Digital & Technology

When volatility heats up and liquidity thins, the institutions that anchor global markets reach for tools that deliver speed without sacrificing control, and their latest choices say a lot about what comes next. A cohort managing roughly $6.5 trillion has signaled a clear market stance: experiment

Imagine a world where a bank's system never crashes, where transactions happen in the blink of an eye, and where customer needs are anticipated before they even arise. This isn't a far-off dream but a reality unfolding in the banking sector as of November. The financial industry is undergoing a

What happens when the backbone of financial transactions becomes a bottleneck in an era craving speed and seamless experiences? Across the globe, banks and financial institutions grapple with outdated systems that stifle progress, even as customer demands for instant payments and cutting-edge

Cross-border payments hit a wall when local instant rails stop at the border, so the decision to interlink TIPS with UPI reframed the problem from isolated upgrades to shared infrastructure. Payment leaders praised the move as overdue, noting that domestic success meant little if small firms still

November’s fintech launches told a striking story of incumbents and challengers leaving silos behind and leaning on specialist partners to sprint into new categories without sacrificing regulatory comfort or customer trust, and the throughline was unmistakable: platform rails and co-built products

Subscription packs that stall for weeks, onboarding that zigzags across email threads, and reconciliations that never quite align have long capped the scale of private markets. Morgan Stanley’s integration of iCapital’s distributed ledger technology on the Canton Network reframed that bottleneck as