Morgan McKenney talks to Liz Lumley about infrastructure innovation and how blockchains can create greater access to financial services. 

Every fortnight, The Banker will showcase interesting insights from the world of ‘fintech’ that caught our eye. 

The climate awareness campaign Make My Money Matter has written to the senior leadership of HSBC, Barclays, Santander, NatWest and Lloyds Banking Group to ask them to stop financing the expansion of fossil fuel reserves as part of the transition to achieving net zero.

The head of digital, innovation and design at RBS International talks to Liz Lumley about fintech partnerships, Generation Z and the magic of working for a bank. 

Ongoing research finds “a feeling of trust in a country’s population is a vital component in a bank’s decision to lend to a government”.

The chief technology officer of R3 talks to Liz Lumley about the speed, efficiency and privacy of enterprise blockchain. 

The chief data scientist at Dun & Bradstreet speaks to Liz Lumley about data with a purpose, finding disruption in unknown things and fighting bias in AI. 

As instant payments, cross-border improvements, and open banking and open finance develop around the world, Brazil is steadily growing as a fintech hub and learning lessons from other jurisdictions along the way.

Lori Beer, global chief information officer at JPMorgan Chase, talks about growing with speed and scale, while encouraging tech talent. 

I will always feel a bit of affection, love even, for ISO 20022 – the humble standard, understood by but a small group of people globally, that acts as a crucial ingredient for the future of international commerce and trade.