The 'Net-Zero' trend - Moral Money

Over the past few years, 'net-zero' pledges have been made globally, committing organizations to produce no more greenhouse gases than they are emitting. Setting net-zero targets have become a key tool to fight climate change and stakeholders are looking to companies to set theirs

Adding social issues to the corporate balance sheet - FT Moral Money

Employees, investors and customers are increasingly demanding transparency across supply chains and corporate structures. Executives are forced to consider their wider impact as significant of a risk as financial measurements 

 

Welcome to the Era of the Activist Accountant - FT Moral Money

Accountants turned activists? In an unexpected modern tale, activist accountants have become vital advocates towards standardizing 'ESG' risks

The Fed Pushing For CBDC, "Can't Wrap Their Head Around Not Having It"

 From the Uneducated Economist, an interesting view on the Fed's thinking about a CBDC plus a great take on assets, investments, banking, money and the economy generally.

 

Consumers’ Preferred Method of Depositing Checks

PaymentsJournal explores consumers' preferred methods of depositing $50 and $1,000 checks, ranked by the size of the deposit.

“TOP READS OF THE WEEK” (for week ending 30 July)

This week’s top reads in banking, fintech, payments, cybersecurity, AI, IoT, risk management and much more

In this weeks selection;

Top Reads

• Visualized: The Biggest Ponzi Schemes in Modern History
• The Emerging Paths Of Quantum Computing
• Neobank HMBradley shifts to invite-only, seeks more partner banks
• How 3 critical infrastructure security executives manage vulnerabilities
• Swift takes on low-value cross-border payments
• FX risk: Identifying exposure through a Currency Map
• Should employers pay for home internet during remote work?
• Fiserv, Goldman strike pact on cross-border payments
• A new leaf for the bank branch
• Mobile wallet use projected to surge
• OT cyberattacks could threaten human safety by 2025: Gartner
• Solving Big AI’s big energy problem
• Payment fintechs attract record $5B
• Ransomware, supply chain attacks put cyber insurers on notice
• Biden Directs Agencies to Develop Cybersecurity Standards for Critical Infrastructure
• Simplifying Small Business Payments
• Data-breached companies face higher bank lending costs
• PayPal builds services as EBay breaks away
• Google Pay taps Marqeta for virtual card
• Data breach costs hit record high due to pandemic

From our Blog

• What New ATM Transaction Types are Consumers Interested in?
• Carlos Ghosn: the rise and fall of a superstar CEO - FT Film
• SWIFT Go - near real-time cross-border payments
• How TikTok's Algorithm Figures You Out - WSJ

What New ATM Transaction Types are Consumers Interested in?

Payments Journal takes a look at the data around consumer interest in new ATM transaction types.