At Sibos 2025 Frankfurt, two clear themes for the payments industry emerged: the need to refresh its foundations and accelerate innovation. In the first of two wrap-ups, flow reports on sessions discussing the balance between a safe financial system and friction-free payments

In the second of two Sibos 2025 payments wrap-ups, flow reports on sessions discussing how technological advances – from stablecoins and autonomous payments to artificial intelligence (AI) – are powering tomorrow’s payments innovation

flow talks to Deutsche Bank’s Global Head of Cash Management and Head of Corporate Bank APAC & MEA, Ole Matthiessen, about his journey from professional football academy to banking, and how team sports influenced his approach to client solutions. We also hear about his vision for the dbX strategic framework, and its potential to transform treasury solutions

Origination of trade lending assets and then distributing them to other financial institutions and investors makes the scaling up of financing trade possible. flow’s Clarissa Dann provides key takeaways from panel discussions at the 51st International Trade & Forfaiting Association in Singapore

Dr Rebecca Harding looks at the issues in – and beneath – the Arctic Circle and its impact on the global economy

As TXF Global brought 1500 export finance sector participants together in Copenhagen, key themes of cooperation to meet security targets, flexibility in approving export content quotas, and the wider ramp-up of clean energy demand and infrastructure investment point to a busy year ahead. flow’s Clarissa Dann reports

Post-trade integration in Europe, market infrastructure resilience, T+1, standards and the race to digitalisation were high on the securities services agenda at Sibos 2025 in Germany’s financial capital. In the first of a two-part report from Frankfurt, flow securities services correspondent Janet Du Chenne distils the key takeaways

Continuing her report on the securities services themes at Sibos Frankfurt 2025, flow securities services correspondent Janet Du Chenne looks at the wider implications of T+1 in Europe, the adoption of industry standards, and how the digital asset journey is changing the post-trade landscape

Improving resilience, preparing for T+1 settlements in the UK and Europe, the role of digitalisation and sourcing future industry talent were key themes discussed at The Network Forum’s Annual Meeting 2025 in Madrid, reports Janet du Chenne

After a strong 2024, many market observers were anticipating a ‘constructive 2025’ as the year got underway. Drawing on Deutsche Bank Research insights, flow’s Clarissa Dann provides an update to a market that has seen increasing new issuance of the asset class nine months into a year characterised by macroeconomic headwinds

As the structured finance industry gathers in Barcelona this month for the Global ABS 2025 conference, flow provides an interim update on the securitisation climate in the light of global macroeconomic volatility and Europe’s quest for regulatory simplification

CLOs had another stellar year in 2024, but what is their likely trajectory over the next 12 months? There is cause for optimism and flow provides an update drawing on published insights from Deutsche Bank Research’s Conor O’Toole and Jamie Flannick

Singapore boasts the second largest port in the world and remains a core hub for asset and wealth managers – as well as being home to more than 400 commodities companies. flow looks at this trading city’s remarkable evolution as it turns 60 in 2025

How could leading Asian economies respond to a more protectionist US trade policy? And what does this imply for hedging strategies that corporates can apply to manage the impact in currencies moves? flow’s Desirée Buchholz summarises insights from Deutsche Bank Research Asia specialists 

The ASEAN countries are a vital part of the global economy. flow takes a closer look at the bloc’s growth, current status, and prospects