The coronavirus pandemic has sped up European banks’ digital strategies, with huge investments going towards organic and acquisitional growth in technology and innovation.
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Agora prepares to go live after completing pilot trades
February 28, 2022First end-to-end digital platform for syndicated bond market nears full production mode after successful pilot of benchmark transactions.
Cyprus’s banks keep calm and carry on
February 23, 2022The country’s banking sector has shown strength and resilience by offloading problem assets during the pandemic and maintaining improved compliance and regulatory standards.
Cyprus looks to life beyond Covid
February 14, 2022Cyprus’s finance minister talks to The Banker about how the country’s economy has coped during the pandemic and the recovery ahead.
Tinkoff co-CEO outlines expansion plans
February 4, 2022London-listed neobank Tinkoff is on a growth trajectory undeterred by the Covid-19 pandemic. The Banker spoke to its newly appointed co-CEO about the bank’s expansion plans in south-east Asia.
Regulating the unregulated: US cryptocurrency
December 20, 2021As US cryptocurrency markets continue to grow, so too does regulatory interest. But there is also an increasing acceptance of the central role that crypto will play in the financial system of the future. Kiara Taylor and Marie Kemplay report.
Investment banks cautiously look into the cloud
November 29, 2021A host of benefits have continued to entice banks to adopt cloud-based technology, but as with any large-scale transformation it is not always straightforward.
Are banks meeting the needs of the ‘passion economy’?
November 18, 2021As the passion economy grows and offers people fresh and flexible ways of making money by building businesses around what they love, is the industry ready to offer services to this smaller-sized, but fast-growing segment of the corporate market?
Why banks need to finance futuristic ideas
November 8, 2021Revolutionary change is sometimes hard to understand – but we are on the cusp of a new reality.