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How can fintechs better engage with global brands?

January 24, 2023

The David versus Goliath size disparity between fintech start-ups and global financial services companies has been a source of frustration on both sides. What can be done to improve partnership talks?

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Liz Lumley

Money matters with climate change

January 20, 2023

The climate awareness campaign Make My Money Matter has written to the senior leadership of HSBC, Barclays, Santander, NatWest and Lloyds Banking Group to ask them to stop financing the expansion of fossil fuel reserves as part of the transition to achieving net zero.

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Building resilience in the midst of a polycrisis

January 17, 2023

The cost of living crisis tops the list of near-term concerns in the WEF’s Global Risks Report 2023, but environmental challenges remain in the forefront today and for the next decade.

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Data is key to a bank’s future

January 10, 2023

Data is the foundation of the digital economy. But how can banks truly leverage what they have at their fingertips?

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What will 2023 hold?

January 3, 2023

With the global economy on the brink of recession and more market volatility expected, the global banking industry is bracing for another challenging and unpredictable year.

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Riding the open finance wave

December 20, 2022

Banks are moving beyond open banking to open finance, which most believe is already having a positive impact and making the industry more collaborative.

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To ringfence or not to ringfence – is that the question?

December 13, 2022

The UK government has announced plans to review the bank ring-fencing regime, with the intent to make it simpler and more adaptable. But is this a path to deregulation and divergence with the EU?

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Acclaiming the Bank of the Year 2022 winners

December 6, 2022

For the first time in three years, the leading lights in the global banking industry came together in London to celebrate their successes.

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What value can retail CBDCs bring to society?

November 22, 2022

Central bank digital currencies should be designed as a public infrastructure on which banks and non-banks alike can build innovative digital schemes, products and services.

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How should banks engage with the metaverse?

November 15, 2022

Setting up virtual branches may be the beginning, but there is so much more to the metaverse that banks need to explore.

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