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Fighting the good cyber fight
March 1, 2022The financial services industry has long been a prime target for cyber criminals chasing big payoffs. However, the work the sector has put into standards and controls is beginning to deliver results.
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‘Instant-fication’ is coming – are transaction banks prepared?
February 22, 2022To be ready for the move to real-time everything, transaction banks need to modernise their plumbing, re-engineer their core processes and harmonise their data flows, as well as bring their corporate and SME clients on the journey with them.
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UK private sector consortium enters the CBDC game
February 15, 2022No longer content to sit on the sidelines of the Bank of England’s digital currency experiments, Project New Era plans to launch a private sector consortium for a real-world ‘dSterling’ pilot.
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Attracting new talent in transaction banking
February 8, 2022The war for talent has never been greater, as many people have reassessed their lives and work during the Covid-19 pandemic. Transaction banking’s digital transformation, as well as its role in supporting the real economy, may give the industry an edge in attracting and retaining staff.
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Pandemic hangover fuels pessimism in 2022
January 18, 2022The survey results underpinning the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2022 paint a bleak picture for the global recovery, with just one in six international business leaders feeling positive about the outlook for the world.
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AML and data breach fines halved in 2021
January 11, 2022Penalties that financial institutions incurred for non-compliance with anti-money laundering and data privacy regulations have dropped significantly in 2021. However, there is still much work to be done to stem financial crime.
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Looking back on 2021’s major themes
December 21, 2021Cryptocurrencies, sustainability and financial inclusion are the notable hot topics for the banking industry over the past year, as well as regulatory changes and the continued digital transformation of the sector.
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The great wholesale digital currency race heats up
December 14, 2021In recent weeks, a few central bank experiments with wholesale digital currencies and blockchain have come to fruition, as well as private sector initiatives, all aiming to improve transaction settlement.
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Landing on the right side of the 'great divergence'
December 7, 2021The 11th edition of McKinsey’s annual banking review analyses the global industry’s profitability challenges, as well as the widening gap in market-to-book ratio between top and bottom performers.