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Research commissioned by Morton Fraser has found that more than one in three (38%) of medium and large-sized businesses say they have earmarked investment funds secured in the last 12 months to take on new staff. Such investment and commitment to hiring new staff members could help mitigate the impa

New research from KPMG UK has revealed that almost a quarter of Scots (23%) spend more than half their income on the day it’s paid into their account.

Knight Frank has appointed Euan Kelly as a partner in its Edinburgh office in an effort to bolster its investment team and strengthen its capital markets offering. Mr Kelly will relocate from the commercial property consultancy’s London headquarters, where he was part of its portfolio capital

Professor Shannon Vallor will join the University of Edinburgh as the first Baillie Gifford chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute (EFI).

Mastercard has announced the arrival of Threat Scan, a global service which helps banks to find potential vulnerabilities in their authorisation systems.

Visa has launched an online portal giving fintechs access to its technologies and network. With the launching of the service, Visa said that fintechs can now easily access the right technologies, network and partners to grow their businesses with Visa.

The Scottish Government has substantially reduced the value of £140 million-worth of loans and guarantees to private companies, the Auditor General has revealed. The 2018/19 audit of the government's consolidated accounts were unqualified and show that the overall budget of £36,915m was

The amount of money stolen by criminals through bank transfer scams has increased by 40% within a year.

As part of the Scotland Fintech Festival, Gillian Docherty OBE, CEO at The Data Lab, explores the interdependence of the data sector and the growth of Scotland’s fintech sector. There are currently in excess of 100 companies based in Scotland solely dedicated to the growth of financial service

Santander's boss Ana Botin has insisted that Britain remains a "critically important market" to the bank despite its writedown of €1.5 billion.

Transparency reporting by accountancy firms performing audits is currently ineffective, with a lack of awareness amongst investors and audit committee chairs that the reports even exist and many being used as a marketing exercise, the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) has said.

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) is highlighting the ‘power of ethics, trust and sustainability’ in its latest global project, which launched on Monday. The global theme will showcase how digital advances, tightening regulation and changing consumer behaviou

Wylie & Bisset has advised small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) who supply to larger businesses to conduct an urgent review of their business strategy and crisis planning in the wake of the collapse of Thomas Cook. The chartered accountants are urging businesses to conduct such a review in

A survey conducted by Which? has found that more than one-third of Scotland's bank branches have closed down within the last five years.

Alison Rose has been announced as the new chief executive of RBS. The Scotsman reported, that following her appointment, Ms Rose said RBS faced "a series of challenges".