Many payment processors treat identity verification like a gatekeeper. You hand over your documents, wait for approval, and hope nothing gets lost in the process. For crypto payments, this creates a bizarre contradiction: you’re using a technology built for decentralization and privacy, but still jumping through the same hoops as a bank account application. No-KYC…
The advent of autonomous treasury has ignited a competitive push, complete with aggressive industry targets. Not all companies will want to proceed at the same speed. The shift to an autonomous treasury is reshaping the world of corporate finance, driven by new strategies and technologies—from self-healing cash forecasts to AI-driven liquidity engines—that are replacing legacy…
Earlier this year, Yonatan Levi left his home country of Israel to observe the Hungarian election. Levi, a scholar at the center-left think tank Molad, had traveled with a group of parliamentarians and activists to study how opposition leader Péter Magyar was running a winning campaign against an authoritarian prime minister. This was, in their…
Revolut recently said it wants to secure banking licences in both France and the United States, just weeks after finally winning a full UK banking licence. That is what makes the latest move matter. Without the UK approval, the push into France and the US would look like another expansion story. With it, the company…
At our recent Frankfurt AI Forum, Alban Mazrekaj, Head of Content Technology and Format Development, said the focus is on improving internal workflows. While AI is often associated with chat interfaces and audience-facing products, he emphasised using it to “improve the lives of our editors.” With a large volume of historical material already digitised, the…
Global Finance: What have been your main priorities at Faes Farma thus far? Iker Etxezarreta: One of my main priorities has been strengthening internal governance and improving communication across the different financial areas. Finance works best when it operates in a coordinated and transparent way across the organization. Another key step has been positioning the…
The facts underlying Hencely v. Fluor Corporation, a case the Supreme Court handed down on Wednesday, are horrible and tragic. During a 2016 Veterans Day celebration on Bagram Airfield, a US military base in Afghanistan, a suicide bomber named Ahmad Nayeb detonated an explosion that killed five people and wounded 17 more. One of the…
In a rush to embrace AI, the industry is redefining what it means to be a UX designer, blurring the line between design and engineering. Carrie Webster explores what’s gained, what’s lost, and why designers need to remain the guardians of the user experience. In early 2026, I noticed that the UX designer’s toolkit seemed…
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UK inflation rose to 3.3% in March 2026, up from 3.0% in February, according to the Office for National Statistics. That is the headline. The harder part is what sits alongside it: weaker growth, higher business costs and a Bank of England that cannot deal with an imported energy shock as neatly as it would…