Sibos Round Up Oct 16, 2026 Can Deutsche Bank make different forms of digital money work together at institutional scale? Sabih Behzad sees stablecoins, tokenised deposits and central bank money serving different purposes rather than competin... 523
Interviews Oct 16, 2026 GenLayer explores AI-based dispute resolution for autonomous transactions GenLayer Labs co-founder and CEO Albert Castellana explains how intelligent contracts could assess disputed obligations ... 585
Interviews Oct 16, 2026 Cardano extends financial verification and compliance controls on-chain Cardano Foundation CFO Stephen Wood explains how on-chain reporting enables independent verification and how programmabl... 639
Research Note Oct 16, 2026 Revenue per customer matters more than low cost-to-serve for digital banks Digital banks serve customers far more cheaply than incumbents, but most generate less revenue for every dollar spent on... 197
Conference Oct 15, 2026 Nigeria’s banks face the harder test of turning financial strength into economic value At Finance West Africa 2026, banking and technology leaders questioned whether recapitalisation would translate into pro... 758
Weekly Brief Oct 15, 2026 BNY connects tokenised Treasury settlement with financing, CPMI–IOSCO clarifies market infrastructure safeguards Financial Markets Weekly: BNY uses tokenised Treasuries as repo collateral, Standard Chartered launches RLUSD custody an... 846
Awards Ceremonies Oct 15, 2026 First Bank of Nigeria wins three awards at The Asian Banker Africa Awards 2026 First Bank of Nigeria was named Best SME Bank in Africa, Best SME Bank in Nigeria and Best Retail Bank in Nigeria, recog... 707
Sibos Round Up Oct 15, 2026 Can ACI turn payments modernisation into growth without multiplying infrastructure? ACI Worldwide’s Scotty Perkins and Marc Trepanier say the case for payments modernisation is shifting from infrastruct... 614
Interviews Oct 15, 2026 Can Standard Chartered scale its markets technology while improving operating efficiency? Standard Chartered’s Gareth Hughes, CIO for Markets, says global platforms, flexible cloud and AI-assisted engineering... 753
Weekly Brief Oct 15, 2026 Ecobank strengthens China-Africa payments as banks pursue new digital channels TAB Africa Weekly Brief: Standard Bank backs OPay, Airtel Money lists in London, Ecobank expands renminbi links and Zamb... 1513
Weekly Brief Oct 15, 2026 Visa gains preliminary approval for domestic card clearing in China, US bank earnings reveal contrasting retail results Retail Finance Weekly: Visa gains preliminary approval for China card clearing, India delays merchant fees and US banks ... 1624
Research Notes Oct 14, 2026 Why are some banks scaling AI faster than others? The key difference between banks that scale AI and those building isolated use cases is not access to the technology, bu... 238
Conference Oct 14, 2026 Tokenised collateral opens a route to institutional credit Tokenised collateral could draw banks into onchain financing and cut upfront margin, but security, operational and regul... 676
Sibos Round Up Oct 14, 2026 Can Wise become a strategic cross-border payments layer for banks? Wise Platform's Samarth Bansal says direct clearing access in nine markets lets banks make cross-border payments behave ... 799
Weekly Brief Oct 14, 2026 Asian lenders back QNB’s $2.5 billion funding deal TAB Middle East Weekly Brief: QNB’s $2.5 billion loan draws Asian backing, Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank raises equity and de... 925
Weekly Brief Oct 14, 2026 Singapore Gulf Bank expands round-the-clock USD transfers through BNY Transaction Finance Weekly: Singapore Gulf Bank joins BNY’s 24/7 dollar transfers, OCBC and Ant International tokenise... 1618
