The Chartered Banker Blog features articles that investigate key issues, both in the UK and globally, providing insight into current and topical sector news, and offering focused reports to support professional development and understanding of wider banking matters.
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Chartered Banker Blog
30 September 2024
How Financial Services Can Become Intelligent in the Age of Digital Transformation
Thought Leadership Insights
12 April 2024
National Payments Vision and Strategy: The future of UK payments
Regulation & Compliance
22 February 2024
What does the future of responsible mortgage lending look like?
Leadership & Strategy
7 February 2024
How the British Business Bank is helping smaller businesses understand how to make business finance work for them
SME and Business Banking
21 December 2023
An invitation: Synthetic data and the mission for combating APP fraud
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
18 December 2023
The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) calls for organisations to rapidly embed climate transition plans into their strategy
Green Finance
15 December 2023
How Can Artificial Intelligence (AI) Be Used to Influence the Sustainability Scene?
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Green Finance
21 November 2023
The importance of a personal vision in mentoring
Career Development | Volunteering Opportunities
7 November 2023
Lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses – what does this really mean?
Regulation & Compliance
22 September 2023
Celebrating National Mentoring Day
Career Development | Volunteering Opportunities
21 September 2023
Inclusive Product Design: In search of a fairer, cleaner financial world
Consumer Duty | Green Finance
16 May 2023
Building cyber resilience – Rethinking banking security in the digital age
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
10 May 2023
"Becoming Young Banker of the Year 2021 has completely changed my life"
Career Development | Green Finance
21 April 2023
An overview of Sarah Breeden’s speech: Climate action: approaching a tipping point?
Green Finance
17 February 2023
Metaverse - Game on: Roblox is gateway to metaverse
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
10 January 2023
Responsible Banking and Sustainable Finance with the INTEGRITY Principles
Green Finance
14 December 2022
Banking as a Service: an increasingly popular solution for banks
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
10 October 2022
Ethical Finance Global 2022 | ESG in a volatile world: Profit, Purpose or Politics? Part Two
Thought Leadership Insights
5 October 2022
Autocratic regimes, the professions and the importance of culture
Professionalism and Ethics
4 October 2022
Ethical Finance Global 2022|ESG in a volatile world: Profit, Purpose or Politics? Part One
Thought Leadership Insights
8 August 2022
The Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario or CBES: not just another acronym!
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
2 August 2022
4 Steps to Take to Ensure Your Organisation is Walking the Purpose Walk
Leadership & Strategy
26 July 2022
Is mentoring right for you?
Career Development | Managing People | Volunteering Opportunities
19 July 2022
Why a more diverse banking culture is vital, and how this can be achieved
Managing People
9 June 2022
Cashing out: are we really moving towards a cashless society?
Professionalism and Ethics
8 June 2022
Smart Futures supports renewed view of banking opportunities
Career Development | Volunteering Opportunities
6 June 2022
2 FOR 1 – How increasing your gender diversity balance could help reduce your emissions?
Professionalism and Ethics | Thought Leadership Insights
16 May 2022
An alliance for change: how financial institutions aim to fund the energy transition
Green Finance
12 May 2022
ISO20022 - A new messaging standard for UK payments
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Professionalism and Ethics
6 May 2022
The Importance of Mentoring to Improve Diversity and Inclusion
Career Development | Professionalism and Ethics
28 April 2022
Top priorities for maintaining a secure payment system
Financial Crime Prevention | Thought Leadership Insights
31 March 2022
Working together to support vulnerable customers
Consumer Duty | Professionalism and Ethics
17 December 2021
Why customers will be the real winners when it comes to operational resilience plans
Regulation & Compliance | Retail Banking
7 December 2021
Coaching and mentoring to improve wellbeing
Career Development | Volunteering Opportunities
26 November 2021
Tech and humanity – creating better customer experiences
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
22 November 2021
Making progress on push payment fraud
Financial Crime Prevention | Professionalism and Ethics
20 October 2021
Mentoring – Making Connections That Matter
Career Development | Professionalism and Ethics
18 October 2021
The shift to green – and how COVID-19 has transformed the delivery of financial products
Green Finance
14 October 2021
Pathway to COP26: Combatting climate change post covid-19 - how can responsible finance ensure we build back better?
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
5 October 2021
Digital technology: the challenge and the opportunity for financial exclusion
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
20 September 2021
Levelling up – the role of banks
Regulation & Compliance | Thought Leadership Insights
16 September 2021
Leadership for all Series: Ethical decision making
Career Development | Thought Leadership Insights
16 September 2021
Pathway to Cop26: What next for central banks and supervisors?
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
1 September 2021
Skills: The alchemy of employability?
Career Development | Leadership & Strategy | Thought Leadership Insights
12 August 2021
Pathway to COP26: Financial service organisations are vital to unlocking the green economy
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
9 August 2021
Ethics and sustainability: Financial services through the eyes of customers
Leadership & Strategy | Professionalism and Ethics
5 August 2021
What is the Difference between Coaching and Mentoring?
15 July 2021
Pathway to Cop26: We can get to net zero by unleashing the productive power of our pensions
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
5 July 2021
Building a business on trust, sustainability and an instinctive stakeholder view
Green Finance
24 June 2021
The Crypto Factor: Convenience, trust and safety – a closer look at the future framework to regulate cryptoassets
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
22 June 2021
Why CDFIs (Community Development Finance Institutions) matter?
