The world has reached a tipping point where the trend towards sustainability has become irreversible. But how can investment banks ensure that their clients are not ‘greenwashing’ to access funding? 

Huge growth in digital payments during the Covid-19 pandemic points to a longer-term trend, with physical payments set to gradually wane.

Authorised push payment fraud, which can be difficult even to identify, needs to be tackled head on by banks and the wider finance industry.

New contenders are challenging the dominance of Swift in the cross-border payments space, compelling it to improve on its flaws.

Using technology, banks and fintechs vitally must co-operate to ensure accurate cash-flow forecasts.

Five regional central banks have announced plans to enable QR code-based cross-border payments. Furthermore, they want to link such a network to other regional payments platforms and eventually to central bank digital currencies. 

While the CPMI provides a review of current interlinking arrangements, being a bit more prescriptive may help the industry in its quest to connect faster payment systems internationally. Heather McKenzie reports.

Is the increased regulatory activity around buy now, pay later good news or bad for the financial services industry? Heather McKenzie reports. 

The cost of electronic fraud topped £1bn in 2021 for the UK alone. What more can be done to stem the tide? 

With climate change emerging as the world’s top geopolitical risk, banks are scrambling to measure and manage their exposures to the new ‘green swan’ risks.