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Transaction Banking Bankable Insights – Issue 2, 2026
The latest issue of Transaction Banking Bankable Insights shares practical perspectives for navigating uncertainty and change.
Building adaptability into liquidity, payments, value-chains and decision-making is emerging as a source of resilience and strategic advantage. And, through practical insights and client stories, we connect strategy with execution.
The Custodian Edition – Market infrastructure in motion
June 2026
Discover how tokenisation, digital assets, T+1 settlement and AI are transforming market infrastructure, reshaping custody, and redefining operating models, risk and governance for institutional investors and asset servicers.
Past editions
September 2025
Breaking down emerging market barriers, byte by byte
Articles:
- Where do we trade tomorrow?
- A roadmap to sustaining momentum in your transformation journey
- Reforms, resilience and growth in India
- Saudi capital market journey: Our strategic alignment; global readiness and trusted execution
- The custodians of tomorrow – Technology as an enabler (podcast)
- Navigating change – Custody services in the Middle East (podcast)
- Asia in focus roundtable: Thriving in an evolving and competitive landscape
March 2025
Breaking down emerging market barriers, byte by byte
Articles:
- Harmonisation and integration: Keys to empowering emerging capital markets
- On the rise: Unlocking India’s opportunities
- The calculus for shortening the settlement cycle in Middle East capital markets
- The future of funds – Opportunities for fund managers in 2025
- Enhancing operational efficiencies in asset servicing
June 2024
Transforming Emerging Markets through digitisation and collaboration
Articles:
- Custodians refine their data strategies
- Gaining a foothold in India
- Three reasons why digital assets deserve an independent custodian
- Commit, collaborate, consolidate: The way forward for Africa’s financial markets
- Tech-powered custodian services to support fast-growing UAE’s fund industry
2024
Tomorrow’s Banking
Watch what our leaders have to say about what these changes mean for financial institutions and their clients, the significance of Sibos being held in China, and why connecting people, commerce, markets and information is more important than ever.
2024
Connecting the future of finance
Contents:
- Our Sibos 2024 at a glance
- Why Sibos in China
- Balancing risk and reward: Deploying AI in the fight against financial crime
- Real-world asset tokenisation: How FIs can propel this USD30 trillion opportunity
- Custodians refine their data strategies
- Money moves without borders. Why can’t our payments data do the same?
Transaction Banking Bankable Insights
Issue 1, 2026
From exploring how cybersecurity is evolving, and whether fiat is still the backbone of global finance, to how powering resilience looks like in global trade, and much more, we dive into the forces driving change this year.
Transaction Banking Bankable Insights
Issue 3, 2025
This edition of Transaction Banking Bankable Insights examines why interoperability of ecosystems will define the next phase of banking, and how banks, fintechs and legislators can work together to deliver consistency, resilience, and reach.
Transaction Banking Bankable Insights
Issue 2, 2025
Contents:
- Digital assets: The key to next-generation treasury operations?
- Global round-up: Our latest updates from around the globe
- Case study: Seatrium
- Mastering treasury in Africa’s evolving financial landscape
- Unlocking trapped cash and the rise of AI in treasury
- Guide to payment regulations: Edition 3
Listen to our podcasts
Explore some of our latest podcast episodes, where we cover key topics and challenges facing the global economy.
Can emerging markets weather the oil shock?
In this episode, we examine how EM economies are positioned to withstand the current oil shock – at relative economic resilience and policy responses, as well as the spillover to FX, credit spreads, bonds and trade flows.
Global Outlook H2-2025 – An uneasy calm
What is the outlook for 2026? Eric Robertsen, Razia Khan and Divya Devesh examine new global growth drivers, the key risks they present, and their potential impact on DM and EM asset markets.
The financial market surprises of 2026
This episode identifies several surprise events that could disrupt financial markets in 2026. These are not forecasts or predictions, but potential scenarios that – while perhaps unlikely – could have an outsized impact on markets if they did occur.
ISO 20022 Made Simple – Episode 6
In this episode, we explore how multinational corporations and financial institutions are utilising ISO 20022 to revolutionise their operations, highlighting both the opportunities and challenges involved.
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