Blockchain and smart contracts will be the basis of an ideal future IT infrastructure for capital markets, as Digital Asset’s chief technology officer Shaul Kfir explains to Joy Macknight. 

With cash falling out of favour as a result of Covid-19, the global remittances industry has seen a surge in digital transactions, improving the reach of the sector while also lowering costs. 

The rise in digital payments and widespread working from home as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic means banks must deal with a more complex cyber-threat environment. 

Outcome from pandemic could be financial industry pays more attention to sustainability.

Chief digital officer Derek White outlines how crisis has pushed group into new way of working.

The move to ISO 20022 by the world’s payment systems has had a setback – but must go ahead.

As the Covid-19 pandemic impacts even resilient businesses, Deutsche Bank’s Linda McLaughlin-Moore and Bill Mott discuss how international banks can best adjust to the new operational environment.

Digitisation has accelerated during the pandemic lockdown, with the capabilities of artificial intelligence and machine learning coming to the fore. Heather McKenzie reports.