Discussions about the future of banking often revolve around digital channels, cloud migration and mobile apps. At Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelona, Huawei placed the spotlight on what comes next. During its Digital Finance session, the company gathered financial institutions and technology partners to discuss how artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape the foundations of modern banking. The event carried the theme “Powering Resilient Intelligence, Co-creating Finance Future” and served as the backdrop for Huawei to introduce upgrades to its Banking AI and Foundation Model Solutions aimed at supporting the next phase of industry transformation. Attention quickly turned to…

Digital assets were designed around decentralisation, yet the responsibility for securing them increasingly sits with institutions. Banks, fintechs, and specialised platforms now safeguard billions of dollars in cryptocurrencies, stablecoins, and tokenised assets on behalf of customers. As digital asset markets mature, conversation is shifting from innovation to infrastructure, and, more importantly, security. Yet the biggest risks rarely originate from the blockchain itself. Most major breaches stem not from flaws in blockchain protocols but from the surrounding infrastructure, particularly the systems responsible for managing private keys. Recent data illustrate the scale of the problem. According to Chainalysis, more than US$2.2 billion…