Russia has subverted international sanctions by building new financial pathways, each of which present new risks. Banks will need to contend with yet more in 2024.

Work is underway to ensure the financial sector in Europe is able to stay resilient through a severe operational disruption.

Following a raft of regulation in the UK this year, can BNPL providers expect more in 2024?

As investment and merger control screening regimes surge, investors will need to stand ready to respond to shifting regulatory requirements and to capitalise on opportunities.

Banks’ main concern is that households will prefer risk-free central bank digital currencies over deposits. How CBDCs are implemented will be key to preserving financial stability.

Financial regulators have artificial intelligence in their cross-hairs as the technology’s use rapidly expands within the capital markets ecosystem.

Euro instant payments are to become universally available under a provisional agreement between the European Commission and European Parliament, but its requirements may pose challenges for banks.

Cards remain a central part of consumer payments — is that a problem?

On the road to harmonised European payments: the birth of the Payments Services Directive. 

Three decades on from the establishment of the Single Market, Europe’s capital markets are failing to keep up with rivals.