Banking

UK banks file 85% of annual SARs, but is the system actually preventing financial crime?

Stuart Clarke, CEO, Blackdot Solutions In the most recent reporting year, UK regulated institutions submitted 866,616 Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency’s (NCA) UK Financial Intelligence Unit...

Banks need to plug the gaps in their cyber defence – here’s how

Phil Robinson, Founder & CEO at Prism Infosec The UK’s financial sector is facing an intensifying cyber threat landscape, with...

With new regulations arriving, it’s time to rethink BNPL customer experience and cost models

Paul Thomas, Senior Vice President, EMEA, Acclaim The UK Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) sector is an undoubted success...

Using Graphs to Protect Millions of App Banking Clients

Marko Budiselic is Co-Founder & CTO of Memgraph Graph database expert Marko Budiselic finds useful clues in how one...

Beyond Banking: How CX Is Fintech’s Real Growth Engine

"Nick Merritt, Executive Director at Wipro’s design arm, Designit" The UK is still the market leader in fintech innovation. But...

Green on the Outside, Risk on the Inside? How to Spot a Greenwashed Investment Fund

Sustainable investment has gained momentum, with many eager to align their money with their values. However, an increasing number of investment funds and pension...

Transforming the Banking & Finance Sector using Generative Artificial Intelligence

By: Benu Mukhopadhyay, Lecturer at The University of Law Business School The banking and finance sectors have been unduly complex involving expensive manpower, difficult quantitative...

The importance of FinTech in shaping the travel industry for the better

Sofoklis Limniotis, fintech strategy and solutions director at HBX Group FinTech has seeped into almost all elements of our day-to-day lives, revolutionising personal and professional...

The lender-ready franchise: Why banks now scrutinise operations as closely as numbers

By Nigel Davies, managing director and co-founder at digital workplace platform, Claromentis. The franchise funding tap has turned on - with a caveat. Britain’s major...

AI agents drive personalisation and cost savings across the banking sector

By Krishna Sai, CTO at SolarWinds According to the Bank of England (BoE) report Artificial intelligence in UK financial services 2024, three-quarters (75%) of financial institutions...

Money talks – but so do consumers. It’s time high street banks listened

Julie Oxberry, CEO and Co-Founder, Household The high street bank needs a new script. Metro and TSB are reportedly in talks to be acquired. Santander...

Climate disasters are weakening the banking sector

Climate disasters are shaking the global economy and weakening the banking sector, finds a study by four economists, including Professor Rong Ding at NEOMA...

Can building societies and banks stay human in an AI world?

Ciby Yohannan is a financial services expert at PA Consulting. An average of 53 bank branches have closed every month since January 2015, according to...

How banks can mitigate cloud security threats  

Furqan Siddiqui, SOC Operations Officer at Obrela  As custodians of sensitive financial data, banks and financial institutions face several cloud security threats that demand security...

Why verifiability and privacy aren’t mutually exclusive for stablecoins

Lukas Helminger, CEO and co-founder of TACEO The stablecoin market surpassed $250 billion in 2025 and is evolving fast; from a trading instrument to a real‑world...

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