Displaying 1-14 of 14 results
Exclusive
Quantum risk mitigation roadmap
- 10 Aug 2025
The quantum threat is not a distant concern, it is a present strategic imperative that requires systematic preparation.
Exclusive
Resilience of banking technology: the bad, the good and the future
- 28 May 2025
Barclays’ customers recently suffered the inconvenience that comes with digital banking, when the technology fails. And for which the bank will pay out £12.5m in compensation.
Exclusive
Crypto custody shake-up: How SEC & FASB are rewriting the rulebook for US banks
- 04 Mar 2025
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has recently updated its guidance on the accounting treatment of crypto-assets held by entities for their platform users. This update involves the rescission of Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) No. 121 and the introduction of SAB No. 122.
Exclusive
Top 10 AI adoption questions for businesses and ICAEW members
- 29 Aug 2024
Artificial Intelligence’s (AI) potential to transform how businesses operate has led to a growing number of organisations to consider the impact that AI can, and will, have upon them.
Outages and the future of systemic risk
- 19 Aug 2024
The Microsoft Azure outage showed the far-reaching consequences of a single point of failure in cloud infrastructure. For the financial services sector, it highlights the need for a comprehensive approach to managing systemic risk.
Exclusive
Maintaining stability in the era of stablecoins
- 16 Jan 2024
Stablecoins emerge as a prospective form of future money, offering a plausible alternative to traditional fiat paper money and commercial bank deposits.
Exclusive
How concerned should we be about a digital pound?
- 12 Dec 2023
The Treasury and Bank of England’s consultation on introducing a digital pound received 50,000 responses.
Exclusive
Data sharing as a policy intervention
- 21 Nov 2023
The recent and spectacular advances made in generative artificial intelligence have been possible because of shared data.
Exclusive
Using tokenisation within exchange, clearing and settlement
- 20 Oct 2023
Enhanced trust, efficiency and security in financial markets make blockchain a promising innovation for the future of trading and asset management.
ICAEW responds to proposals for digital pound
- 04 Sep 2023
Following Bank of England and HM Treasury’s consultation on proposals for a retail central bank digital currency, or digital pound, Reuben Wales, ICAEW’s Head of Financial Services, outlines ICAEW’s key recommendations.
Exclusive
UK proposals on retail central bank digital currency (CBDC)
- 14 Aug 2023
Following Bank of England and HM Treasury’s consultation on proposals for a digital pound, Reuben Wales, ICAEW’s Head of Financial Services, outlines our key recommendations as proposals are taken forward.
Exclusive
Cryptoassets and making the case for regulation
- 20 Jun 2023
Regulating new forms of technology is never easy. If they are being developed within financial services, the ask is even greater.
Digital currencies: to programme or not to programme?
- 17 May 2023
As cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology continue to make waves in the financial services sector, central banks have begun to explore the idea of digital currencies.
Treasury and Bank of England release digital pound proposals
- 16 Feb 2023
A consultation examines the assessment case for a central bank digital currency, which could have profound implications for consumers, businesses, banks and payment providers within the UK.
Displaying 1-14 of 14 results