Trust, not technology, is the real currency of financial services Opinion Fintechs are under pressure from outages, data leaks and rising fraud. True financial innovation should make systems safer, more transparent and more reliable for customers, says Nick Murray-Leslie Traditional banks and digital-first fintechs are locked in a battle for customers with much of the industry’s messaging still focused on AI, platforms and digital transformation. But [...]
AI: Not all bubbles are bad Opinion A trillion of AI investment will ultimately be wasted – but the technology could yield ten times that in value, says Nick Murray-Leslie The world has seen investment frenzies before – the railway mania of the 19th century, the dotcom boom of the late 1990s and the crypto surge of the 2020s. But what we [...]