Fintech

Basel rules have created new opportunities for institutional and corporate investors in trade finance.

Regulators are pressing for institutions to open their APIs. But first, the banks need to know their customers want what open banking can give them.

As a pathway to harmonization and platform interoperability for financial institutions, ISO 20022 is catching on. But migration to the global payments standard could be easier.

Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano explains the importance and context of this year's Sibos conference.

With the growth in digital assets, there’s a growing need for secure custody. Fintech startups are ready, but where are the banks?

So much in the modern, high-tech world happens instantaneously; it’s only a matter of time for payments to catch up.

Some of the world’s largest institutions are dabbling, as blockchain and DLT invade areas like trade finance, syndicated lending and cross-border payments. 

The push into transaction banking by Australia’s growing horde of fintechs and other startups has not been less than the push into personal and small-business lending. 

New York City joins Singapore and Hong Kong in embracing cryptocurrencies, albeit gingerly.

Traditional banks and upstart challengers alike are pushing innovations to create the bank of the future. What might such a bank look like?

New cryptocurrency will be backed by commodities.

Sonny Singh, senior vice president and general manager of the Financial Services Global Business Unit at Oracle since 2013, talks about legacy systems and how financial services are handling transformative technologies.

French telecom company moves aggressively into the banking sector.

Financial innovation on the rise in nations where cryptocurrencies and related technologies are regulated rather than banned.

A Japanese ecommerce and Internet company is breaking into the mobile market.