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IT providers in the financial sector must comply with regulations

Stuart Drew is executive vice president of financial services at HCL Technologies

Financial services firms are looking at increased regulation, and so must their IT providers, says Stuart Drew

01 Dec 2010

Finance in a shrunken banking world

Banks are no longer lending with such alacrity for larger deals, so what can be done?

03 Sep 2010

Channelling better credit

Are all things credit-related improving or not as the economy lifts?

11 Jun 2010

Being held to account

Many private firms, including technology companies, will soon have to apply new accounting standards to their financial statements

19 Mar 2010

Vendor finance matters more than ever

In ongoing tough times, it would pay many resellers to look again at vendor credit programmes, says Tim Shockley

17 Mar 2010

Credit where it is due

When does business failure warrant a withdrawal of credit?

11 Mar 2010

Dealing with a fraud incident

What do you do if you have been the victim of a fraud attempt?

26 Feb 2010

Don't write off the customers

For me ­ the biggest story of last week was the Cadbury sell-out to Kraft, ­ totally non IT-related, but a sad moment for UK plc.

25 Jan 2010

Funding help for emerging SaaS providers

Application delivery transformation can prove costly for the ill-prepared

18 Jan 2010

Welcome to the new year

As CRN publishes its first issue of 2010, Sara Yirrell speculates on the year ahead

11 Jan 2010

Bridging the gap with financial software projects

Organisations are missing a trick when it comes to the deployment of financial software ­ and both accountants and resellers can help

27 Nov 2009

Taxing times with VAT fraud cases

Three more VAT fraud cases come to court in a demonstration of the continuing battle that is MTIC legislation

20 Nov 2009

Business intelligence as untapped opportunity

Improved information systems mean organisations can move more quickly ­ and the channel can help

20 Nov 2009

Turning the credit corner as funding improves

Funding availability is already improving as the broader market looks towards recovery

13 Nov 2009

Be prepared against fraud

Unfortunately not everyone is honourable and channel firms would be well advised to start developing their anti-fraud strategies as a result of a reported increase in fraud

13 Nov 2009

Winning business data gambles with the channel

Business intelligence is coming to the fore for the mid-market, claims Ged Simmons

10 Nov 2009

How direct debits may bolster budgets

Crediting key suppliers via corporate direct debit can help organisations to cut the cost of managing credit while freeing up valuable staff resources for more business-critical tasks

09 Nov 2009

Data security compliance and reporting gets ahead

Where might customers still spend on security, asks Nick Lowe

19 Oct 2009

Places left for special day on 13 October

With just one week to go until CRN’s Channel Conference, this is the last chance I have to invite you along.

05 Oct 2009

A quarter-century of change in the channel

Phil Jones reflects on some channel lessons of the past 25 years

08 Sep 2009

Time for a fresh risk assessment

A look back at the credit insurance crunch and its effect on businesses

04 Sep 2009

Feeling the urge to merge

Mergers, acquisitions and divestitures in the current economic climate

04 Sep 2009

Easing customer cash flow may multiply the deals too

The channel can do a better job in extending credit than the banks have been doing lately, claims David Sharratt

10 Aug 2009

Reaping the right rewards

Going steady is the new mission statement of the day

07 Aug 2009

Crunched by insurers

Credit insurers are under the microscope again this week in two CRN stories.

17 Jul 2009

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