The long read
What’s making AI hot for FIs now, and what’s next on the menu in 2024?

What’s making AI hot for FIs now, and what’s next on the menu in 2024?

Scott Hamilton
17 Jan 2024

Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications are becoming much more common everywhere, for consumers to...

How migrant banking’s expansion means different approaches in US vs. Europe

How migrant banking’s expansion means different approaches in US vs. Europe

Scott Hamilton
12 Jan 2024

Migrant banking solutions, or banking for refugees and other recent arrivals, have been increasing i...

What are the top COP28 takeaways for banks – thus far?

What are the top COP28 takeaways for banks – thus far?

Scott Hamilton
07 Dec 2023

Amid all of the high hopes and sometimes lofty or overstated goals, achievements, and elusive dreams...

How new European and US Open Banking rules will change the financial landscape

How new European and US Open Banking rules will change the financial landscape

Scott Hamilton
28 Nov 2023

The 'Open Banking' movement – described by Scarlett Sieber in Forbes as “the plumbing and piping of...

How California’s new climate laws will impact companies across the globe

How California’s new climate laws will impact companies across the globe

Scott Hamilton
14 Nov 2023

Recognising that climate change is a global issue that doesn’t respect human-created boundary lines,...

Why Biden’s Executive Order on AI signals increased scrutiny on AI policy, business and regulation

Why Biden’s Executive Order on AI signals increased scrutiny on AI policy, business and regulation

Scott Hamilton
01 Nov 2023

US President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (AI), introduced on the 30th of...

Can behavioural science guide the formation of a sustainable city?

Can behavioural science guide the formation of a sustainable city?

Scott Hamilton
13 Oct 2023

This is an excerpt from 'The Future of ESGTech 2024' report. “By 2050, 68% of the world’s population...

Fintech founder says bottom line remains top priority for SMBs

Fintech founder says bottom line remains top priority for SMBs

Scott Hamilton
12 Oct 2023

The 2023 SIBOS conference was chock-full of sessions across all the major issues in banking at the m...

Sustainability results, not publicity, matter most – Standard Chartered exec

Sustainability results, not publicity, matter most – Standard Chartered exec

Scott Hamilton
11 Oct 2023

Michael Spiegel is Standard Chartered Bank’s global head of transaction banking. He’s deeply involve...

Why climate transition planning is gaining attention from smaller banks and clients

Why climate transition planning is gaining attention from smaller banks and clients

Scott Hamilton
10 Oct 2023

Amid lots of talk about everything big corporations and their financial partners are doing (or not d...

Why this tech CMO wants accountability for sustainability

Why this tech CMO wants accountability for sustainability

Scott Hamilton
06 Oct 2023

What do you get when you cross a determined elementary school kid in Greece with inspiration to grow...

Why top banks must become sustainability leaders not laggards

Why top banks must become sustainability leaders not laggards

Scott Hamilton
05 Oct 2023

Sustainable and Finance are not supposed to be disconnected concepts for most banks and their corpor...