Category: Finance

April 27, 2018

The U.S. stock market is preparing to end a positive—but volatile—month of April, and investors may be hoping that performance in May is even better. History, however, suggests otherwise. According to the Stock Trader’s Almanac, May is typically a mixed […]

April 16, 2018

Here’s something that about 97 million Americans may not know: if you make under $66,000 a year, filing your taxes online is probably free. Every year only about three million people — of the nearly 100 million eligible — take […]

April 5, 2018

The seemingly unending growth of the ETF industry has hit a snag over the past two months, as turmoil in the U.S. stock market—the most popular area that ETFs offer exposure to—pushed investors to reallocate. Exchange-traded funds had negative flows […]

February 20, 2018

To empower the office of the CFO with data-driven insights they need to adapt to change, capitalize on new market opportunities, and increase profitability, Oracle today announced new artificial intelligence-based applications for finance. By applying advanced data science and machine […]

February 9, 2018

The stock market’s volatility this week is old hat for seasoned investors — but for novices using low-cost micro-investment apps it prompted concern. And some say that these apps could unintentionally promote investing behaviors that could put those users at […]

January 30, 2018

A flexible licensing model allows a company to invest more in the innovative ventures that will drive revenue, and less in core business processes. If you ask someone to name a handful of highly innovative companies, Apple is almost certainly […]

January 4, 2018

An organized group of cybercriminals is currently targeting database services in a new botnet build-up that’s being leveraged for cryptocurrency mining, among other more traditional botnet attack patterns. Discovered by researchers with GuardiCore Labs, the so-called Hex-Men attacks have been […]

December 5, 2017

Technology provides businesses across all industries with tools and capabilities that optimize operations in order to maximize revenue and minimize waste. Many industries now have access to up-to-date information on customer experience, product acceptance, and financial transactions. Organizations no longer […]

September 7, 2017

The emergence of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology may prove to be almost as significant an innovation as the internet itself. Blockchain offers a mechanism for the mediation of any transactions that previously would have required trusted third parties, while cryptocurrencies […]

September 6, 2017

Take advantage of your company’s educational assistance programSome lucky folks work at companies with educational assistance programs that will give each eligible employee up to $5,250 in annual tax-free reimbursements. These plans are sometimes called Section 127 plans (named after […]

May 22, 2017

Being constantly bombarded by other people’s supposedly successful and happy lives may not be good for your mental health. Instagram, an app that people use to share photos of their lives as seen through a series of flattering filters, was […]

April 13, 2017

Digital Fuel today announced updates to its Financial Intelligence product with exciting new data quality management features for IT Finance. Financial Intelligence adds more features to enable IT Finance to quickly identify and fix data quality issues. The new and […]

March 29, 2017

Banks and other institutions are facing an era of mega cyber heists, according to the lastest findings by threat researchers in the financial sector. Elite cyber criminal groups are investing heavily in penetrating high-value payment platforms, high-value corporate and banking […]

March 29, 2017

Who doesn’t want expert guidance on how to best manage their money? One of the biggest barriers to hiring a financial planner is the cost, but there are a handful of ways to get advice for free. From occasional events […]

December 20, 2016

IBM has reported first-quarter (Q1) revenue of $18.7bn, down 5% compared to 2015 – its 16th consecutive quarter of revenue decline. On a more positive note, the company stated its cloud revenuegrew 34% during Q1 2016 to $5.4bn, while sales […]

December 12, 2016

Stolen and lost devices are the biggest causes of data leaks in the financial sector, which experienced twice as many leaks in 2015 than the year before, a report reveals. The largest banks in the US have all suffered leaks […]

September 15, 2016

RAGE Frameworks, a provider of AI for the Enterprise, today announced the availability of new features and capabilities for its LiveSpread™ Intelligent Machine, a contextual, traceable machine learning solution for the automated ingestion and processing of financial statements and other […]

July 19, 2016

Online economic and financial data platform provider Quandl has begun making foreign exchange trade and volume data from FX settlement bank CLS Group available via its platform for FX traders and other corporates and market participants dealing with currency risk. […]

June 27, 2016

Toronto-based financial and economic search engine Quandl is making a strategic effort to add more alternative datasets to its database of financial information, to provide trading and investment firms with insights to help generate alpha. “Alternative” data constitutes any data […]

June 10, 2016

New York-based Infraccess, a data and technology startup helmed by two former Standard & Poor’s executives, is developing a data service that aims to bring greater transparency and liquidity to the infrastructure project finance market. Infraccess will employ machine-learning technology […]