The pace of global change continues to accelerate in 2026, beginning with the “extraction operation” in Venezuela, followed by threats of the annexation of Greenland, and then a decapitation strike on ...

Cyber attacks on targets in the Gulf region have trebled since the start of the Iran conflict, as questions are asked about ...

But despite this ongoing turmoil, Canadian banks fared well overall in 2025. Royal Bank of Canada kept its place at the top ...

Lenders’ cyber defences called into question as Middle East conflict escalates ...

The outages came after Amazon Web Services said its cloud services had been disrupted on Monday after unidentified objects ...

Speaking at the FIN/SUM 2026 conference in Tokyo, Kazuo Ueda said the combination of smart contracts and generative AI could ...

The UK government is considering regulating the use of agentic AI in payments as European banks and global card networks begin testing the technology in live financial transactions.

Gulf banks may be more vulnerable to retaliatory cyber attacks by Iran and its proxies, with experts in the region warning of increased network probing in recent days as the conflict between Iran, the ...

Banks face “heightened financial crime and compliance risk” with sanctions screening and vessel “due diligence” tipped to ...

In a response to a Treasury consultation reported by Bloomberg, trade body UK Finance, whose members include HSBC, Bank of ...

Tensions in critical chokepoint of Strait of Hormuz prompt banks to mobilise multibillion-dollar relief packages ...

Commonwealth Bank of Australia was the only lender among Australia’s big four banks that saw positive growth year on year in pre-tax profits. Profits for fiscal year 2025 jumped by almost 5 per cent ...