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What is correspondent banking? Exploring Swift, AML, FATF, and the Wolfsberg Principles

What is correspondent banking? Exploring Swift, AML, FATF, and the Wolfsberg Principles

Madhvi Mavadiya
27 Feb 2024

Correspondent banking, believe it or not, continues to be a hot topic. Cross border payments are st...

How to implement an instant payments system

How to implement an instant payments system

Madhvi Mavadiya
19 Feb 2024

In November 2023, Swift connected domestic payment schemes across Europe, providing end-to-end tran...

Super Bowl 2024: The fintech firms that spent $7 million on a 30 second ad

Super Bowl 2024: The fintech firms that spent $7 million on a 30 second ad

Madhvi Mavadiya
12 Feb 2024

Taylor Swift’s attendance at the Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas captured more attention than winners ...

Why developers are the most susceptible to burnout

Why developers are the most susceptible to burnout

Madhvi Mavadiya
30 Jan 2024

83% of software developers feel burnout from work. Almost overnight, the world made the switch to di...

Fintech Regulation Update: Preparing for a sustainable Lunar New Year

Fintech Regulation Update: Preparing for a sustainable Lunar New Year

Madhvi Mavadiya
29 Jan 2024

Here’s the second edition of a new Finextra long read series summarising the latest regulatory updat...

Open banking year six: JROC’s priorities and the UK’s future roadmap

Open banking year six: JROC’s priorities and the UK’s future roadmap

Madhvi Mavadiya
15 Jan 2024

On 13th January 2018, open banking was launched in the UK after PSD2 legislation forced service prov...

Fintech Regulation Update: Mind the gap ahead of 2024

Fintech Regulation Update: Mind the gap ahead of 2024

Madhvi Mavadiya
29 Dec 2023

Here’s the first edition of a new Finextra long read series summarising the latest regulatory update...

Finextra's top Future Series reports of 2023

Finextra's top Future Series reports of 2023

Madhvi Mavadiya
28 Dec 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most downloaded Future Series reports over ...

Top 25 fintech investments of 2023

Top 25 fintech investments of 2023

Madhvi Mavadiya
27 Dec 2023

Just before Christmas, HSBC UK announced the expansion of its ‘Growth Lending’ fund from £250 milli...

Finextra’s top long reads of 2023

Finextra’s top long reads of 2023

Madhvi Mavadiya
27 Dec 2023

With 2023 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most viewed long reads over the course of t...

How to avoid generative AI hallucinations

How to avoid generative AI hallucinations

Madhvi Mavadiya
01 Dec 2023

Generative AI has dominated headlines for some time now, especially recently with news of Sam Altman...

Autumn Statement 2023: Fintech vs. Jeremy Hunt?

Autumn Statement 2023: Fintech vs. Jeremy Hunt?

Madhvi Mavadiya
27 Nov 2023

In 2022, the UK chancellor of the exchequer Jeremy Hunt planned to “turn the United Kingdom into th...