A break with the EU and embracing alternative payment rails is where the UK sees the future of financial service innovation.
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Open banking and payments figure in UK Autumn Statement
November 24, 2023Fragmentation arrests EU capital market development
November 20, 2023Three decades on from the establishment of the Single Market, Europe’s capital markets are failing to keep up with rivals.
Bye-bye bonus cap
November 17, 2023The much-hated bonus cap was chucked on the UK’s bonfire of EU regulation on October 31.
COP28 preview: Reclaim Finance
November 16, 2023More needs to happen in the private and public sectors in richer countries if negotiations at COP28 later this month are to have any chance of reaching an ambitious conclusion, says Reclaim Finance’s founder.
‘Digital first, human always’ steers the Coventry’s finance transformation
November 13, 2023Embracing digital, while retaining brick-and-mortar, is the Coventry’s recipe.
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Pablo Hernández de Cos, governor, Bank of Spain – View from Felaban 2023
November 8, 2023Watch our interviews from the Felaban event in Miami Beach, Florida.
EU banks take conservative approach to calculate market risk
November 8, 2023Lenders are opting for the standardised approach to calculate their capital requirements, rather than internal models.
Sustainability claims need to be ‘factually accurate’, says Dutch authority
November 8, 2023Banks and financial institutions in the Netherlands need to ensure that their sustainable claims are “fair, accurate and non-misleading”, says AFM.
Banks under increased scrutiny as Switzerland proposes AML reform
November 6, 2023As European regulators crack down on money laundering, Switzerland is the latest to announce reform and place a greater burden on banks.
What does the UK banker bonus cap scrap mean?
October 27, 2023Experts are divided on whether the government’s bold change of policy will help the sector.