The long read
How digital banks’ legal departments weathered the Covid-19 storm

How digital banks’ legal departments weathered the Covid-19 storm


26 Feb 2021

With digital platforms, smaller teams, and often cloud-based infrastructure, it seems that fresh-fac...

What does a Carney appointment mean for Stripe’s board?

What does a Carney appointment mean for Stripe’s board?


24 Feb 2021

Mark Carney, current UN special envoy for climate action and head of impact investing for Brookfield...

Capital One: What its 390 million USD fine tells us about AML regulation

Capital One: What its 390 million USD fine tells us about AML regulation


23 Feb 2021

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN, announced in January 2021 that Capital One woul...

The European Cloud User Coalition and the pursuit of cloud consistency

The European Cloud User Coalition and the pursuit of cloud consistency


12 Feb 2021

The European Cloud User Coalition has been established. What does this mean for banks? Announced in ...

Why small jurisdictions are forging ahead with crypto regulations

Why small jurisdictions are forging ahead with crypto regulations


05 Feb 2021

The world has crypto on the brain. From this year’s early Bitcoin skyrocket, stablecoins approved ...

Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment

Davos 2021: Key leader takeaways and what they mean for fintech and the environment


29 Jan 2021

Finextra attended a very different, digital Davos this year which centred on ‘The Great Reset’. Cove...

Will Yellen’s Treasury 'invest' in the future of digital currency?

Will Yellen’s Treasury 'invest' in the future of digital currency?


27 Jan 2021

Having officially been appointed Treasury Secretary, the digital currency world has its gaze fixed o...

A new paradigm for capital markets

A new paradigm for capital markets


25 Jan 2021

Yue Malan, senior analyst at Aite Group, recently wrote of the ‘new normal’ for capital markets: “T...

Are search engines the 'shop window' for online investment fraud?

Are search engines the 'shop window' for online investment fraud?


19 Jan 2021

Online investment fraud has seen a rapid acceleration since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, a...

Plaid after Visa: Eyes on the open banking prize

Plaid after Visa: Eyes on the open banking prize


18 Jan 2021

Keith Grose, head of Europe at Plaid, sat down to discuss the fallout from the great ‘would-have-bee...

Navigating core banking in Covid-19’s economic climate

Navigating core banking in Covid-19’s economic climate


23 Dec 2020

At first glance, the premise of attempting to satisfy ever-more demanding consumer expectations see

Why digitising corporate onboarding should be at the top of banks’ agenda

Why digitising corporate onboarding should be at the top of banks’ agenda


18 Dec 2020

First impressions matter. First impressions set the tone of a relationship, they inform how an initi...