Optimism over a possible rally in bank stocks will prove short-lived if banks cannot allocate capital to businesses with adequate and sustainable returns. Confidence is breaking out in the most ...

One of the curiosities thrown up by the awards research process in Latin America was that HBSC is winning new corporate banking relationships with multilatinas based in markets such as Colombia and ...

Hussein Ahmed is Founder and CEO of Oxygen, a modern digital banking platform for the 21st century that is elegant, simple and secure. Last year, as the Covid-19 pandemic unfurled across the globe, a ...

The view from the conference room on the fourth floor of Northeast Bank's headquarters in Lewiston extends south as far as Bleachery Hill, once a manufacturing hub in this central Maine city.

For years, traditional banks built their reputations on physical branches and face-to-face customer relationships. But today, they face an existential challenge: nimble Fintech startups are emerging ...

A recurring theme of our Future Model of Banking series is whether banks should fear, acquire or partner with startups. Personally, I think traditional financial firms should take a cue from startups ...

Banking as a Platform is becoming a hot topic but what exactly does it mean? BaaP refers to a model where a bank integrates services from fintechs and offers these to its own customers. In practice it ...

Brazil has taken another step towards further developing its financial services ecosystem by approving the implementation of open banking. The country's central bank has also approved and issued ...

Telecoms and traditional banks are being lured by a new system meant to give all Nigerians access to financial services. A financial model designed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to open up the ...

Anyone who has flown a major airline in the past decade has had the experience of sitting down, cracking open a book, or turning on the in-flight entertainment, only to be interrupted by a flight ...

Yesterday’s banks were not designed to serve today’s customers. Overcoming legacy systems remains one of the biggest obstacles for banks looking to offer a frictionless experience. Digitization can be ...