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From connecting banks to connecting infrastructures: SWIFT’s next challenge For decades, one of the financial industry’s biggest challenges was enabling institutions in different countries to communicate securely, efficiently and through common standards. SWIFT was created to solve precisely that problem. More than fifty years later, the challenge is changing. Banks
Beyond Speed: How Instant Payments Are Transforming Financial Infrastructure For years, innovation in payments has been measured in seconds. The shift from transfers that took hours or even days to payments that settle instantly has reshaped the expectations of consumers, businesses, and public institutions. But as instant payments become the
T+1: Much More Than Shortening the Settlement Cycle by One Day The transition to T+1 represents one of the most significant operational changes the capital markets industry has experienced in recent decades. While the discussion often focuses on its most widely recognized benefits—such as reduced counterparty risk, lower credit exposure,
Human Skills: The Competencies That Drive People’s Value The Talent That Makes the Difference in a Changing Environment Today’s professional landscape is defined by constant evolution. New ways of working, increasingly dynamic markets, and greater complexity in decision-making are transforming how organizations approach their challenges. In this context, technical expertise
From the Classroom to the Workplace: Bridging the gap between theory and the Day-to-Day reality of the Financial Sector There is a widespread fear among economics and business students as they approach their first encounter with the business world: Will everything I’ve learned in college be of any use, or
Outsourcing document quality control in the financial sector: From operational necessity to strategic lever In today’s financial sector, the quality of documentary information has evolved from a purely operational matter into a critical element of control and compliance. In an environment marked by increasing regulatory pressure, digitization, and an exponential
When the market collapses: The true value of a consultant in a geopolitical crisis The geopolitical tensions we are currently experiencing are having a negative impact on global financial markets. Sovereign bond yields are skyrocketing, currencies are plummeting, and data sources are going offline overnight. The question is clear: what
EMIR Refit: one year on. Are you really calm? The reform known as EMIR Refit marks a turning point in European regulation of derivatives markets. Created as an update to the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR), its purpose is to improve the quality of reported data, enhance transparency, and facilitate
The new gears of the payments system: Fiat, CBDC, Stablecoins and Crypto The global payments ecosystem is undergoing a profound transformation driven by digitization and distributed ledger technology (DLT). Alongside the backbone of fiat money—supported by infrastructures such as RTGS systems, ACH vaults, card networks, and SWIFT messaging—new types of