OPINION

It is this contradiction between the rhetoric of the Brexiteers and the reality that makes the whole thing feel like such a con.

Ram Komarraju, Head of Innovation and Technology Delivery at CLS, talks about bridging the gap between legacy systems and blockchain.

Customer dis-intermediation is one of the biggest risks retail banks face today, says Bragi Fjalldal CMO & VP of Business Development at Meniga.

Researchers at Palo Alto Networks look at Monero mining using Coinhive, one of the more popular browser-mining services.

The past 12 months have been largely positive for the stock markets, but the macroeconomic scenario appears increasingly uncertain as we enter 2018.

Some 42% of CFOs stated they saw AI as the most significant technology for finance over the next five years.

Kevin Murcko, CEO, CoinMetro and FXPIG, looks at regulation of cryptocoins and tokens.

Farida Gibbs, CEO of Gibbs Hybrid, discusses how banks can respond to next year's regulations with new technologies that will ultimately improve their business offering.

Digital payments, smart contracts, and data-backed task automation technologies are driving Germany's energy transformation.

Toys are thrown out of the pram based on the notion that Jeremy Corbyn's rise to the summit of the Labour Party is some kind of coup.

'Bumping along the bottom' is what the British currency did in 2017 and the same expression might apply to 2018 too.

Britain has never separated faith and state, and the result is a terrible muddle in the education system.

Dr Richard Ford, Chief Scientist at Forcepoint, looks at attackers targeting vulnerabilities in cryptocurrencies.

The fudged nature of recent Brexit talks between London and Brussels won't help market sentiment for the British currency.

At one stroke, there is a new asset class which is an easily divisible store of value – taking the crown from gold, and can be moved around at the click of a mouse.

David Cotterell, QualiTest COO & CAO provides M&A shopping tips

There is only one possible reason to remain in the customs union, namely as a way of transitioning back into full membership.

In the context of automation, the future is always uncertain but it is also ripe with opportunity.

Graham Bennett, director of healthcare, Insource, looks at the wider digital transformation currently being undertaken by the NHS

Elad Walach, CEO, Aidoc, looks at five ways AI will impact healthcare in the coming year.

Destiny 2's first expansion, The Curse of Osiris, includes a concept that could have been explored in greater depth in a far longer campaign.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is showcasing a new film, Human Flow, about 21st century refugees

Eurosceptic politician Daniel Hannan offers some thoughts which would, in 'normal circumstances', be uncontroversial.

Rail fares are going up because the government is trying to shift the burden of subsidy from the state onto the passenger.

Legal practitioner and IBTimes UK columnist Martin Kenney writes 2017 has been another mega year for financial scandals.

Steve Polsky is CEO of Juvo examines the unfulfilled promise of mobile financial services.

James Slaney, co-founder, Dubber, looks at how innovative cloud call recording and speech recognition can deliver efficiencies and improve the quality of care in the NHS.

In their quest for a killer moment, business leaders often overlook simple opportunities to leverage digital technologies.

It's worth mapping key trends that are challenging traditional methods of recruitment.