The invisible drain: Why global payments cost more than you think
Building payment infrastructures that turn traditional friction points into strategic advantages.
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Industry commentary by experts on the industry's most topical issues.
Penetration testing – a critical component of financial cybersecurity in 2025
Cybercrime is evolving at an unprecedented pace, with financial institutions increasingly in the crosshairs due to their wealth of sensitive information. To combat this growing threat, financial entities must stay one step ahead by identifying vulnerabilities before attackers do. This is where penetration testing plays a vital role. It simulates real-world attacks to expose weaknesses […]
The DORA effect: building a strong Digital Operational Resilience Act foundation
Learn how to meet, maintain, and prove compliance with the arrival of DORA.
DORA and beyond: what do new compliance standards mean for banking and finance?
DORA redefines financial sector resilience, bringing challenges and opportunities for 2025.
The evolution of digital identity in financial services
Solution providers and financial firms need to innovate continuously to meet evolving digital identity requirements.
Unlocking finance transformation: payment trends to watch in 2025
The shift to real-time payments will continue to dominate the payments agenda in 2025.
Beyond banking’s four walls: the journey to open finance
A collaborative approach to open finance will foster greater innovation across the board.
The rise of decentralised finance (DeFi): opportunities and challenges
DeFi is well-positioned to disrupt traditional finance in a number of ways.
Sibos 2024: A lack of payment interoperability is hurting businesses; here’s how to fix that
To achieve seamless payment interoperability, the industry needs a multi-pronged approach.
Sibos 2024: Embedded finance is driving the future of B2B commerce
Embedded finance is becoming a revolutionary force in B2B commerce.
Sibos 2024: From paper to pixels – the future of international trade
The move towards digitalisation in global trade is not just a trend but a necessary evolution.
BaaS is dead, long live BaaS 2.0
As the sector evolves away from the wild west of BaaS 1.0, it can enter its more responsible era.
Sibos 2024: The future of sustainable finance – opportunities, challenges, and the road ahead
Sustainable finance is no longer an optional add-on for banks—it is central to their future competitiveness.
Sibos 2024: Building the bank of tomorrow – connecting the future of finance in a rapidly evolving payments landscape
The bank of tomorrow will be defined by its ability to adapt to the pace of technological innovation.
Sibos 2024: 24/7 payments processing: the road ahead
In today’s world, the economy runs 24/7. Our payments ecosystem needs to keep pace. But is it succeeding?
The funding dilemma: how much is customer satisfaction really worth?
The cost of customer dissatisfaction, though delayed, always comes due.
The programmable money promise: potential advantages and opportunities at stake
Programmable money is a revolutionary concept poised to enhance monetary and financial systems.
State of play: US fintech
Despite a decline in global funding rounds, it was evident at FinovateFall that US fintech continues to thrive.
Buy now, pay later loans could provide consumers with a new, easy way to build credit
Once the BNPL data is folded into traditional credit scores it will be the first significant change in credit reporting in decades.
ISO 20022: The clock is ticking, so get ready
There’s no time like the present to ensure that you’re ready for the arrival of ISO 20022.
Don’t believe the hype: how transparent is your core?
In a world that is increasingly open tech vendors need to increase their transparency too.
The perfection paradox and the power of pragmatism
Pursuing perfection in digital transformations often causes more problems than it solves.
EPI’s roll-out begins but scheme compliance and dispute resolution questions remain
As the project expands across Europe, the EPI’s new payments solution has a number of areas to consider.
Shock absorbers: how to prepare effectively for external volatility
How can organisations protect themselves from external shocks that nobody can predict?
The consumer credit applications of open finance: a snapshot
Open finance has the potential to help consumers take control of their financial lives.
We are all living on borrowed time
Together, we can create meaningful change through collective action that can last generations.
Product innovation is the key to growth for banks
Banks have a significant opportunity to take advantage of the digital shift driven by the next generation of customers.
The AI Summit: Real world AI
Use cases, pathways and challenges to implementation, and the evolving regulatory frameworks.
What would the Jetsons do?
We already live in the Future. It is here. It is the Present. It is fully formed and at times rather wonderful.
What are the strengths, weaknesses and concerns around open banking?
The industry must ensure that open banking tech serves the strategic needs of consumers and institutions.
Reimagining the future of money: freedom-bearing, human-centric
Protecting privacy is critical for digital money and CBDCs in order to obtain public trust.
The digital transformation divide in Europe’s banking industry
Europe must harness the full potential of the digital revolution for the continent’s unbanked.
Optimising compliance in a busy year of reporting rewrites using Rosetta
Exploring the safe, fast and cost-effective regulatory compliance solution the industry has been looking for.
“What are we getting for our tech spending?”
Research has shown there is no industry-level correlation between spending on tech and growth.
(Fin)tech for good?
The ‘tech for good’ movement has the potential to effect real and positive global technological change.
Returning to the fundamentals: BaaS as mission-critical financial infrastructure
BaaS has become a critical element in the digital transformation of global financial services.
AI wars: a new hope or the phantom menace?
A deep dive into the practical uses of AI through the lens of the FCA’s Consumer Duty.
Awards win for SmartStream: leading innovation in reconciliation (and more)
Combining the heritage of delivering trusted reconciliation solutions with being genuinely agile.
Successful AI driven marketing strategies are inextricably linked to high quality data and efficient delivery thereof
Is your data strategy up to the challenge? Learn how artificial intelligence can help you reinvent marketing ops.
Digital transformations: is the recruitment process fit for purpose in the digital age?
Are upwards of six interviews really necessary for anything other than a top-level hire?
