Stanley Epstein Associate at Citadel Advantage Group
A Strategic Risk Management Framework for Sustaining Trust, Continuity, and Competitive Advantage Introduction: Cyber Risk as the New Business Continuity Challenge In an era where business operations, customer interactions, and supply chains are inseparably tied to digital infrastructure, the boundaries between technology risk and business risk h...
4 mins /ai /regulation Operational Risk Management
Galong Yao CGO at Bamboodt
I’m often asked a simple question with complex implications: what qualifies an app as a “SuperApp”? It’s easy to get lost in architecture, features, and ecosystems. My view is straightforward: a SuperApp is primarily a business concept, not a technical pattern. Think of it as a title earned through consistent market performance—when an app delive
1 hour /payments /markets
Mete Feridun Chair at EMU Centre for Financial Regulation and Risk
On the night of October 10–11, right after traditional markets had closed, U.S. President Trump’s comments threatening a sharp increase in tariffs on China triggered an immediate “risk-off” move across global markets. The timing was crucial: the remarks came within minutes of market close, when liquidity was already thin, and they explicitly refer...
2 hours /regulation /crypto Cryptocurrency Insights
Eyad Almaaitah VP - Global Product Management at Compass Plus Technologies
Fraudsters don’t stand still. New schemes emerge daily, exploiting vulnerabilities faster than traditional fraud systems can adapt. For financial institutions, the challenge isn’t just spotting fraud in real time - it’s staying one step ahead of it. That’s where technology architecture becomes just as important as detection logic. One of the mos...
2 hours /security /payments
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
1. The Core – You-controlled data This is the data you receive into your wallet - making the MyData make-it-happen mission real: official credentials (ID, diploma, driver’s licence, tax number, company roles, etc.), verifiable credentials from other issuers you decide to trust (skills, power of attorneys, e-receipts, IBAN-credentials etc..) cred...
3 hours /security /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Joseph Ibitola Head of Demand Generation at Flagright
Fraud in payments is growing more sophisticated, forcing payment service providers (PSPs) to rethink their defenses. Today’s fraudsters are even leveraging AI tools to scale attacks and evade detection. In response, regulators and industry leaders are raising the bar for fraud prevention. A 2025 American Banker survey found that 62% of banks and ...
7 hours /ai /payments Fintech
Konstantin Dubovitskiy Sr. Account Executive at Checkbook.io
Interbank payments ecosystem is extremely complex and involves a lot of moving parts that most of us (even those in payments), never encounter. By the end of this article you will better understand how banks communicate with one another, what do those communication channel look like and how do funds get settled depending on the channel. Definitions...
13 hours /payments /retail Banking
Livia Bernardini CEO at Future Platforms
Business leaders in financial services know that they have to embrace AI but there’s a huge amount of uncertainty in knowing which one to use. I am often asked to “use agentic AI” to help improve efficiency and productivity from the bottom up. Other times, I have seen pressure on the C-suite to make significant cost reductions but the briefs fee...
19 hours /ai
Andrew Bonsall COO at AperiData
In July 2025, the FCA issued another multi-million pound fine for weaknesses in customer onboarding and transaction monitoring. Many financial services firms will recognise the issues exposed. Controls built on static rules and one-off checks are struggling to keep pace with the complexity of modern financial crime. The scale of the problem is sig...
19 hours Open Banking
Sam Kohli CEO and Founder at Paynt
For many of us, biometric security, which is the use of unique personal characteristics such as fingerprints or facial recognition, has become second nature. Indeed, these technologies are quickly becoming more integrated into everyday activities, from unlocking smartphones to authorising mobile payments. And what's not to like? It’s quick, effici...
19 hours /security /payments The future of Payments in Europe
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