This year, more than ever, geopolitics’ impact on supply chain stability, credit risk, financial and insurance costs, and credit access has become evident. This is especially true for Ukraine: the… read more →
Imagine you are walking towards a coffee shop to fuel up for an important meeting. A button appears on your phone. You hit yes. You walk into the shop, and… read more →
Instant payments are being hailed far and wide as the new frontier in transaction banking, making transaction fees and processing times as much a relic of the past as travellers’… read more →
While AI’s impact on fraud detection falls short of what many had hoped, its potential is shining elsewhere. In the payments sphere, AI is enabling faster processing times and more… read more →
Financial crime is less glamorous than “an offer he can’t refuse”, or a matter of “his brains or his signature […] on the contract,” as Francis Ford Coppola’s 1972 ‘The… read more →
On a Formula 1 racecar, faulty brakes can prove costly for lap time, track position, and driver safety. No matter how advanced the engine, how aerodynamic the front and rear… read more →
Sustainable supply chains have pervaded the conversation around environmental, social, and governance (ESG) for years. Statistics around the polluting impact of container shipping or child labour scandals in the clothing… read more →
The whitepaper, based on a discussion held during the BAFT Global Councils Forum 2025 in September in Frankfurt, Germany, features insights from leaders in major global banks and institutions. As… read more →
Listen to this podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Podbean, Podtail, ListenNotes, TuneIn Latin America (LatAm) is undergoing significant transformations in its financial technology (fintech) landscape. At the 2025 Sibos conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Silvia Andreoletti, Senior… read more →
Mauritius, the tiny island country off the coast of East Africa, has been hailed as an African financial miracle. Despite its remote location and population of just over a million… read more →
