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Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG, part 2

Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG, part 2

Hamish Monk
16 Nov 2021

Blackrock’s former sustainable investing chief, Tariq Fancy, has made nine key claims against the e...

Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG

Busting sustainable finance myths: Why Tariq Fancy is only half right on ESG

Hamish Monk
01 Nov 2021

A controversial series of articles criticising the asset management industry’s approach to sustainab...

Women’s Equality Day: Working toward gender parity in financial services

Women’s Equality Day: Working toward gender parity in financial services

Hamish Monk
26 Aug 2021

It is Women’s Equality Day today – and over two years since the publication of the UK government’s l...

Curbing the cost of payment failures with straight through processing

Curbing the cost of payment failures with straight through processing

Hamish Monk
20 Aug 2021

Automating high volumes of transactions across different geographies and jurisdictions is yet to be ...

The future of NFTs: Democratising space and digitising endangered species

The future of NFTs: Democratising space and digitising endangered species

Hamish Monk
17 Aug 2021

Earlier this year, the non-fungible token (NFT) bubble had swollen to colossal proportions. With th...

The IPCC climate change report: How is the fintech community responding?

The IPCC climate change report: How is the fintech community responding?

Hamish Monk
10 Aug 2021

A ‘code red for humanity’ has been declared, in the form of the first major review of climate change...

Demystifying the role of the fintech CIO

Demystifying the role of the fintech CIO

Hamish Monk
14 Jul 2021

This series of articles looks to demystify the various C-level roles within fintech companies today ...

Demystifying the role of the fintech CFO

Demystifying the role of the fintech CFO

Hamish Monk
09 Jul 2021

This series of articles looks to demystify the various C-level roles within fintech companies today ...

The future of payments: New assets - new security challenges

The future of payments: New assets - new security challenges

Hamish Monk
28 Jun 2021

By some, blockchain technology is considered a strong means of combatting rising cases of chargeback...

The future of payments: Perfecting payments protection

The future of payments: Perfecting payments protection

Hamish Monk
23 Jun 2021

With merchants leaning on card-not-present payments during the pandemic, and consumers themselves fu...

Leveraging fraud and risk data to enhance customer experience

Leveraging fraud and risk data to enhance customer experience

Hamish Monk
16 Jun 2021

In the wake of the widespread shift to digital banking and commerce caused by national lockdowns due...

Demystifying the role of the fintech COO

Demystifying the role of the fintech COO

Hamish Monk
28 May 2021

This series of articles looks to demystify the various C-level roles within fintech companies today ...