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Greenhushing: How will it impact sustainability efforts in financial services?

Greenhushing: How will it impact sustainability efforts in financial services?

Sehrish Alikhan
13 May 2024

We have all heard of greenwashing – when companies lie or exaggerate their sustainable efforts to ga...

Ukraine’s crypto adoption: Why alternative finance is increasingly vital

Ukraine’s crypto adoption: Why alternative finance is increasingly vital

Hamish Monk
10 May 2024

For those well-read on the economic and financial pressures induced by conflict, it will come as no...

How to recover from a data breach

How to recover from a data breach

Hamish Monk
09 May 2024

On 7th May, several China-sponsored cyber-attacks on the Ministry of Defence (MoD) compromised data ...

Open banking next step: A request for public input on how to structure the 'Future Entity'

Open banking next step: A request for public input on how to structure the 'Future Entity'

Chris Holmes
08 May 2024

The Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee (JROC) consists of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), P...

The ICO’s new regulations on biometric technology in the workplace

The ICO’s new regulations on biometric technology in the workplace

Chris Cook
07 May 2024

When someone mentions biometric technology, many of us still visualise the futuristic utopias popula...

Levelling the playing field for sustainable, green investments

Levelling the playing field for sustainable, green investments

Scott Hamilton
03 May 2024

“Our point is now, the real place this world is going is not back to 1950. In fact, we're going to a...

Understanding ethical AI: Why financial services are leading the charge

Understanding ethical AI: Why financial services are leading the charge

Hamish Monk
03 May 2024

Unlike the preceding technological revolutions of history – perhaps with the exception of the third,...

US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, what’s next for banks and customers?

US Federal Reserve leaves interest rates unchanged, what’s next for banks and customers?

Scott Hamilton
02 May 2024

With the US Federal Reserve’s announcement Wednesday to hold interest rates steady at a target benc...

Top payments stories you missed in April

Top payments stories you missed in April

Sehrish Alikhan
01 May 2024

April was an eventful month for fintech, and there was a wave of new developments in the payments sp...

What is T+1 and why has the SEC has ruled to shorten settlement cycles from T+2?

What is T+1 and why has the SEC has ruled to shorten settlement cycles from T+2?

Madhvi Mavadiya
30 Apr 2024

With less than one month to go before the T+1 deadline of 28 May 2024, brokerage firms across No...

How can fintechs use high interest rates to navigate capital markets?

How can fintechs use high interest rates to navigate capital markets?

Vladimir Krasik
30 Apr 2024

The rising interest rate cycle of the last two years has been accompanied by the deterioration of ca...

NextGen Nordics 2024: Why it’s time for a domestic focus

NextGen Nordics 2024: Why it’s time for a domestic focus

Finextra Research
29 Apr 2024

NextGen Nordics, one of Finextra’s annual payments events, was held on 23rd April 2024 in Stockholm,...