Factoring is seen as a somewhat niche corner of trade finance, but it underpins trillions in global commerce, with global volumes reaching nearly €3.8 trillion in 2023. When a company… read more →
At the 2025 Swift-organised Sibos conference in Frankfurt, Germany, tokenisation, digital assets, stablecoins, and artificial intelligence (AI) were top of the industry agenda. Paradoxically, these ideas often seem a world… read more →
Over the last decade, a new world order has been trying to emerge from the cracks of enduring systems. When Nick Szabo proposed the idea of “bit gold” in 1998,… read more →
Fraud prevention is undoubtedly essential as individuals, organisations, and nations increasingly adopt digital solutions. Starting 1 September 2025, the UK Government introduced part of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency… read more →
To what extent has “resilience become the new efficiency”? For Kai Fehr, HSBC’s Global Head of Industry Groups & Partnerships, there is a requirement to embed resilience into every layer… read more →
Of the slightly longer answers, we were told: “This is probably the most important Sibos exhibition since the financial crisis” – Dirk Besdziek, Commerzbank “We want to see how we… read more →
The partnership will see Vyntra provide Clearstream with advanced telemetry and business activity monitoring, which is expected to strengthen visibility and transparency across multiple transaction flows. This will give Clearstream… read more →
Yesterday, at the Sibos 2025 conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Visa announced it would launch a stablecoin prefunding pilot through Visa Direct, its real-time digital payments network. The pilot will enable… read more →
As cliché as it sounds, transaction banking is in constant transition. In today’s era of continuous innovation, transaction banking still sticks out as the most dynamic and fast-changing area of… read more →
At the 2025 Sibos conference in Frankfurt, Germany, Oracle announced its Oracle Banking Payments, a subscription-based digital payments solution, has been validated as a Swift Compatible Application. This confirms the… read more →
