By: Clara Guibourg

Clara Guibourg is an Online Writer at City A.M. She can be contacted at clara.guibourg@cityam.com. She is particularly passionate about women in business, technology and telecoms.

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EU to force firms to report cyber attacks in “milestone” cybersecurity legislation

December 8, 2015

EU firms will be forced to report data breaches to authoritie, after European lawmakers approved the first ever EU-wide legislation on cybersecurity today. The “milestone” deal will combat the threat of cybercrime, following a growing number of highly-publicised cases such as attacks on TalkTalk and Carphone Warehouse in the past year. The European Commission welcomed the agreement, [...]
What’s going to happen to the tech industry in 2016? Fewer IPOs, compressed unicorn valuation and slowing M&A activity

December 8, 2015

The year 2015 was packed with fintech unicorns, blockchain hype and tech bubble fears – but what’s in store for the tech industry in 2016? M&A advisers Magister Advisors have peered into their crystal ball and offered their top predictions. The TL;DR version? Expect 2015’s “reality distortion field” to dissolve next year. Gulp. 1. Don’t hold your breath for [...]
AB InBev’s chief exec to defend Megabrew deal with SABMiller before Congress

December 8, 2015

AB InBev chief executive Carlos Brito is hoping to ease lawmakers’ concerns about the mammoth megabrew merger with SABMiller by defending the deal in front of US Congress today. The £71bn deal, the biggest ever British corporate merger, will create the world's biggest brewer, gobbling up about half the industry’s total profit. It’s estimated that [...]
Nuisance calls to mobile phones soaring despite crackdown on cold calling companies

December 8, 2015

Nuisance calls to mobile phones are soaring in the UK, despite a clampdown on unwanted calls and texts. Some 72 per cent of Britons have had at least one cold call from a company in the last month, up from just over half, 55 per cent, in 2013. Both the government and regulators have been [...]
Watchdog SEC set to hit Credit Suisse with new charges of inflated asset reports

December 7, 2015

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is gearing up to file charges against Credit Suisse, the Financial Times reports. The watchdog is accusing the Swiss private bank of inflating reports of assets under management, sources have told the newspaper. The SEC will accuse the bank of wrongly having counted client assets in the Americas [...]
Barclays online banking services crashed again

December 7, 2015

Barclays online banking services crashed today, leaving the bank’s customers unable to access their mobile and online accounts for the second time in weeks. Around midday, Barclays customers complained on Twitter that they were locked out of their banking services with the bank, unable to make payments or transfer money. This is the latest in [...]
Digital health, wearables and apps: 9 in 10 Brazilian doctors use WhatsApp to talk to patients

December 7, 2015

Do you get WhatsApp messages from your doctor? Almost certainly not if you’re reading this in the UK – but if you’re in Brazil it’ll be an everyday occurrence. Brazilian doctors are 40 times likelier than their British counterparts to use the social media platform to communicate with their patients. A new global study of [...]
Unicorn or donkey? Investors need to forget mythical valuations and look at intangible assets to spot a good startup

December 7, 2015

Investors need to base their decisions on data rather than hope when looking at tech companies Unicorns are extremely rare, magical creatures. At least they were. Until a few years ago, when “unicorn” became shorthand for a handful of mainly US venture capital-backed companies with pre-IPO valuations of $1bn or more. Today, depending on how [...]
Cybercrime: Finance workers most likely to ignore cybersecurity protection

December 7, 2015

Finance workers are most likely to circumvent their company’s cybersecurity protection – despite also being the industry that’s hit hardest by cybercrime. One in five working in the finance and insurance sector admitted they ignore cybersecurity policies, according to new research which also found that Britons have little to no idea how to protect themselves [...]
EU referendum: FTSE 100 bosses back EU membership as public support for a Brexit soars

December 7, 2015

Top UK bosses are increasingly favour remaining in the European Union, a new survey of the FTSE 100’s chairmen shows. Four in 10 leaders of the UK’s most powerful companies want Britain to remain a part of the union unconditionally, while just over half, 52 per cent, backed staying if some aspects of the relationship [...]

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