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Strategic advantage lies in the journey, as much as the destination

Strategic advantage lies in the journey, as much as the destination


23 Nov 2020

Covid-19 has exposed the status of banks’ digital transformation strategies. While the steps that ba...

European sovereignty shackled to its payments

European sovereignty shackled to its payments


19 Nov 2020

March 2014: in the midst of the diplomatic crisis following Russia's invasion of Crimea, some Russia...

Beyond Invisible Solutions: Banks Should be Preventing Fraud, not Playing Catch Up

Beyond Invisible Solutions: Banks Should be Preventing Fraud, not Playing Catch Up

Madhvi Mavadiya
17 Nov 2020

Ville Sointu, head of emerging technologies at Nordea, highlights that the intent of GDPR was “fanta...

The AI-Powered Cybersecurity Arms Race and its Perils

The AI-Powered Cybersecurity Arms Race and its Perils

Eyal Balicer
12 Nov 2020

The advancement in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is still one of the most important tech...

TARGET2 incident illustrates the need for High Availability and DevOps

TARGET2 incident illustrates the need for High Availability and DevOps

Andrew Smith
09 Nov 2020

The full story behind the recent TARGET2 outage is as yet not in the public domain, but from what w...

Regulatory Change Management: solving the modern Rubik’s Cube

Regulatory Change Management: solving the modern Rubik’s Cube

Richard Dupree
05 Nov 2020

The very reclusive inventor of arguably the world’s most popular 3D puzzle, the Rubik’s Cube, just r...

How has Covid-19 affected fintech trends?

How has Covid-19 affected fintech trends?


02 Nov 2020

Andrea Melville, Managing Director of Commercialisation and Propositions, Global Transaction Banking...

ISO 20022 holds key to fintech innovation and competition in years to come

ISO 20022 holds key to fintech innovation and competition in years to come


29 Oct 2020

As banks and other financial institutions migrate to ISO 20022 in the years ahead, many of the ongoi...

What should be taken into account if Artificial Intelligence is to be regulated?

What should be taken into account if Artificial Intelligence is to be regulated?

Juan Murillo Arias
26 Oct 2020

In this article, Juan Murillo, Senior Manager of Data Strategy at BBVA, and Jesús Lozano, Manager of...

Talking 'bout a revolution: The disruptive impact of ESG on wealth management

Talking 'bout a revolution: The disruptive impact of ESG on wealth management

William Trout
22 Oct 2020

The wealth management industry stands on the cusp of revolution, the implications of which extend to...

Will there be a world where blockchain and GDPR peacefully co-exist?

Will there be a world where blockchain and GDPR peacefully co-exist?


19 Oct 2020

As we know, GDPR is new regulation. New regulation faces teething issues. This is an unavoidable rea...

Challengers: True threat or paper tiger?

Challengers: True threat or paper tiger?


15 Oct 2020

It seems that the challengers really are showing their teeth. A recent report by Deposit Solutions, ...