Morgan Stanley is no lightweight when it comes to tech, but moving at the speed of a start-up takes agility and a new way of working, the bank’s head of transformation tells The Banker.

Digital is not strategy only, it is strategy and a delivery vehicle, BNY Mellon’s head of digital tells Joy Macknight. 

Petra Hielkema, director of payments and market infrastructures at the Dutch central bank, talks to Joy Macknight about experimenting with blockchain, supporting fintechs and raising consumer awareness around the Payment Services Directive 2.

Orange Bank’s deputy chief executive officer talks to The Banker about 5G’s potential impact on the banking industry.

Mexico’s deputy finance minister, Arturo Herrera, talks to Jane Monahan about how the country’s new government plans to effect social change through economic policy.

Experimenting with emerging technologies and engaging with fintechs is how Commerzbank’s R&D unit aims to help deliver on the bank’s vision of becoming a digital enterprise, Michael Spitz, CEO of Main Incubator, tells Joy Macknight. 

Guy Debelle, deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, talks to Kimberley Long about the Australian property market and the growing strength of Asian banks in the country.

Kirsty Rutter, chief innovation officer at Barclays UK, describes to Joy Macknight how the bank is using its fintech platform, Rise, to find the right start-ups with which to partner to deliver value to its business lines. 

Ezequiel Szafir, the CEO of Openbank, talks to Joy Macknight about constructing Santander’s fully digital experiment from the ground up.

Argentina's foreign affairs minister tells The Banker why he is confident the country will bounce back from economic crisis, with help from China.