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Innovators 2026: AI Drives Finance Re-Architecture
This year’s top innovators are embedding intelligent systems at the core of banking operations.
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Innovators 2026: Most Innovative Banks—Global Winners
BBVA, DBS, and BNY are reimagining how technology, data, AI, and digital assets can transform every aspect of financial services.
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Innovators 2026: Most Innovative Fintech Companies
DeltaBlock, Embat, and Hawkish Capital are using AI, APIs, and blockchain to eliminate financial inefficiencies worldwide.
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RBI: Why Sustainable Finance Is Here to Stay
From green bonds to advisory services to data-driven tools, sustainable finance products and solutions are in growing demand among retail, corporate and institutional clients alike, according to Markus Ecker, Head of Sustainable Finance at Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).
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Innovators 2026: Best Financial Innovations
How Intuit, J.P. Morgan, and SAB delivered 2026's most consequential financial innovations.
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The Innovators 2026: Africa
From AI banking assistants to blockchain payments, this year’s regional innovation winners highlight the technologies reshaping global finance.
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The Innovators 2026: Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific banks are pairing AI innovation with stronger fraud controls and tokenized finance.
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The Innovators 2026: Central & Eastern Europe
CEE banks are advancing AI across credit, fraud, and customer journeys, moving beyond pilots into full-scale deployment.
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Scotiabank: Leveraging Scale And Reach To Create Global Connectivity
Armed with a transformational plan to build the leading North American bank connecting Canada, the US, and Mexico, Scotiabank is capitalising on its footprint across the Americas and expanding its transaction banking offering to become the partner of choice for corporate, commercial and SME clients—wherever they operate around the world. Francisco Aristeguieta, Group Head, International & Global Transaction Banking, reveals how this vision is becoming reality.
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The Innovators 2026: Latin America
Latin America’s financial sector is leveraging AI, open finance, and digital payments to expand access and inclusion.
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The Innovators 2026: Middle East
Middle East fintech is rapidly emerging as a government-backed, AI-driven financial hub, reshaping payments, banking, and digital ecosystems
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The Innovators 2026: North America
From agentic AI to stablecoins, North America is modernizing finance through regulated innovation.
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The Innovators 2026: Western Europe
Western Europe has moved from a phase of fintech disruption to one of institutional scale and regulatory governance.
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Promoting Cross-Border Connectivity In An Era Of Payments Fragmentation
Joanne Strobel-Cort, Head of International Payments, BNY, discusses the problems pervading cross-border payments, the latest solutions encouraging connectivity, and the scope for future integration to improve the client experience.
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BNY Bridges Ecosystems With Financial Innovations
Jay Hinton, global head of Product, Data & Analytics, BNY—a global winner in the Most Innovative Banks category—explains the role of BNY’s D&A platform in an evolving financial world.