Image Credit: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Three days after India imposed a nationwide lockdown, Devender Singh revved up his motorcycle to deliver meat and eggs to customers – but his heart was in his mouth as he closed in on a police barricade on a deserted New Delhi road. Beatings of delivery workers by overzealous police after […]
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Zoom hires ex-Facebook security chief as Google bans desktop app
Zoom has tapped former Facebook security chief Alex Stamos as an adviser as safety and privacy concerns about its fast-growing video-conferencing app drive a global backlash against the company. That backlash includes a move on Wednesday by Alphabet’s Google to ban the desktop version of Zoom from corporate laptops. In a stark illustration of Zoom’s […]
Kitces & Carl Ep 32: Communicating Triggers And Breaking The News That The Plan Has To Change
Executive Summary Now that the initial shockwaves of the coronavirus pandemic have passed, and individuals around the globe are adjusting to the current state of affairs, financial advisors are immersed in the process of updating clients’ financial plans to understand whether or how the recent market volatility has actually impacted them. As while the perpetual […]
SIPP firm brings forward e-signatures plan
Momentum Pensions, a UK and international SIPP and pension provider, has accelerated the introduction of electronic signatures for pension and investment forms to help advisers and clients during the Coronavirus outbreak. The pension specialist was planning to offer e-signatures from May but brought this forward to this month as the pandemic forced advisers to give […]
Bill Gates thinks schools will reopen in the fall, but the economy won’t magically return to the way it was before
Bill Gates Gerard Miller | CNBC Bill Gates thinks schools will be able to resume in the fall, he said in an interview with CNBC’s Becky Quick. “I do think school will be able to resume in the fall,” Gates said. “But I don’t think this school year there’s going to be any significant attendance. […]
Exclusive: Wall Street firm dangled up to 175% returns to investors using U.S. aid programs
BOSTON (Reuters) – A New York investment firm pitched wealthy investors in recent days on a way to make returns of 22% to 175% using U.S. government programs designed to help Americans keep their jobs and boost the coronavirus-stricken economy, according to a marketing document seen by Reuters. Following questions posed by Reuters, Arcadia Investment […]
5 steps for advising clients during COVID-19 crisis
A global pandemic. Unstable financial markets. Social isolation. Product shortages in some areas while others are no longer deemed essential. Opportunities for emergency funding. If there was ever a time when clients needed your guidance, expertise, and care, it is now. The time to shine as an adviser is right this minute. And, even though […]
TPR gives employers limited AE flexibility
The Pensions Regulator has given employers more flexibility today with their auto-enrolment pension contributions but also reminded them of their obligations. New guidance for employers on their automatic enrolment (AE) duties during the Coronavirus pandemic have been published today package of measures to safeguard pensions. The TPR says employers continue to have automatic enrolment responsibilities […]
ETtech Top 5: Online firms foray into grocery delivery, Oyo furloughs US staff & more
Illustration: Rahul Awasthi Online firms foray into grocery delivery Social commerce startup Meesho, e-tailers like Snapdeal, Paytm Mall, Perpule and Shopclues as well as food delivery app Zomato, and real estate platform NoBroker have all launched delivery of essential grocery products on their platforms. What gives?Cracking the grocery delivery business has always been deemed tough […]
Safeguarding the Industrial IoT: adopting a next-generation approach
The digitalisation of industrial assets is driving a growing awareness of the importance of protecting connected OT environments from cyberattacks that damage production, plant and assets – and expose sensitive data, says Trevor Daughney, vice president of product marketing at Exabeam As we discovered in the previous article, cyber threats are increasingly being directed at […]