Financial IT Summer Edition 2026

www.financialit.net • Summer Issue • 2026

FRAUD GETS PERSONAL Willem Wellinghoff, Chief Compliance Officer and UK Chair, Ecommpay

THE FUTURE OF LENDING – POWERED BY AI AND TECH MODERNIZATION Laura Bedborough, Director, Sales & Account Management – UK, Ireland & Nordics, Financial Messaging, Finastra

HUAWEI MEETS WITH FINANCIAL IT AT THE MWC Jason Cao, CEO of Huawei Digital Finance, Huawei

Bruno Foresti, Treasury Director, Ouribank

BEYOND THE WIRE: WHY STABLECOIN SETTLEMENT IS BECOMING THE DEFAULT RAIL FOR INSTITUTIONAL FX Back to the Table of Contents

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Financial IT Summer Edition 2026

Published on Jun 1, 2026

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Editor’s Letter: GOING OVER TO THE DARK SIDE What would happen if technology existed mainly for the benefit of fraudsters? Financial IT focuses on the intersection of financial services and technology with the assumption that innovation will be deliberate – and for the benefit of businesses and people. Now suppose that we went over to the dark side, and assumed that innovation is deliberate – and for the benefit of fraudsters and other bad actors. As one of the contributors to this edition notes. “Data from industry body UK Finance shows that losses from unauthorised transactions increased by 2% in 2024 to £722 million, with a 14% increase in the total number of cases to 3.13 million. Given the speed of instant payments and the growing complexity of fraud schemes, risk approaches that require long post-transaction windows will become powerless as fraudsters put emerging technology to the test. UK Finance reveals that criminals are utilizing agentic AI at an ever-increasing pace, simplifying and cutting the co

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