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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.
The Custodian Edition
September 2025
Financial markets have entered a new era, driven by the rise of digital assets and the need to leverage artificial intelligence (AI). Meanwhile, the industry is seeing increased regulation around digital assets and in turn an acceleration in institutional interest in these instruments.
In this edition of Bankable Insights: The Custodian – Beyond borders, beyond tomorrow, we explain why these developments matter.
Past editions
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 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.
Macro Freestyle: Risks to market resilience
This episode examines the implications of the recent IEEPA tariff ruling for financial-market resilience and trade, and how the escalation of Middle East tensions could impact oil prices and the global economy.
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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Is fiat still the backbone of global finance?
Why modernised fiat remains central in a multi-rail treasury world
The multi-currency imperative: RMB strategy for financial in…
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Corridors in focus: Our clients – Marubeni
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India’s energy transition: what corporates say
What Indian corporates say about net zero, capital constraints and the role of sustainable finance — and what it…
The rise of SOEs in Asia-Pacific
How state-owned enterprises are balancing national priorities with commercial discipline in 2026.