeds are