Volume 16/Issue 5

If you still don’t know your IoT from your APIs, or your Fabric from your Corda, then this issue – dedicated to all things fintech – will be of particular interest. In our regular fintech section, stand-out features include our handy glossary of important tech-related terms, a conversation with R3 about the importance of legal recognition for electronic instruments, and an in-depth report on how blockchain could drive a new breed of know your customer utilities. In each of our regional sections we unveil instances where the world of trade and fintech collide – often with resounding success in terms of addressing the world’s US$1.6tn trade finance gap. With a nod to the host of this year’s Sibos event, our Asia section profiles some of the innovation taking place in Australia’s burgeoning agriculture space, where so-called agtech is attempting to transform one of the world’s least digitised sectors.