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IBSi SLT Report

Monthly IBSi FinTech Journal

30+ years of providing readers with their monthly dose of global FinTech news analysis, research, insights, opinions, and lots more...

Since 1991, the iconic IBSi FinTech Journal has been the primary source of news analysis, research, insights, interviews, and lots more, for IBSi’s global subscriber base in the banking and financial technology world. Each month’s issue comes with ~60 pages of fresh content that will help you stay smart, competitive and make informed investment decisions.

The journal is the go-to place for technologists looking to build competitive intelligence, bankers looking to define their IT strategy, management consultants looking to make their clients smarter, and institutional investors who are seeking to make high-return investments.

The monthly journal is compiled by IBSi’s global editorial and research teams consisting of seasoned journalists and researchers.

NEWS ANALYSIS

FIS Brings Agentic AI to Banking with Anthropic

IBSI SALES LEAGUE TABLE 2026

SLT 2026 Charts the Next Era of Banking

THE BIG INTERVIEW

Jouk Pleiter, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, Backbase

OPINION

How agentic credit decisioning expands lending frontiers
AI Fraud Agents Are Only as Good as the Identities They Can See

OPEN BANKING, EMBEDDED FINANCE & INVISIBLE BANKING

The trillion-dollar moment payments keep missing
Embedded finance set for growth

CASE STUDIES

Mawarid Finance & BML Istisharat: Modernising Islamic Core Banking on Cloud
China Bank Savings Upgrades Loan Origination with Azentio
Bank of Karditsa Modernises Core Banking with Natech

TECHNOLOGY SUPPLIER PROFILES

Fiorano
Brankas

REGULARS

Editor’s note
Podcast and Webinars
Cedar-IBSi Summits
Who’s bought what
Private Equity & Venture Capital
Mergers & Acquisitions
CIFTI 50
On the move
Month in numbers
Backchat | Diary

Core Banking
Transaction Banking
Wealth Management and Private Banking
Treasury and Capital Markets
RiskTech
RegTech
Islamic Banking
Cybersecurity
Digital Banking
Platformification
Open Banking
Lending
Robotics Process Automation
Artificial Intelligence/machine learning (AIML)
Cloud/SaaS
Big Data/Analytics
Payments
Blockchain/Cryptocurrency
InsurTech
Investment Management

Why IBSi FinTech Journal

Fresh and relevant

Exclusive 24/7 coverage brought to you IBSi’s global team of journalists, analysts, and experts.

Monthly feature focus

Each month’s issue dives deep into a specific technology system area, in the form of interviews, research, and analysis pieces.

Learn from the community

Gain insights from global Financial Technology leaders in the form of exclusive interviews, opinions, and use case repositories.

Easy to use

Flip through each month’s issue easily through a secure platform on a variety of devices!

In-depth vendor analysis

Learn from IBSi’s extensive vendor profile and performance dataset, and track which banks and Financial Institutions are buying which systems, through the popular ‘Who’s Bought What’ section

Global event and conference coverage

Live coverage and insights from global banking and financial Technology events and coverage. Brought to you by IBSi’s global editorial team!