Sehrish Alikhan - Community Author: Finextra Research

Data usability in model training: GenAI tools provide solutions

In the new digital age, data is currency. For technology, software processing, cloud computing, and everything beyond, data is essential. However, with the boom of new technology and the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), the sheer amount of data available has become overwhelming. In the banking sector, companies need to be able to organis...

20 January 2025 /ai

10 B Corp-certified financial institutions

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

10 B Corp-certified financial institutions

US-based organisation, B Labs is rapidly becoming a globally-recognised symbol of ethical business, with more and more businesses undergoing the vigorous process to become B Corp-certified. B Labs is working to expand its guidelines to include all types of businesses, and will likely to continue to develop and improve on requirements as the global...

02 January 2025 /sustainable

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Finextra’s top long reads of 2024

2024 saw many ups and downs, from standout regulation, landmark elections in the US and UK, and key developments in cryptocurrency, such as MiCA regulation, and AI. As the year is reaching its end, let us look back at Finextra’s highest viewed long reads of 2024. Top long reads of 2024 10. Apple’s digital wallet monopoly: The juicy drama I outl...

27 December 2024 /predictions

The fintech sentiment: Are banks ready for DORA?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

The fintech sentiment: Are banks ready for DORA?

The EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) is intended to make the financial sector more secure, with the objective of bringing stability to the market and implementing ICT security and fraud measures. DORA will be fully applicable to financial institutions and IT service providers in the EU on 17 January 2025, after two years of preparation...

18 December 2024 /regulation

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

How can AI become more sustainable?

Artificial intelligence (AI) has become a hot topic in the past year, and it is set to skyrocket in usage in the coming years. Every financial organisation is racing to implement AI technology into their services, and every business and social media network is priming for AI integration. This is an excerpt from The Future of AI in Financial Servi...

17 December 2024 /ai

What the EU deforestation law delay means for fintech

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What the EU deforestation law delay means for fintech

The EU deforestation law was proposed in June 2023 to propel environmental efforts by curbing logging and deforestation practices in nations that export to the EU. The legislation was a move towards reducing EU consumers’ impact on global deforestation, however it saw pushback from multiple nations. What is the EU deforestation law? The law would ...

11 December 2024 /sustainable

Fracking hell: What Trump’s second presidency means for green initiatives

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Fracking hell: What Trump’s second presidency means for green initiatives

After a whirlwind election that saw the US map run red earlier this month, Donald Trump has been elected as the 47th US president. With a Republican majority in the Senate and House of Representatives, it is expected that sustainable ambitions and green initiatives will be taking a backseat (to say it lightly) for the next four years. While Democra...

27 November 2024 /sustainable

COP16 roundup: What is the future of nature financing?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

COP16 roundup: What is the future of nature financing?

The UN’s Biodiversity Summit (COP16) took place from 22 October – 8 November this year in Cali, Colombia, bringing together 196 government representatives to discuss the future of global biodiversity. The summit started off with lots of questions and ended with many left unanswered. The conference was plagued by loss of attendees, as many represent...

18 November 2024 /sustainable

What are the benefits to the biometric payments rollout?

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

What are the benefits to the biometric payments rollout?

With the advent of numerous new technologies in payments, biometrics has taken a lead in authentication processes and accessibility. According to Global Market Insights, the biometric payment market was valued at $8.83 billion in 2023, and is expected to grow around 17.1% between 2024 and 2032. Biometric cards have further become a trend amongst p...

13 November 2024 /payments

Correspondent banking and cross border payments need modernisation

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Correspondent banking and cross border payments need modernisation

This is an excerpt from the Future of Payments 2025 report. The decline in the number of correspondent banking relationships globally has been widely noted, leaving many communities who rely on it for cross-border payments without many other choices. This is in part because of a heightened focus on high-risk jurisdictions, which is known as de-ris...

22 October 2024 /Sibos

Embedded finance: Encouraging African financial inclusion

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Embedded finance: Encouraging African financial inclusion

This is an excerpt from the Future of Embedded Finance in Africa 2025 report. Africa is leading the world in growing mobile banking and embedded finance solutions. The growth in technology hubs in African nations has led to mass adoption of digital banking apps and high mobile penetration among the population. With more digital adoption in African...

21 October 2024 /Sibos

Biodiversity loss could threaten the global GDP: Why nature-based financing is essential

Sehrish Alikhan Reporter at Finextra

Biodiversity loss could threaten the global GDP: Why nature-based financing is essential

The CDP, a nonprofit organisation that runs a global disclosure system, recently released a report outlining the need to de-risk nature-based finance in Asia, outlining how biodiversity loss is impacting the GDP of numerous countries. The report indicated that the threat to nature and biodiversity to low-income and nature-reliant countries in Asia...

16 October 2024 /Sibos

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