2024 was marked by future-proofing, whether it was preparing for a tidal wave of regulatory changes, or modernising to keep up with technological innovation. Let us look back at Finextra’s year in review: our most popular research reports of 2024.
10. 8 Steps to Efficient Transaction Fraud Monitoring
As card transaction fraud spikes, this impact study explores the eight steps for banks to address skyrocketing fraud and reach transaction fraud monitoring excellence.
9. APP Fraud Liability: A Guide for Banks
Staying with the theme of fraud, this impact study delves into how banks can develop new methodologies in order to investigate and mitigate fraud more effectively in light of the PSR’s changing liability framework of October 2024.
8. Mastering DORA: A Strategic Guide to Operational Resilience
APP fraud liability was not the only regulatory change on organisations’ minds. This webinar report summarises the key takeaways from a webinar discussing how banks can effectively prepare for DORA.
7. Definitive Differentiators - Forging a future-proof payments model
Over the last decades, banks have been forced to reconsider their business model for transaction services. This survey investigates which factors are driving changes to payment models for financial institutions and how they can wield continued or differentiated
success in the evolving landscape.
6. The Future of AI in Financial Services 2025
In a special edition Future Of report for Finextra’s NextGen: AI event, we explore how financial services can embrace AI, some of the key emerging AI use cases, the global legislative outlook for AI, and more.
5. Payment Fraud in 2024: Who is Liable?
Fraud continues to be top of mind for banks. This impact study investigates shifting fraud liability and the impact of new PSR regulation, ISO 20022’s impact on the financial industry and financial industry priorities in 2024.
4. The Future of UK Fintech - 2015-2035
For UK Fintech Week, we published a special edition Future Of report that looks back at the last ten years of fintech innovation in the UK, looks ahead at the next decade, and explores how the UK can keep its fintech crown while learning from other markets.
3. The Future of Payments 2025 – Digital, Instant, Profitable?
Our Sibos special edition report delves into the global payments landscape, including the evolution of instant payments in 2025, the modernisation of correspondent banking and cross border payments, the technology innovations reshaping the payments sector,
and more.
2. The Future of Digital Banking in Europe 2024
Our most popular Future of Report of 2024 was our special edition for Money 20/20 Europe. We explore hyper-personalisation, why embedded payments are driving the Banking-as-a-Service revolution, ask whether Europe is ready for MiCA, investigate how European
fintech is facing macro challenges, and more.
1. Payments Modernisation: The Big Survey 2024
And finally, our most downloaded research report of 2024 was our annual payments modernisation survey. Running for the fourth consecutive year, we survey global banks on the current state of capabilities, payments architecture, budgets and spending priorities,
as well as their drive towards real-time and cross-border.