The Top Five AI Trends Reshaping Banking in 2026
By Tamsin Crossland, Principal AI Architect, Icon Solutions.
Artificial intelligence is rapidly moving beyond experimentation in banking. What began as isolated pilots inside innovation labs...
Will agentic commerce push more merchants into marketplaces?
Chris Jones, Managing Director at payments consultancy PSE Consulting
Agentic commerce has cleared its first hurdle, that of consumer demand. ChatGPT handles an estimated 50m shopping...
PFaaS: Breaking Through the Limits of Legacy Models
Philip Harding, Commercial Director, Cashflows
For years, the ISO model worked because scale and complexity sat elsewhere. Acquirers handled onboarding, underwriting, compliance and risk,...
The offshore illusion and why scaling headcount is not the same as scaling performance
Christine Robinson, Strategic Advisor at Dayshape
There is a pattern that plays out in many firms. Offshore investment begins with a sense of momentum. Teams...
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 attackers becoming increasingly sophisticated and persistent....
The Great Wealth Transfer Is Becoming a Client Retention Problem
By Ziad Mabsout, Co-Founder and CEO of Vennre
The Great Wealth Transfer is usually discussed as a question of scale. UBS estimates that more than...
