EXPLAINERS
Explainers
Fintech runs on terms that get used long before they get defined. Perpetual KYC, sanctions screening, embedded lending, payment orchestration: language that assumes you already know, in an industry where the details decide whether a firm gets fined.
These are our explainers. Each one takes a single concept and sets out what it means, how it works in practice, which rules apply, and where firms get it wrong. They’re written for the people doing the work, compliance officers, product leads, founders and the investors backing them, rather than for the vendors selling into them. Every figure is sourced to a regulator, a court filing or a named report.
They’re built to stay accurate. We update them as rules change rather than leaving them to age, so a page you bookmark this year should still be right next year.
If you are new to a subject, start with the explainer, then follow the links through to our reporting on it.
