Hong Kong to issue first stablecoin licences in early 2026

Hong Kong’s financial regulator has stated that the first stablecoin licences will not be issued this year despite the fact ...
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What Technological Frictions Exist for Clearing Customers?

Providing insights as part of the new Future of Wealth series, Emma Hagan, UK CEO, ClearBank joins FinextraTV at Money ...
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Barclays follows HSBC out of the Net Zero Banking Alliance

Barclays has followed HSBC in withdrawing from the Net Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), claiming that the departure of a host ...
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EBA warns of money laundering risk in fintech sector

The ongoing digitalisation of financial services has increased the risk of money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF), according to ...
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How Payments Progress Requires Unlearning

Attending EBAday 2025 in Paris, Simon McConnell, Global Head of European Clearing, Citi Bank took some time to speak to ...
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Creating successful strategies for payments resilience

How are financial institutions successfully leveraging hybrid and multi-cloud strategies? And how can organisations looking to modernise payments take ...
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The next big ISO 20022 migration: Structured addresses

When the ISO 20022 coexistence period ends in November 2025, another milestone is created: the migration to structured ...
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Data-led innovation in financial services

Data is the fuel powering transformation in modern financial services. But what are the real data challenges holding ...
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Real-time is the new ‘business as usual’—how are liquidity strategies responding?

How does the global surge in instant payment adoption—including, but not limited to, the European SCT Inst rulebook—reshape ...
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Seizing opportunities to drive SMEs’ cross-border growth

As global e-commerce continues to accelerate, what are the modern SME payment needs? And why is this segment ...
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