This year’s Sibos conference in Amsterdam lifted the lid on how banks are grappling to become more sustainable and ...
The $369 billion “climate action bill” that the US has just passed into law is positive news for banks committed to ...
The drive for sustainability will force banks to radically change their relationships with many of their key corporate ...
It’s fantastic that banks are taking the lead in the fight against climate change. Over 50 banks from across the world ...
Public pledges by HSBC, ING and UBS to curb their funding of fossil fuel production are welcome signs that the shift to ...
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings are essential for banks and the companies they fund. But too often ...
It’s important but not critical. That’s been the dominant narrative around sustainability. Until now, that is. There ...
Executive Summary Central banks and regulators around the world know climate risk constitutes a growing risk to ...
This series of blogs looks at the opportunities and challenges associated with green finance in Southeast Asia, and ...
When Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 science-fiction novel, Snow Crash, he could hardly have foreseen that the phrase would be everywhere by late 2021. With bigtech giants like...
As you read this, the internet is being reshaped. And it’s already transforming banking. We have not witnessed a topic explode quite like the metaverse. While extended reality (XR) technology has been...
The disruptions of the past two and a half years have dispelled the notion that cloud migration is a distant proposition. Instead, the cloud is the 21st century foundation for 21st century banking. Ba...
Buy now, pay later (BNPL). It’s a message that appeals to customers, and it’s a growing trend that’s shaking up the credit industry. Fintechs have been moving aggressively to offer BNPL point-of-sale ...
There’s a buzz in the payments industry following Apple’s announcement that it will enable “tap on phone” on its devices. Let’s take a closer look at this opportunity and why everyone is talking about...
You can divide the history of money into five epochs, with each creating a new paradigm for the exchange of value. We are about to enter the next one—and it might just mean that the idea of money will...
ISO 20022 is probably the biggest payments change of the last 30 years—if not more. It’s also no longer news. The industry has known for years that it’s coming. In fact, some institutions began thei...
Sulabh Agarwal unpacks the major forces driving payments innovation in 2022.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings are essential for banks and the companies they fund. But too often these sustainability assessments are opaque and inconsistent. Now, regulations t...
Our first metaverse post attracted a lot of attention and prompted the Ultimate Guide to Banking in the Metaverse. These posts discussed the first step in moving to the metaverse: educating your teams...
