Mohit Agarwal Director, Strategy and Innovation at SustainoMetric
AI is often positioned as the force that will transform ESG analysis. Advocates present it as the technology that can finally tame the complexity of sustainability data. There is merit in this view, AI can certainly accelerate data collection, sift vast quantities of information, and highlight patterns quickly. Yet the real challenge is not the so...
3 hours /ai /sustainable
Carlo R.W. De Meijer The Meyer Financial Services Advisory (MIFS) at MIFSA
A consortium of 11 major European banks recently announced their plan to develop and launch a euro-denominated stablecoin. This announcement follows a growing push for greater digital payment autonomy in Europe, as US market dominance grows amid support from the Trump administration. This collaboration showcases Europe’s determination to create an...
3 hours /crypto Blockchain Observations
Leon Fischer-Brocks Co-Founder | CEO at Bloxley
There’s a paradox in fintech AI because the most effective systems are the ones customers don’t know exist. Industry events are full of chatbots and virtual assistants, but the most valuable AI in finance works quietly in the background, preventing fraud, speeding approvals, and keeping transactions flowing. The best experience feels effortless pr...
5 hours
Alex Malyshev CEO, Co-founder at SDK.finance, FinTech software provider
Transactions per second (TPS) has become the payments industry's favourite vanity metric. Every year, headlines celebrate Visa's 65,000 TPS peaks or Alipay's half a million transactions in a single second. These numbers impress. But for 90% of banks, fintechs, and wallet providers, they are irrelevant - and chasing them is a costly distraction. Wh...
6 hours /retail /markets Fintech
Leon Du Plessis Key Account Manager at The ai Corporation
The fleet and fuel card industry stands at a crossroads. For decades, the ecosystem relied on closed-loop solutions, accepting cards only at specific, pre-approved merchant locations. This model has been stable and predictable, but a new era of technology, driven by consumer expectations and evolving regulations, demands a shift. The industry is n...
9 hours /payments /identity Payments strategies 2015-2020-2030
Madhavi Kargudri Cloud Focus Group, BFSI at TCS
A typical Technology Landscape We have often seen that the technology landscape of any large Organization is quite complex. Many years ago, Organizations started with implementation of many core systems, which over the years became legacy. Over time the technology landscape saw evolutions with technological advancements and innovations. New busin...
10 hours
Prashant Jajodia Managing Partner at IBM
The Current State of Banking Customer Experience Despite significant investments in customer experience over the past 10-15 years, banks still face a fundamental challenge: delivering truly engaging digital experiences. When we compare digital banking platforms to consumer favourites like Netflix, Uber, or Amazon, the gap becomes apparent. While b...
11 hours /ai /retail
Anand Salodkar Manager at Dolby Labs
The way we pay for things has always followed a familiar pattern: a human browses, selects, and approves a transaction at checkout. But what happens when that “human in the loop” is replaced or at least supported by an intelligent agent that can shop, negotiate, and purchase on our behalf? Google’s recent announcement of the Agent Payments Protoco...
15 hours /payments /regulation
Dmytro Spilka Director and Founder at Solvid, Coinprompter
Self-invested personal pensions (SIPPs) are great if you want to build your pension pot on your terms and use your experience, or that of a trusted account manager, to grow your wealth ahead of retirement. However, there are some considerations to keep in mind. By definition, a SIPP is a form of personal pension that’s designed for individuals wh...
29 September 2025 /payments
Gertjan De Wilde CEO at Apideck
Picture this: Your legal team spends 360,000 hours annually reviewing loan agreements. That’s 180 people working full-time, every single day, just reading contracts. Now imagine reducing that to seconds. JPMorgan Chase didn’t just imagine it. They built it, deployed it, and saved millions. This isn’t another breathless AI prophecy about the future...
29 September 2025 /ai /retail
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