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.

Swift’s Innotribe initiative to promote innovation in payment processing has livened up its annual Sibos conference. Can it go further and help introduce a lasting spirit of innovation into the banking industry?

Cyber crime is a critical issue for global transaction services, with banks and their clients increasingly under attack. As cyber criminals evolve ever more sophisticated techniques, banks have a new tool in their arsenal: information sharing. But just how successful is it?

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?

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?

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.