Business

The authentication accessibility problem financial institutions can’t ignore

Corbb O’Connor, Director of Accessibility Advocacy, Level Access Financial institutions have invested heavily to strengthen customer authentication in recent years, but in doing so, they’ve inadvertently created accessibility barriers for...

The identity imperative for sovereign payments

Gonzalo Alonso, CEO, Ditto Sovereign payments infrastructure is no longer a fringe idea. Across the UK and Europe, policymakers...

WHY RISK AND TREASURY CAN NO LONGER WORK IN ISOLATION

By Ashley Crawford, Senior Risk Solutions Executive at SAS.  For decades, we’ve seen banks manage risk and treasury functions...

The architecture autonomous commerce forgot

Donald Kossmann – Chief Technology Officer, Chargebacks911 There is a version of the agentic commerce conversation that goes like...

Buying volume or buying scope? The M&A dilemma reshaping merchant acquiring

By Chris Jones, Managing Directorat PSE Consulting The first six months of 2026 have highlighted two very different approaches...

Eliminating The Compliance Crossroads: Tackling Financial Crime without Stunting Growth

Collette Smith, Chief Transformation Officer, SmartSearch Dirty money moving through the black market is notoriously difficult to monitor. The National Crime Agency does its best, estimating that £100bn...

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...

AI drives efficiency. People drive impact

Chris Hall, Senior Tax Officer - Global Tax & Compliance  As digital reporting mandates gain ground and cross-border rules evolve, the finance team’s remit is...

Evolving with the business: how fintech is meeting the changing needs of UK SMEs

By Jon Martingale, Head of Product Management at FreeAgent The financial journey of a small business is rarely straightforward. What starts as a simple need...

Top five tips to turn resilience into a growth strategy

In this article, Flora Hamilton, Executive Director of the Small Business Charter (SBC), which delivers the Government-funded Help to Grow: Management Course, gives 5...

Waves of Change: How Insurers Navigate Changing European Customer Attitudes

Will McAllister, Senior Vice President and Managing Director of EMEA, Guidewire The European insurance industry is navigating strong waves of change.  These range from unpredictable...

The insurance CIO agenda: From copilot chaos to clear AI ROI

By Richard Farrell, CIO at Netcall AI continued to dominate the tech conversation in 2025, but in 2026, insurance CIOs are shifting gears. After a year...

With the rise of AI in fintech, how important is ‘the human touch’ in customer service?

By Martin Hartley, Group CCO of emagine. We live in a consumer-centric world, so for financial services companies to remain competitive and be a top...

AI’s environmental impacts: What can businesses do?

Maxime Vermeir, Senior Director of AI Strategy, ABBYY It has the potential to do incredible things, but Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) is having considerable impacts...

Unlocking the potential of cross-border payments: key strategies for businesses

Nick Botha, Global Payments Lead at AutoRek As international trade and e-commerce continues to grow, cross-border payments have seen significant expansion across the globe. A...

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