Crown Agents Bank, with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, has produced a thought leadership paper on the selection process for CBIs. The paper provides some tools and guidelines for the design and set up of such programmes, also covering the use of RFPs when selecting financial service providers and technology partners.
Can fintech really be a force for good? Whether its blockchain, cryptocurrency or even simply advances in online banking, financial services and technology have become irreversibly linked. Fintech companies have brought much-needed disruption to the financial world, redefining banking and financial services, but this rapid disruption has also led to many financial organisations feeling the need to play catch-up, putting innovation and profit above the needs of the end user.
It’s been estimated that by 2027, the value of cross-border payments will have risen $100 trillion in the previous decade thanks to, in part, rapid expansion of supply chains across borders, international trade and e-commerce and international remittances.
Mauricio Munguia, our regional banker for Emerging Market Financial Institutions, was featured in LatAm Investor on how Crown Agents Bank's growing business in Latin America, shows that UK financial institutions still have plenty to offer the region.