The EU’s much-criticised attempt to impose environmental and social obligations on companies along their supply chains is part of growing international efforts to hold businesses — and their lenders — accountable for their actions
Is reinventing the wheel the fintech we were promised, and will it solve any real problems?
The use of generative AI in how companies share information with investors and other stakeholders creates new risks, which banks should not ignore
What can I say? Profitable, sustainable companies make me happy
Bold new concepts at Davos serve as inspiration for the year ahead
The Future of Global Fintech report, launched at Davos, is optimistic. The laurels are far from being rested on yet.
You can write about technology until the cows come home — it always comes back to culture.
For consumer fintech, market domination is a different mountain to climb.
Change isn’t always easy, but it is almost always worth it. Here’s to a new year and a forward-looking vision for The Banker in 2024.
While southern Africa’s payments infrastructure has been in development for more than five decades, there has been limited progress in terms of financial inclusion, according to a recent report.
Strategy is about working hard all the time, not writing lists for LinkedIn.
At an event in London, the Chartered Banker Institute announced the winner of the Young Banker of the Year 2023 award, with submissions focused on ideas to improve outcomes for customers, colleagues and communities.
When the anti-establishment becomes established, did it even exist at all?
The institutions that triumphed this year demonstrated agility in adapting to the quickly changing environment with flair and pizzazz, adeptly dealing with numerous and intertwined challenges that emerged in 2023.
Cards remain a central part of consumer payments — is that a problem?
While branch numbers in the UK have almost halved over the past decade, there are banks that still believe their future lies in the branch.
ChatGPT found its voice a year ago this month. Will it end 2023 with legs?
The 97-year-old, industry-leading publication has undergone a digital transfiguration, sporting a new website and logo. But amid the change, The Banker remains the independent and trustworthy source of financial intelligence that readers value.
How and why we teach artificial intelligence is as important as what we teach it.