Robust cloud-based payments systems are seen as a crucial way for incumbent banks to compete more effectively with fintech start-ups.

A year in, how are the sanctions imposed by the West on Russian entities, goods, assets and individuals taking shape?

The central bank of Turkey’s macroprudential adjustments has made the operating environment for the country’s banks increasingly complex.

Now is an opportune time to consider introducing UK regulatory investigation time limits in order to achieve better fairness and proportionality.

Despite gains at the boardroom level, women are still largely absent from the executive level within European banks. So, what will move the needle?

With a multitude of open avenues for litigation, here are the key areas that banks should keep tabs on in the coming year.

The anti-fraud duty has gained recent prominence as upcoming legal challenges threaten to increase banks’ responsibilities in the context of increasingly sophisticated fraud.

With AML compliance at the top of the FCA’s enforcement agenda for this year, we highlight important focus points for banks and other regulated firms operating in the UK.

In the race for ‘turbocharged’ economic growth, is the UK putting its reputation for gold-plated financial services rules, which kept risky behaviours in check, on the line? 

Financial services have undergone a deep transformation in the last few years, one such change being the rise of banking-as-a-service – or BaaS – which was particularly prominent in Europe in 2022.