Mark Harris, head of compliance with Renaissance Group, tells The Banker  how he boosted the group's compliance capability, and installed a new trading surveillance system in its investment banking operations.

The rich promise held by emerging economies may have would-be investors salivating, but without sufficient technology or regulatory capabilities it is difficult for Western companies to take advantages of these opportunities.

N Ganapathy Subramaniam, president of TCS Financial Solutions, tells The Banker  how technology can help banks meet customer demands, boost efficiency and keep pace with the competition amid tough market conditions.

From regulation to cloud computing, Swift's CEO, Lázaro Campos, gives The Banker his thoughts on the themes, topics and issues likely to dominate 2011's Sibos conference in Toronto. 

Turkey's banks boast the kind of technology that would make many a US or European CIO envious. How have they managed to so comprehensively leapfrog their Western counterparts, and can this growth continue?

Non-bank payment specialists are cropping up all over the world. But are these companies a threat to the more traditional providers of payments, or do these largely niche businesses present partnership opportunities to banks?