As digital assets gain institutional legitimacy, AMINA Bank is bringing its Swiss-regulated model to Asia via a new Hong Kong hub. In a recent interview at TOKEN2049 Singapore, Michael Benz, head of Asia Pacific, explains how the bank’s custody, lending and trading framework bridges traditional finance and digital assets for institutional clients.

As digital assets scale, identity is moving from one-off checks to continuous verification. In a recent interview at TOKEN2049 Singapore, Sumsub’s chief growth officer Ilya Brovin explains how AI, orchestration and regulated digital-ID schemes such as Europe’s eIDAS 2.0 are defining the future of digital trust.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Lavinia Bauerochse, global head of sustainable finance, Corporate Bank at Deutsche Bank, explained how sustainability has evolved from focusing on green projects to integrated transition finance. She described how the bank supports clients of all sizes with ESG-linked instruments, export credit agency financing and payments innovation to mobilise private capital for decarbonisation.

Andrew Murray, head of international banking and payments at FIS, reflected on the company's strategic priorities and its work with banks and partners across the payments and financial services ecosystem at this year's Sibos conference. With over three decades of industry experience, Murray has witnessed cycles of innovation but he sees today's environment as one of the most transformative.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Isabel Schmidt, Executive Platform Owner for BNY’s Enterprise Payments Enablement, outlined how the bank is creating a single global payments hub, expanding instant and FX payment capabilities, and using artificial intelligence and partnerships to deliver safe, transparent and predictable cross-border payments in Asia Pacific and beyond.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Samarth Bansal, general manager for Wise Platform Asia Pacific, explained how Wise is extending its infrastructure from retail remittances to banks and digital platforms, working with regulators and clearing schemes to deliver faster, more transparent and cheaper cross-border payments aligned with G20 objectives.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Ashutosh Kumar, head of global transaction banking for Asia Pacific at Mizuho, explained how the bank is experimenting with tokenised deposits and blockchain, investing in GenAI, and working with partners to make cross-border payments faster, cheaper and more secure while driving interoperability in trade finance.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Stephen Richardson, chief strategy officer and head of banking at Fireblocks, described how the company is simplifying access to blockchain for banks, payments companies and fintechs, enabling tokenised deposits, stablecoins and interoperability across more than 120 blockchains while addressing custody, compliance and user-experience risks.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Borislav Ivanov-Blankenburg, Global Head of Documentary Trade and CEO of Central and Eastern Europe at Deutsche Bank, explained how interoperability, legal frameworks, cost and ESG compliance shape the digitalisation of trade finance and why tokenisation and data standards will be critical for future growth.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Akber Jaffer, CEO of Smartstream, explained how the company is refreshing its brand and investing in cloud, APIs and AI to deliver secure, resilient and innovative post-trade solutions to financial institutions worldwide.

Mark Monaco, head of global payment solutions (GPS) at Bank of America, said Sibos offers a chance to “share ideas, new innovations and communicate” within the banking community. He explained how Bank of America leverages its global network, integrates new technologies carefully and works with industry partners to evolve payments.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Katja Lehr, EMEA payments, industry and advocacy lead at JP Morgan, outlined how the bank combines payments scale with participation in industry initiatives such as Swift’s digital ledger initiative and ISO 20022 to address speed, transparency, cost and regulatory hurdles in cross-border payments.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Philip Bruno, chief strategy and growth officer at ACI Worldwide, set out how the company’s new cloud-native ACI Connetic payments hub, intelligent orchestration and fraud-prevention heritage position it to help banks deliver faster, safer and programmable payments across domestic and cross-border rails.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Samuel Mathew, global head of documentary trade at Standard Chartered, highlighted how the bank leverages its network, industry standards and technology partnerships to reduce risk and accelerate trade digitisation.

At Sibos Frankfurt 2025, Tsvetanka Nankova, global head of sales for institutional cash and trade finance at Deutsche Bank, outlined how the bank is implementing ISO 20022, supporting new real-time schemes and piloting blockchain and AI to meet the G20’s objectives for faster, cheaper and more transparent cross-border payments.