Corporate lawyers are on the first line of company’s defence. Lawyers are often involved in drafting the agreements, primary documentation, developing business processes, tax optimisation projects, etc. An in-house lawyer can be involved in any of these situations as an accomplice or even an organiser-initiator of a certain scheme....

On 1 July, Kyiv hosted an annual professional event on business, strategies, sources of profit, trends, risks and technologies for microfinance — MFO Summit 2021. This year, MFO Summit 2021 brought together over 300 participants — representatives of the Regulator, non-banks, Fintech companies! Renowned industry experts exchanged experiences and...

In the middle of the hot summer, despite the distance and circumstances, teams of Octava Capital Group celebrated the mysterious and driving Ivana-Kupala holiday on 10 July in the Film.ua movie village. Colleagues from Lviv, Odesa, Dnipro, Mariupol and other cities of Ukraine visited Kyiv. The real atmosphere of...

“It is still difficult to imagine a contact centre without any people at all, yet the fact that over 90% of appeals can be automated is true. However, there are businesses for which such automation can be destructive. Earlier, the trend was moving towards the widespread introduction of complex...

Interfax-Ukraine News Agency has published detailed material by Oleksandr Kardakov, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Octava Capital, IT businessman and investor in the field of information and cybersecurity, revealing the main issues of the cybersecurity market in Ukraine. “In general, the staff shortage on the CS market is...

“We have recently heard from various sources that there are significant investment resources for the Ukrainian market, yet quality projects are lacking. Often when referring to the investment climate of Ukraine, only large international investment cases are meant. We are positive that most investments could be attracted to small...

In particular, the expert shared answers to the following questions with readers of the publication: Wherefrom does the imbalance of information systems in Ukrainian companies originate Which suppliers have already signed direct contracts with Compass Engineering, and what is the difference between working with distributors and directly with suppliers...

Dear colleagues, we invite you to visit the events organised by the EBA staff and partners for members and business community of Ukraine in the current period: 01/07 Association IT Week. Day 3 “New format of interaction between business and regulatory authorities” 01/07 General meeting of the Association with...

Many types of company’s operating activities can be outsourced today. The development of technology and opportunities promoted by the pandemic have accelerated this process. External call centres can communicate with clients, third-party companies can provide a certain service, freelancers are trusted with the performance of certain types of work,...

Managed Service License Agreement (MSLA) is a flexible licensing model for service providers and hybrid infrastructure owners. The economic effect is achieved immediately after starting the use — capital expenditures are replaced with operating expenditures, which significantly reduces the financial burden of IT. Are you planning to develop a...