The flurry of AI deep research launched at the beginning of 2025 has significant consequences for knowledge workers – and the global economy. flow shares insights from Deutsche Bank Research’s paper that identifies winners and losers – and AI’s capacity for longer-term self-improvement

Cross-border payments need to become faster, cheaper, more transparent, and accessible – that’s the homework G20 leaders have given to the financial sector in 2020. Ulrich Bindseil, Director General for Market Infrastructures and Payments at the European Central Bank (ECB), describes collaboration between the private and public actors for achieving these targets – and the scope for further progress

The European Central Bank (ECB) is moving ahead both with a retail CBDC (the digital euro project) and new ways to settle blockchain-based transactions in central bank money. In a webinar hosted by Deutsche Bank Research, Jürgen Schaaf, Adviser for Market Infrastructure and Payments at the ECB, talks about timelines, goals and the role of banks in the new ecosystem

With spot Ethereum exchange traded funds (ETFs) approved by the US Securities and Exchange Commission, cryptocurrency democratisation is advancing. This regulatory clarity could spell lower costs for asset management service providers, explain Deutsche Bank digital asset strategists Sabih Behzad and Marion Laboure