Heads of digital assets at buy- and sell-side firms are busying themselves with digital bond issuances on their proprietary tokenisation platforms. But what is behind their newfound love for tokenising traditional financial assets? 

Many banks are struggling to meet the deadline for adoption of ISO 20022 for cross-border payments.

The EU is just the first jurisdiction to require UPI reporting, with the UK, US and Australia also publishing mandates. Compliance deadlines will be swift to follow.

Bank Indonesia’s latest move on credit cards is part of a multi-year strategy to reduce foreign influence in the country’s payment system.

Italy is in the midst of a payments revolution. Joy Macknight gets the lowdown from CBI CEO Liliana Fratini Passi.

Maram Al-Jazireh, chair of BAFT, talks to The Banker about competition, changing regulation and sustainability.

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.

Laura Murray, interim head of global trade and receivables finance at HSBC UK, shares her views on the potential impact of the Electronic Trade Documents Bill.