The rise of digital banking in Kazakhstan

Digital banking is becoming the norm for people and businesses across the UK, US and beyond – but did you know it’s also growing rapidly in Kazakhstan, Central Asia’s largest country? Internet banking...

Fintech

Key Components of Merger Integration Success

Ben Franklin may not have had a bank merger in mind when he penned this quote, but it certainly applies. Mergers and the related conversions they bring are seminal events that require careful planning...

Banking Strategy, Digital and Transformation

Focus on customer experience for digital transformation success in banking

In a world where the digital revolution is reshaping every corner of our lives, the banking sector stands at a crucial crossroads. The pandemic has not just accelerated the digital transformation in b...

Digital Bank Transformation

Financial crime prevention: Credit provider's cutting-edge approaches

Credit providers understand the critical challenge with the rise of complex financial crimes, from cyber theft to money laundering. Criminals are using advanced technologies—the same ones that make di...

Banking

What is G20’s 2027 Vision for Cross Border Payments?

Cross-border payments play a vital role in the seamless operation of the international economy, and their significance continues to rise as the world’s economies become increasingly interlinked throug...

SWIFT Matters

How can data analytics impact decision-making in the fintech industry?

Data has become an essential driver for new monetisation initiatives in the fintech industry. Vast amounts of data are collected from customers, transactions, and market movements, among other sources...

Analytics in Banking

If you don't know where you are going, any road will do..

So where are we going? Do we realize that we nead leaps in productivty, in service capability, in security, in privacy, in Single Market progress and in serious lowering of costs in the public sectors...

Innovation in Financial Services

Ten UX Design Trends in Digital Banking

Let's go beyond common digital banking trends and highlight the significant impact of design in the financial industry. In this article I review 10 UX design trends that are innovating digital financi...

Digital Banking Trends

The now and next for payments innovation

Innovation is prevalent across all parts of the financial services industry and even more so within the payments eco-system. Last week I was pleased to take part in and present at the BPFI National Pa...

Challenges faced by banks and customers in the online onboarding process

In Ukraine remote customer identification and the option to become a bank customer online has been officially in place since 2020, and at present nearly 40 banks out of 63 operating on the market have...

Digital Banking Trends

Banks Risk Losing Billions of Dollars in a Few Years

In a world where people learn to use their thoughts and brain chips to control technology, plastic cards and 2-day transactions still prevail. Such a strange combination, don't you think? It often see...

Banking

If you have a hammer..

If you have a hammer, everything around may look like a nail - they say. With the hammer-advent of Self-sovereign Identity, DIDs, decentralised data, Trust over IP, Findy.fi, Open Wallet Foundation, e...

Innovation in Financial Services