What is the best way to invest in the uk?
Investing in the UK can be a great way to grow your wealth and secure your financial future. The UK offers a wide range of investment options, from stocks and bonds to mutual funds and ETFs. With careful research and…
Lifetime isa vs help to buy isa: which is the better way to save for a first home in the uk?
Saving for a first home can be a daunting task, especially for first-time buyers who may not have much experience with the property market or the various savings schemes that are available. In the UK, there are two popular schemes…
As African Venture Capital Booms, Are Female Founders Losing Out?
A former sugar trader in the City of London, Jihan Abass knows the sweet taste of success. One particular moment to savor for the 27-year old entrepreneur came in May 2021, when her Nairobi-based insurance tech startup, Lami, raised its…
Knowledge is power! The story of debt literacy and credit usage in rural India
Efforts to promote financial inclusion in developing countries have witnessed a massive scale-up in the past decade, thanks to the World Bank’s promotion of “Finance for All” since 2008 and the liberalization of credit markets across the globe. This has…
How banks can make customer relationships even better
I asked my colleague Danelle Faust—who leads our financial services business within Accenture Song across the Midwest—to be my co-author again. She’s the perfect person to help explore what middle market banks need to do to respond to the most…
Why retail banking presents rare opportunities right now
The world of banking is big—too big for one person to cover alone, especially with today’s digitally-fueled pace of change. In that spirit, I’m turning my blog over to my colleague Steven Smith for this post on the once-in-a-generation opportunity…
The disciplining effect of supervisory scrutiny in the EU-wide stress test
Since the financial crisis, stress tests have become an important supervisory and financial stability tool. Against this background, a question is whether stress tests contribute to financial stability by promoting risk reduction in the banking sector as recent evidence suggests….