The following are our guidelines for opinion editorial contribution:

• Penned by someone interesting. You may be a senior industry practitioner, ie a chairman, CEO, head or equivalent of a financial institution or financial technology company. You may also be a writer, with a following of your own in your community.
• You are not a consultant, a technology vendor or someone with something to sell to our readers. You are not promoting the brand, business, products and/or services, of any company that you might be employed or associated with. We welcome paid content differently. We welcome paid content differently. Please write to us separately to enquire.
• Expresses a personal opinion on a current and pressing industry topic/issue, offering a unique perspective, critical insight or contrarian view.
• Of good quality. Longer articles will be shortened for length. We reserve the right to edit or shorten your contribution.
• May include tables/charts/data.
• Your article must be offered exclusively to us and subject to our editing.
• We do not pay for Opinion pieces.
• We do pay a nominal sum for well-researched commissioned articles, based on quality and relevance to our readers, especially if it is from your specific region. Please enquire with the editor to be commissioned to write a full article before commencing to do so.

Articles selected and published as well as the writer will be actively promoted on our social media.