Latest articles from Anita Hawser

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Icelandic banks’ recovery and resiliency

December 22, 2022

The restructuring of Iceland’s banking sector following its spectacular implosion has meant that the industry is in a much stronger position today than it was back in 2008. 

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Crypto needs a bank as a middleman

December 21, 2022

The CEO of Seba Bank in Switzerland talks to Anita Hawser about crypto’s 'annus horribilis' and the FTX collapse.

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Banks’ eyes in the sky

April 22, 2022

The data and intelligence satellites provide are being leveraged on a wider scale within financial services in areas such as financial inclusion and climate risk. 

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Combatting money-laundering in the EU

December 15, 2021

While some EU jurisdictions have been under the spotlight for lax money-laundering controls, the problem goes much deeper than the headlines, as Anita Hawser reports.  

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Teaming up to fight financial crime

August 13, 2021

Tackling money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crime is a difficult chore for banks. However, new approaches are beginning to make a difference. 

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Deepfakes pose new cybersecurity risk for banks

January 4, 2021

As banks shift to remote identification, manipulated digital representations throw up new headaches.

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Cyber: a weapon of choice for nation states?

February 1, 2018

If a cyber war were to break out between nation states, would critical infrastructure, including financial systems, be afforded the same level of protections as they are in conventional warfare? Anita Hawser investigates.

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