5 key recommendations for the UK fintech sector
The UK's Kalifa Review evaluates the challenges and opportunities faced by the country's fintech sector in light of COVID-19 and Brexit.
Connectivity
Background
Corporate treasury departments have a massive connectivity problem. They have to communicate and deal internally with almost every department and operating unit within the company or the group, and…
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