The UK Treasury’s inquiry into economic crime has identified fragmentation and inconsistency within the current anti-money laundering (AML) regime, while the high volume of suspicious activity reports is proving overwhelming for the regulators. But new technologies could be the light at the end of the tunnel.

There’s a rush to find an alternative to ‘ibors’, but with just three years to go before banks might stop submitting Libor altogether, regulators and market participants are still trying to figure out the right questions to ask.

While analysts focus on net interest margins and the turning credit cycle, there is an extraordinary risk hiding in plain sight.

The British challenger needs to be more realistic about its future, with Brexit and other risks ahead.

Unbundling probe will confirm Mifid II distortions.

Recent glitches at TSB and Visa hint at the strain.

Private equity house takes stake in UK payments processor

UK regulator to examine regulatory impact as current research pricing viewed as unsustainable by investors.

As treasurers and banks grapple with the arrival of real-time payments and open banking, tech companies are looking at the next phase of payment developments.

With less than 10 months to go until the UK formally leaves the European Union, most FX venues remain content to wait for the outcome of negotiations around key issues such as financial passporting before confirming their future strategy.

Kevin Rodgers gives his personal views on the trial and conviction of FX banker Mark Johnson and its ramifications for global markets. Anyone working in banking should consider what it means for them.

Product diversification high on agenda; bank fund relationships could change.

With a spike in volatility and the opportunity to consign conduct issues to the past, this might have been a turning point for global FX, but faced with a range of challenges, many market makers are retreating to core competencies.

A soybean trade between two arms of Cargill using letters of credit from HSBC and ING shows the R3 Corda platform is finally set to scale up.

The multiple access points for payments platforms in the UK have been brought together under one new operator

Expectations of further M&A following CYBG’s approach to Virgin Money might be wildly optimistic.

The challenges of regulatory compliance and cyber protection are making financial institutions think more creatively. Machine learning and greater data sharing might be the future of digital banking security.

Banks are proving so slow to collaborate on blockchain protocols that could reduce costs in financial markets that it almost looks as if they wish to profit from persistent inefficiency.

Jes Staley gets to stay in his job, but his difficulties don't end with one investigation

As direct lending funds continue their advance, certain banks are also making waves in mid-market lending.

Objective to increase transparency has largely failed but liquidity remains resilient, say senior traders.

A sale of NEX will generate close to a billion dollars for brokerage founder Spencer. Will it also bring him closer to the aristocratic title he craves?

If Michael Spencer manages to sell NEX at a price that places a high value on its core FX and electronic bond dealing platform, he will have pulled off an impressive slow-motion brokerage trade.

Global cooperation between regulators must be preserved after the UK leaves the European Union, says Kay Swinburne.

China’s interbank market trading platform and infrastructure provider has ramped up its technology partnership with NEX to capitalize on the ever-increasing appetite for algorithmic trading.

Lending surveys suggest small businesses are reluctant to borrow even though banks approve most of their credit applications: but the reality is very different.

Next month, all UK employers with more than 250 workers must disclose the gender pay gaps for both salary and bonus.

Barclays CEO has to deliver now he has the bank the way he says he wants it to be.

Family offices looking for yield need to be extra vigilant as the cycle turns.

Big Society Capital hits £600 million; Portugal, Japan, Israel adopt model.