Pete McIntyre Financial Services Director at Planixs
In a precarious world of real-time payments, fintech disruption, and global economic uncertainty, liquidity has been elevated from a balance sheet metric to become a frontline operational challenge. The European Central Bank’s (ECB) recent guidelines on intraday liquidity risk management are a response to this shift. Far from adding bureaucratic ...
01 July 2025 /regulation /wholesale Treasury Technology
Siobhan Byron EVP, Universal Banking at Finastra
In part one of this blog series, I explored how banks can embrace ecosystems to drive innovation while maintaining strategic control - highlighting the importance of governance, partner alignment, and risk management. In this second part, while its clear technology underpins a successful ecosystem, I’ll discuss the crucial role that people and
01 July 2025 Banking
Paul Quickenden Chief Commercial Officer at Easy Crypto
Fintechs already have the talent, the ingenuity and after a decade of challenger success with innovations like Wise’s borderless accounts, Stripe’s one-click checkout and Revolut’s multi-currency wallets - the credibility to reshape finance on a global stage. Those breakthroughs gave consumers faster payments and slicker front-ends; but let’s call...
30 June 2025 /payments /crypto
Naina Rajgopalan Content Head at Freo
In a country where cash once reigned supreme, India’s digital payment revolution is quietly transforming the way people experience travel, especially in its most remote and untouched corners. From riverside camps in the Northeast to homestays nestled in the Himalayas, the rise of UPI and other digital payment systems has opened new doors for trave...
30 June 2025 /payments
Alright, let's chat about something super important for your money, something many of us just see as a "have to have" but is actually a "must have" for smart financial living. We're talking about health insurance. Now, I know what you might be thinking: "Health insurance? That's just for when I get sick, right?" And ye...
30 June 2025 Digital Insurance Trends
Alex Ford President, North America and Chief Revenue Officer at Encompass | RegTech Association | Women in RegTech
For years, banks have debated whether to build their own Know Your Customer (KYC) systems or invest in third-party solutions. But that binary choice is evolving with a new opportunity emerging in the form of blended KYC. A hybrid approach offers the best of both worlds: the control and flexibility of in-house systems combined with the speed and aut...
30 June 2025 /regulation /identity
Alex Kreger Founder and CEO at UXDA Financial UX Design
Artificial intelligence is no longer a futuristic buzzword—it’s a present-day battleground for competitive advantage in banking. Across the globe, countries are embracing AI at vastly different speeds, with Asia and the Middle East taking the lead in enterprise adoption, while the U.S. and UK scale up their generative AI pilots. From virtual assis...
30 June 2025 /ai /markets Innovation in Financial Services
Bo Harald Chairman/Founding member, board member at Trust Infra for Real Time Economy Prgrm & MyData,
I have been asked a good number of times if I am going to write a book about my rather long management and start-up experience when driving digitalisation. But then, the now rolling out migration to the EU Trust Infrastructure. - now with focus on Business wallets - is so extraordinarily important and interesting must-have ladder also to the next p...
30 June 2025 /ai /identity Innovation in Financial Services
Arjeh Van Oijen Head of Product Management at Icon Solutions
Amid geopolitical, technological and economic shifts, global momentum behind the development and adoption of digital currencies is ramping up. Central banks across 66 countries are now in the advanced phases of exploring Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs), with 44 pilots including the digital euro already underway. The popularity of stablecoin...
Carlo R.W. De Meijer Owner and Economist at MIFSA
Stablecoins are attracting considerable attention by traditional financial institutions. Regulatory shifts are paving the way for banks to engage with stablecoins. These are rapidly evolving from a niche vertical in the cryptocurrency ecosystem into a foundational element of the global financial system. Stablecoins are increasingly becoming a pref...
30 June 2025 /crypto Blockchain Observations
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