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BNY executives on combatting CX fragmentation and integrating AI

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Finextra spoke to BNY executive platform owner of payments platform Isabel Schmidt, and executive platform owner for treasury services Carl Slabicki, on everything AI, blockchain, and cross-border.

31 October 2025

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Sibos 2025: BBH’s Adrian Whelan on overcoming obstacles in ESG and DEI policy

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, Finextra spoke to Adrian Whelan, global head of market intelligence at Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH), on data scarcity, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing, how the industry is handling diversity and inclusion in the current political landscape.

03 October 2025

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Sibos 2025: DeFi expected to take over financial ecosystem

In the rapidly developing financial universe, there are certain buzzwords that have been reappearing throughout discussions: blockchain, stablecoins, and tokenisation. While cryptocurrencies are not new, these new developments in decentralised finance (DeFi) are taking the financial sector by storm.

02 October 2025

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Sibos 2025: Banks urged to be modern, not modernised

In Frankfurt, Finextra’s own managing director Gary Wright led a conversation on how modernisation and innovation is reshaping the industry.

02 October 2025

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Sibos 2025: Cybersecurity, AI and quantum dominate industry panel

At Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt, experts spanning multinational banks and fintechs explored the emergence of sophisticated cyberthreats. Bad actors are utilising AI, quantum, and machine learning to level up their attacks, but can financial institutions fight fire with fire? The panel ‘Navigating the intersection of technology and financial security’ explored how disruptive technologies will impact the fraud landscape.

01 October 2025

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Sibos 2025: UN and banks call for climate investment shift

What is the role of public and private investment in sustainable finance? How can green bonds and blended finance achieve sustainable development goals? These questions were answered in a sustainable policy panel, titled ‘Prudence, purpose, and profit; Balancing returns, impact, and risk’ at Sibos 2025 in Frankfurt.

01 October 2025

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Chainlink and UBS demonstrate onchain connectivity with Swift

Demonstrated by UBS, Chainlink has introduced technology that enables financial institutions to use Swift messages to instruct on-chain token transfers, helping the messaging network become interoperable across nearly all blockchain environments.

01 October 2025

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Sibos 2025: Why Europe needs the integration of capital markets

In the only Europe-centric session at Sibos in Frankfurt, Swift’s Marianne Demarchi led a conversation titled: “View from the Top: Securing Europe’s financial future - Resilience, autonomy, and global impact.”

30 September 2025

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Sibos 2025: How to build the bank of tomorrow

Following the popular session on building tomorrow’s bank at Sibos 2024, McKinsey’s Megha Kansal moderated a follow-up session on the year’s developments in Frankfurt.

30 September 2025

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EPAA calls for industry-wide preparation for quantum threats in new report

The Emerging Payments Association of Asia (EPAA) has released a report on how quantum computing will exacerbate the payments fraud landscape, and what financial institutions need to be doing to prepare before quantum slips into the mainstream.

30 September 2025

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Visa Direct to pilot pre-funded stablecoins

Visa is promising financial institutions a long-overdue upgrade to the movement of capital in cross-border payments via a pre-funding stablecoin platform.

30 September 2025

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Sibos 2025: Unpacking the impact and future of digital assets

Digital assets are one of the key themes at Sibos 2025, and day one featured several sessions covering the intricacies of stablecoins, CBDCs, and the world of crypto.

30 September 2025

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