In a bid to attract international talent and investors, Japan is looking at how it can replicate other countries’ successes in developing cities into hubs for financial institutions and fintechs.

Considered an unwelcoming environment for cryptocurrencies, the US enters the fray in allowing bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

EUR CoinVertible, which has already been used for a purchased of tokenised securities, is set to usher in a new era for regulated digital assets. 

For consumer fintech, market domination is a different mountain to climb.

Central bank distributed ledger technology moves a step closer with major trials. 

Is Europe evolving into Crypto Valley, asks Stefan Berger, member of the European Parliament.

While tokenised assets have become important features within the finance sector, the same can’t be said for blockchain infrastructures behind them. Are financial institutions biting more off of the technology than they can chew?

The global bank plans to share its quantum security systems with the industry. 

Chatbots, large language models and copilots augmenting jobs: how will AI upend financial services and how fast will it happen? 

Shawbrook’s CTO has been on a five-year transformation journey at the bank.