Paul Holt EMEA Group Vice President at Digicert
There’s a lot of talk right now about artificial intelligence, automation and blockchain. But quietly, in the background, another technological shift is gathering pace, which is one that will redefine the foundations of digital security and trust. Quantum computing has moved from theory to practicality faster than anyone expected. What used to be c...
5 hours /ai /security Information Security
Stanley Epstein Associate at Citadel Advantage Group
How Strategic Pessimism Builds Resilience in Risk Management and Life. For decades, the business and self-help worlds have been flooded with the gospel of positive thinking. We’re told to “stay optimistic,” “visualize success,” and “banish negativity.” Yet, in the world I’ve inhabited for close to forty years — operational risk management in bankin...
7 hours Operational Risk Management
Nkahiseng Ralepeli VP of Product: Digital Assets at Absa Bank, CIB.
Tokenisation has shifted from concept to operating agenda - it is literally everywhere now as a tag line. Exchanges, CSDs, transfer agents, custodians, banks, and fintech platforms are building rails for tokenised cash, funds, treasuries, repos, private credit, real estate, and increasingly, public securities. The motivation is not novelty, it is ...
9 hours /crypto /markets
Rom C Founder at Questa AI
Artificial Intelligence is reshaping how we think, learn, and make decisions. Tools like ChatGPT have shown how AI can boost creativity, speed, and communication. Yet, this power also brings questions about accuracy, bias, and privacy. ChatGPT’s Advantages ChatGPT is fast, versatile, and accessible. It can summarize information, generate ideas, and...
13 hours /ai /regulation Fintech
Kaustuv Ghosh CEO at Nxtgen Payment Infra
Rural and small community banks are where large numbers of people and small businesses find access to lending and wealth creation. This is as much true in Asia as it is anywhere else. Community banks in non-metropolitan areas have to contend with high penetration of smartphones and varied product offers from neo or digital banks. At the same time, ...
14 hours /ai /retail Artificial Intelligence and Financial Services
David King CTO at Flywire
At our recent Flywire Fusion event, we held a breakout session on Cybersecurity in Higher Education. The original focus of the session was around how to address cybersecurity threats facing higher ed, including data breaches and the growing phishing attacks on both students and institutions to trick them into changing banking details that could l...
06 November 2025 /security /payments
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
I was very impressed by the German estimate that large and medium sized enterprises will save 84,7bn€/year - only in master data work - by taking EUBWs in use. https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/27963/in-germany-847-billion-euros-is-a-lot-of-money And this more easily taken in use by using DIIP. https://www.finextra.com/blogposting/29252/diip-h...
06 November 2025 /ai /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Mark Whale Partner at FICO
CROs are taking on broader roles, covering risks for which it’s extremely rare to have the full breadth of expertise. Mark Whale from global analytics software leader FICO discusses how a host of new risk categories are making the CRO’s role tougher than ever, and spurring the rise of the Super CRO. The role of the Chief Risk Officer at a bank is ...
06 November 2025 /security
Andrew Bonsall COO at AperiData
Key takeaways UK SME lending has fallen 20% in real terms over the past decade, leaving a £22bn funding gap. Traditional credit data and manual processes keep viable firms locked out of finance. Open Banking gives lenders real-time visibility of SME cashflow and affordability. Consistent, complete and current data supports faster, fairer lendi...
06 November 2025
Teo Blidarus CEO and Co-Founder at FintechOS
Stablecoins are moving fast, banks aren’t. As industry, business and consumer understanding deepens, token-based rails are starting to challenge mainstream infrastructure. The pressure to react and integrate is real. Put simply: token-based money moves on new rails built outside the current banking infrastructure. They transfer value quickly and sp...
06 November 2025 /payments /retail Innovation in Financial Services
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