Professionalism and Ethics
15 June 2021
Why the net zero transition needs to be a just one for all
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
11 June 2021
Whistleblowing on workplace sexual harassment
Managing People | Professionalism and Ethics
9 June 2021
Beyond the green: The changing face of sustainable finance
Green Finance | Thought Leadership Insights
8 June 2021
Tackling the poverty premium - a case study of the potential positive impact of stakeholder capitalism
Green Finance
3 June 2021
Opening the door to formal finance
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Leadership & Strategy | Thought Leadership Insights
2 June 2021
The Financial Implications of the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity
Professionalism and Ethics
19 May 2021
Young Banker of the Year 2021 - Congratulations to our quarter finalists
Career Development | Green Finance
11 May 2021
Reading the small print: Terms, Conditions and Duty of Care
Financial Crime Prevention | Regulation & Compliance
7 May 2021
A Cashless Reality: Essential Stats and Data on Cash Usage and Spending Habits Around the World
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
6 May 2021
Hong Kong: is cash still king?
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Thought Leadership Insights
20 April 2021
How transformation leads can lean into the complexity of financial services to unlock agility at scale
Thought Leadership Insights
31 March 2021
The Khalifa Review– Outlining the future of UK Fintech
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
30 March 2021
What Behavioural Economics can teach us about Financial Wellbeing
Professionalism and Ethics | Wealth Management
29 March 2021
International Women's Day 2021 blog series: Joanne Murphy, MBA, MCBI, Assoc CIPD
Professionalism and Ethics
25 March 2021
International Women's Day 2021 blog series: Alison McGregor
Professionalism and Ethics
16 March 2021
With customer satisfaction at its lowest since 2015, financial organisations must make service a boardroom priority
Managing People | Thought Leadership Insights
15 January 2021
Why we need to make both technology and finance inclusive
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Retail Banking
14 January 2021
Pathway to Cop26: The importance of shifting norms in supporting climate action
Green Finance
8 January 2021
Power to the people – how empathy is the most important of human touches
Career Development | Managing People
5 January 2021
'Phygital banking’: the new normal in a post-COVID world?
16 December 2020
Purpose is important, but so is brand heritage
14 December 2020
Support during COVID-19
11 December 2020
The Sophomore Slump
4 December 2020
The Rockstar Banker’s Christmas hit
17 November 2020
Now and next: the transition
20 October 2020
Community banking and SMEs: a needed engine for growth
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
27 August 2020
AI needs an interest in explanations; not interesting explanations
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
20 August 2020
Successful Virtual Meetings
1 July 2020
Whistleblowing, bullying & harassment and breaching conduct rules
Professionalism and Ethics
22 June 2020
Training, leadership and building healthy cultures in banking post Covid-19
Career Development | Leadership & Strategy
16 June 2020
Can gaming teach children about money management?
27 May 2020
Coronavirus Support for Advisers
14 April 2020
What is ‘Nudge Theory’ – and why should we care as bankers?
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
30 March 2020
A Message From Our CEO
26 March 2020
Where next for financial regulation?
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Regulation & Compliance
25 March 2020
The rise in strategic partnerships – traditional banks and FinTechs
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
9 March 2020
LendingCrowd’s Helen McKay makes global Women in FinTech Powerlist
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
5 February 2020
Charlotte Finney on her Apprenticeship experience
26 November 2019
AI ethics in the context of financial services
28 October 2019
The ethics of artificial Intelligence in 10 letters
23 September 2019
Financing a Just Transition: connecting climate change action with an inclusive economy
Green Finance
19 September 2019
How do we best speak and act to best help finance tackle climate change?
Green Finance
5 September 2019
Environment and Climate could be sources of Financial Risk
Green Finance | Risk Management
4 September 2019
The future of lending: how technology is shaping the industry
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
22 August 2019
How do we align capital markets with the transition to a low-carbon economy?
Green Finance
8 August 2019
How banks can contribute to the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals
Green Finance
8 August 2019
Can UK Banks Deliver the Value Consumers Crave?
6 August 2019
Banking on an IoT future
16 July 2019
Cash is king for older people
24 June 2019
A note from our new President
21 May 2019
Responsible Banking: From Betamax to Netflix
Professionalism and Ethics | Regulation & Compliance
16 May 2019
Who’s watching the robots?
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Professionalism and Ethics
7 May 2019
Consumer Manifesto for Open Banking
Fintech and Innovation in Banking | Professionalism and Ethics | Regulation & Compliance
18 April 2019
Managing Money in the Millennial Age
9 April 2019
Access to Cash review
2 April 2019
Future Banking: Empower employees to deliver customer centric outcomes and innovation
Managing People
19 March 2019
Introducing Breathing Space for Those in Debt
15 March 2019
The future of cash in an increasingly cashless society
Fintech and Innovation in Banking
26 February 2019
Stepping Up to the Challenge of Responsible Banking
12 February 2019
New Single Financial Guidance Body Goes Live
29 January 2019
Higher Apprenticeships
18 December 2018
Banking Insight's: Operational Resilience