Meta title: Basel III Endgame 2026: The Capital Rule That Reversed Meta description: US regulators proposed a 19% capital hike in 2023. The March 2026...
Category - Opinion & Analysis
Thought leadership, editorials, and deep-dive analysis of the biggest issues affecting banks and finance.
Visa and Mastercard have spent the past eighteen months building the plumbing for AI agents to shop with your card — tokenized credentials, cryptographic agent...
Washington’s loudest fight over stablecoins has been about interest – whether reward points and affiliate yield let crypto platforms pull money out...
Brussels is finally admitting what everyone already knew Europe doesn’t have a capital problem. It has a mobility problem. On July 17, 2026, the European...
Brussels’ new roadmap to cut national barriers in banking is really about closing the gap with US profit engines in a 3%-growth, 4.7%-inflation world. In...
A July 15 report on EU bank competitiveness will test whether Europe is serious about turning its single market into a single banking market. In Short — Key...
Two White House orders, sticky inflation and a stabilising fintech rulebook point to a simple test for banks: can you be both trusted and truly innovative? In...
From ownership rules to fintech and AI oversight, 2026 is shifting regulatory pressure from balance sheets to borders and tech stacks. In Short — Key Takeaways...
Open banking is no longer about “having APIs”—it is about proving those APIs create measurable value. To do that, banks need clear open banking KPIs that...
KYC/AML in banking and fintech is usually treated as a regulatory tax, but the firms that treat it as a product turn compliance into speed, trust...
