Going green

Bridging the ESG gap for banking operations

03 May 2023

Today, action on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations can no longer be deprioritised when it comes to financial services. Banks in particular are under increased scrutiny to meet ESG targets from both a regulatory and reputational perspective, as well as to keep up with competitors in embedding ESG within the products they of...

Banking Regulations

What EU 6th AML/CFT Rules Mean for Banking Technology

13 Apr 2023

While Ukrainian war sanctions have dominated the debate about how banks should tighten KYC-systems, there is a parallel major overhaul of the European Anti-Money Laundering and Combating of Financing Terrorist (AML/CFT) rules underway in 2023. This further adds to the strain on the compliance systems of financial institutions operating across Euro...

Digital Banking

Are CBDCs the future of money and the end of banking as we know it?

28 Mar 2023

In recent years, the world has witnessed a significant shift in the way payments are made. With the rise of digital transactions, more and more countries are exploring the possibility of introducing their own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and the UK is no exception. First, let's define what a CBDC is. Simply put, it's a digital form of a co...

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Banking Architecture

Modernising Cloud Based Banking Architectures

22 Mar 2023

With a decade-plus of cloud-based services now under our belt, the technology has understandably evolved over time from lift and shift of applications to the cloud to cloud native deployments. The development of modern cloud technologies such as containers, microservice architectures and orchestration have all had implications relative to storage,...