In an increasingly real-time world, how can companies better fight fraud?

Taylan Turan, group head of retail banking and strategy, wealth and personal banking at HSBC, talks to Liz Lumley about the bank’s relaunched commitment to international clients.

Plans for a digital pound are moving forward as the Bank of England and UK government agree it has a use case, but a launch is still years away.

With at least another four years to wait before a digital euro comes to fruition, some see more compelling use cases for ‘synthetic’ or wholesale central bank digital currencies. 

Allianz Trade, Santander CIB and B2B e-commerce platform Two have expanded their buy now, pay later service to enable payments for large retailers.

The fallout from the collapse of FTX has been felt keenly in the Arabian Gulf, where several jurisdictions have positioned themselves as would-be crypto hubs. 

An investigation into allegedly unfair interchange fees charged by the two main card providers in the UK has been launched with a focus on driving down costs that are stifling the innovation of fintech start-ups.

The corporation worked with the Digital Dollar Project and Accenture on the wide-ranging white paper.

A culture of late payments by bigger companies is leaving small businesses struggling to get by.

As the centre of the world seems to shift eastwards, the region is turning away from the US dollar and towards bilateral local currency settlement.