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

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

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

The 'Open Banking' movement – described by Scarlett Sieber in Forbes as “the plumbing and piping of your institution that acts as an enabler to allow you to partner with third parties like fintechs” – can be hard to define given its different approaches and elements in specific regions and countries across the globe. Europeans point proudly, and r...

28 November 2023 /devops

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

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

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

Recognising that climate change is a global issue that doesn’t respect human-created boundary lines, in the past month-plus the state of California took decisive action that will impact many companies defined as doing business within its boundaries. Its legislature passed two bills, both later signed by Governor Gavin Newsom, that will require lar...

14 November 2023 /sustainable

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

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

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

US President Joe Biden’s Executive Order on Artificial Intelligence (AI), introduced on the 30th of October, recommends wide parameters be applied to the management of this fast-emerging technology. Though the order itself has no real ‘teeth,’ or legal enforcement power, it highlights several areas where the chief executive and his cabinet believe...

01 November 2023 /regulation /ai

Can behavioural science guide the formation of a sustainable city?

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Can behavioural science guide the formation of a sustainable city?

This is an excerpt from 'The Future of ESGTech 2024' report. “By 2050, 68% of the world’s population is projected to be urban,” according to the United Nations. This reinforces the idea that sustainable cities will be important to the overall well-being of humankind. Beyond the actual objectives, plans, and approaches associated with creating envir...

13 October 2023 /sustainable

Fintech founder says bottom line remains top priority for SMBs

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Fintech founder says bottom line remains top priority for SMBs

The 2023 SIBOS conference was chock-full of sessions across all the major issues in banking at the moment. Evolving international messaging standard ISO20022’s angles and options were covered in depth, in fact, it was discussed during seven separate sessions on the first day alone! Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications to assist genera...

12 October 2023 /Sibos

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

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

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

Michael Spiegel is Standard Chartered Bank’s global head of transaction banking. He’s deeply involved in the London-based institution’s sustainability efforts and its customer-facing sustainable finance program development and management. In an interview during the 2023 SIBOS global conference in Toronto, the Singapore-based Spiegel shared his tho...

11 October 2023 /Sibos

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

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

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

Amid lots of talk about everything big corporations and their financial partners are doing (or not doing) to confront climate change challenges, it’s important to dissect and explore the facts and fables involved. One way to do this is by comparing bank and corporate marketing claims against their actual environmental and social accomplishments - ...

10 October 2023 /sustainable

Why this tech CMO wants accountability for sustainability

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Why this tech CMO wants accountability for sustainability

What do you get when you cross a determined elementary school kid in Greece with inspiration to grow her mind - provided by a curmudgeonly Harvard law professor strongly challenging his students on TV? Eventually, a leader in the sustainability community, as chief marketing officer of Temenos. In 2021, the Switzerland-based firm received “Bronze Cl...

06 October 2023 /Sibos

Why top banks must become sustainability leaders not laggards

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Why top banks must become sustainability leaders not laggards

Sustainable and Finance are not supposed to be disconnected concepts for most banks and their corporate customers these days. However, financial institutions have had varying levels of success putting the two words together and in action in relationships and lending practices with their business clients. This is important, because, as stated in a ...

05 October 2023 /sustainable

How to solve the needs of the unbanked and underbanked

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

How to solve the needs of the unbanked and underbanked

With all the talk about big deals, powerful partnerships, and other trending topics in the world of international banking, it was a change to see some emphasis at the SIBOS 2023 conference on inclusive financial services. In a three-part forum, this ‘Spotlight’ session called ‘Empowerment for the financially excluded’ included presentations by exec...

04 October 2023 /Sibos

ISO 20022’s top benefits and challenges for corporate customers

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

ISO 20022’s top benefits and challenges for corporate customers

ISO20022 was a hot topic throughout the SIBOS 2023 global conference. We circled back with a key speaker, David Rego, global head of payments for Standard Chartered Bank, from one of the several panel sessions on the subject during the week’s events. Asking for a roundup of the top benefits - and challenges - he believes would come to corporate cas...

03 October 2023 /Sibos

Why strong client returns are essential for sustainability momentum

Scott Hamilton Contributing Editor at Finextra Research

Why strong client returns are essential for sustainability momentum

Put six experts in the fields of sustainability, social awareness, and finance on a stage and you’ve got a lot of firepower for a lively and productive discussion. That was the case during one SIBOS 2023 session: ‘The 2+2=5 effect: Joining forces to achieve more in ESG.’ Amruta Kelkar, partner, climate and sustainability issues in financial se...

28 September 2023 /Sibos

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