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What are the implications of digital transformation on payments?

What are the implications of digital transformation on payments?

Madhvi Mavadiya
02 Apr 2020

Financial institutions have been forced to step up their game in order to keep up with consumer dema...

Pensions for the Planet

Pensions for the Planet

Richard Peers
01 Apr 2020

When Richard Curtis, co-founder of Red Nose Day, Make Poverty history and writer/director of a few m...

Rethinking Business at a Rethought conference

Rethinking Business at a Rethought conference

Richard Peers
31 Mar 2020

As we all switch to online conferences, I tuned into a day long event hosted by Imperial College ent...

Request to Pay: What does it mean for instant payments?

Request to Pay: What does it mean for instant payments?


26 Mar 2020

The introduction of Request to Pay (R2P) services this year is poised to play a starring role in the...

Cybersecurity: The never-ending challenge

Cybersecurity: The never-ending challenge


23 Mar 2020

As the financial world changes, becoming more interconnected and inclusive, the ever-moving target o...

Is Python storming ahead of Java in fintech?

Is Python storming ahead of Java in fintech?

Madhvi Mavadiya
18 Mar 2020

The use of Python is catching up to Java in banking and fintech applications, but what are the reaso...

Global downturn will be a test for the robo-advice model

Global downturn will be a test for the robo-advice model


16 Mar 2020

With experts fearful of the Coronavirus outbreak setting the wheels in motion to a global recession,...

Could Brexit open the gates to AI in the UK?

Could Brexit open the gates to AI in the UK?


09 Mar 2020

The UK is outwardly pursuing an adequacy decision from Europe regarding its current data protection ...

Women in finance: How AI is shining a light on diversity

Women in finance: How AI is shining a light on diversity

Madhvi Mavadiya
09 Mar 2020

Despite equality being one of the cornerstones of civilised society, a lack of gender parity and div...

Welcome to the era of stablecoins

Welcome to the era of stablecoins


05 Mar 2020

Thanks in no small part to Facebook’s controversial Libra project, stablecoins have attained a great...

Banking-as-a-Service: A disruptive force for good

Banking-as-a-Service: A disruptive force for good

Andrew Smith
02 Mar 2020

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) comes in many various offerings, something that was not true back in 201...

A short guide to the ISO 20022 implementation: 2020 update

A short guide to the ISO 20022 implementation: 2020 update


26 Feb 2020

As financial institutions recognise the scale of the impending ISO 20022 migration deadline, impleme...