The long read
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...

What’s going on with Binance? The low-down on the drama-ridden crypto exchange

What’s going on with Binance? The low-down on the drama-ridden crypto exchange


16 Aug 2021

Thanks to a wave of disgruntled customers and enthusiastic regulators, Binance has been garnering al...

Augment, migrate, replace: Routes to cloud-led core modernisation

Augment, migrate, replace: Routes to cloud-led core modernisation

Madhvi Mavadiya
13 Aug 2021

Now that the banking industry is on a journey to digital metamorphosis, it requires a fresh approach...

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...

Taming the crypto frontier and the global regulatory clamp down on Binance

Taming the crypto frontier and the global regulatory clamp down on Binance

Arvin Abraham
09 Aug 2021

Within the crypto community, Binance is ubiquitous. It is the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchang...

Ransomware attacks: Should ransom payments to hackers be banned in the UK under legislation?

Ransomware attacks: Should ransom payments to hackers be banned in the UK under legislation?

Elizabeth Meade
06 Aug 2021

Should the UK make payments in response to ransomware illegal? It is an idea that is currently being...

Regulating the digital economy: the new European regulation for large digital platforms

Regulating the digital economy: the new European regulation for large digital platforms

Lucia Pacheco
04 Aug 2021

On December 15 2020, the European Commission published one of the key pieces of its digital strategy...

Providing better solutions for increasingly picky sustainable investors

Providing better solutions for increasingly picky sustainable investors

Marco Mottadelli
02 Aug 2021

Sustainable investment is having a moment. There are now thousands of funds and indices especially p...

Why Pay.UK sees ISO 20022 as the ‘internet of payments’

Why Pay.UK sees ISO 20022 as the ‘internet of payments’


30 Jul 2021

Following the publication of technical materials for organisations implementing ISO 20022, Finextra ...

Why Biden’s Executive Order is a green light for US open banking

Why Biden’s Executive Order is a green light for US open banking


28 Jul 2021

On July 9 2021, President Biden didn’t just throw a bone to US open banking, he underwrote the mortg...

How to prepare for investing in more ‘normal’ times

How to prepare for investing in more ‘normal’ times

Marco Mottadelli
27 Jul 2021

Extreme periods of disruption are seldom quiet. When the stock market moves several percent points i...

The importance of distributing market data in the cloud

The importance of distributing market data in the cloud

Madhvi Mavadiya
22 Jul 2021

Capital markets firms have long understood how cloud can help establish competitive advantage, incre...