Features (web)

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Surface-level AI is banking’s biggest strategic risk in 2026

While much of the AI discourse in retail banking focuses on speed of adoption, Alvaro Morales explains why the real strategic risk is mis-sequenced adoption

Douglas Blakey

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The death of the universal model: Why the neobank never came for Victor

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Alternative assets: Transformative role of AI

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When AI becomes invisible: How banking will really operate by 2026

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Gulf banks face an earnings test as rates fall

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The debate on autonomy

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Role of AI in financial reporting: Hype or reality?

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Composable banking and the changing shape of product design

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AI vs dirty money: Using open‑source intelligence to expose illicit financial flows

Douglas Blakey

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The tension between US and global tax initiatives

Eugenia Perozo

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Building beyond the core ceiling: how open-close architecture enables a 2040-ready core

Douglas Blakey

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Hybrid banking and the coordination challenge behind modern financial systems

Douglas Blakey

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Cash acceptance is the key to ensuring payments resilience

Douglas Blakey

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2026 is the year the marketing funnel finally dies

Douglas Blakey

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Real assets are moving centre stage

Joe Pickard

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Data sovereignty in the age of AI: A strategic imperative for the modern CIO

Douglas Blakey

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Time to rebalance the burden: Why social media platforms must share the cost of APP fraud

Douglas Blakey

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When banking systems begin evaluating human behaviour

Douglas Blakey

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Europe’s Agentic commerce shift: Why AI agents are set to become economic actors

Douglas Blakey

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Agentic AI in European financial services: The pilots are preparing to take-off

Douglas Blakey

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How to win in banking

Douglas Blakey

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The future of banking is institutional before it is digital

Douglas Blakey

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Yaspa Index reveals Pay by Bank wake-up call

Douglas Blakey

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UK Chancellor Spring Statement – financial services sector reaction

Douglas Blakey

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US-Israel / Iran conflict – industry reaction

Douglas Blakey

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Full value: Mitigating operational risk to prevent value dilution on foreign equities

Douglas Blakey

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When financial judgement becomes infrastructure

Douglas Blakey

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Interview: Unlimit’s Yulia Shevchenko on the regulatory reality behind global fintech expansion

Douglas Blakey

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Give To Gain: International Women’s Day 2026 financial sector leader comments

Douglas Blakey

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Quantum Computing – a game-changer for insurance?

Douglas Blakey

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Why SVB still matters – and what banks must do now to avoid the next crisis

Douglas Blakey

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When institutions lose judgement

Douglas Blakey

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Tariffs to get “a lot more complicated” following Supreme Court strike down

Eugenia Perozo

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Beyond banking: How CX Is fintech’s real growth engine

Douglas Blakey

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Beyond the stablecoin debate: why banks must prepare for execution

Douglas Blakey

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Deferred Payment Credit comes within the FCA’s perimeter

Douglas Blakey

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How UK banking can boost productivity and achieve operational excellence using Agentic AI

Douglas Blakey

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Law’s AI revolution should inspire the Government’s growth mission

Douglas Blakey