Can regulation drive innovation in finance? Lessons from green mortgage products – Bank Underground
Benjamin Guin, Mahmoud Fatouh and Haluk Unal
Regulation has been asserted to be a brake on innovation. Prudential rules impose capital, liquidity and disclosure...
Monitoring trade prices in the wake of trade tensions – Bank Underground
Marco Garofalo and Thomas Prayer
The US administration raised US import tariffs in April, reigniting trade tensions. This sparked concerns about cheaper exports being...
degenerative for jobs? – Bank Underground
Edward Egan
Headlines warn of a looming ‘jobpocalypse’, but the reality is more complex. Rather than simply causing a wave of job losses, the...
Retail investors’ participation in the gilt market – Bank Underground
Sarah Munson and Callum Ashworth
In recent years, retail investors’ demand for UK government bonds (gilts) has increased, marking a change in the composition...
SMBC Americas deploys Fenergo AI for KYC, AML compliance
Banking giant SMBC Americas is deploying AI solutions from fintech Fenergo to streamline KYC, AML and client lifecycle management at the $2.1 trillion bank.
The deployment...
FIS closes Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions acquisition
Financial technology firm FIS said today it has completed its acquisition of Global Payments’ Issuer Solutions business, formerly known as TSYS, in a...