As a decentralised open-source blockchain with smart-contract functionality, Ethereum holds enormous promise for the financial services industry.
Beyond retail banking and payments lies investment and commercial banking, the next frontier for fintechs looking to disrupt the status quo.
Any form of disability can act as a barrier to accessing financial services without the right guidelines, procedures and technologies in place.
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Financial services foreign direct investment rose in 2020 despite the pandemic and has remained robust this year on the back of generous state support.
Remote sensing and artificial intelligence, combined with blockchain technology, could help more accurately measure and manage sustainability-related risks.
How does access to emerging technology and customer demands translate into a treasury-as-a-service offering?
Digital-only banks in the Gulf Co-operation Council are experiencing a boom.
Swift’s chief innovation officer Tom Zschach on learning the lessons of lockdown.
Tackling money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crime is a difficult chore for banks. However, new approaches are beginning to make a difference.
The regulatory burden has forced banks to stay local, while tech platforms with global ambitions have flourished. But is this about to change?
During the Covid-19 pandemic, banks have had to react quickly to changing conditions and digitally deliver products and services not only to customers but also provide the digital tools needed for staff do their jobs remotely. Is hyperautomation the answer?
As low rates squeeze margins, lenders are leveraging tech to expand into a range of non-core digital services.
The global payments company is getting ahead of emerging technologies, which it believes will accelerate the move away from cash.
Banks need to rethink their positions in the whole customer supply and value chain.
Demand for digital-only services has flourished, but many people still prefer to pay their salaries into an incumbent high street bank.
A new type of challenger bank, which is developing innovative financial products to better serve the LGBT+ community, is gaining ground across the globe.
Global regulator proposes high risk-weight for bitcoin and ethereum, in contrast to reserve-backed cryptoassets such as stablecoins.
The People’s Bank of China has set up a joint venture with Swift, and has conducted experiments with other central banks.
The pandemic-induced compression of digitisation has enabled a wealth of possibilities in banking.