As the end of another exciting year for the financial services sector comes to a close, FStech takes a look at the site’s most-read stories of 2024.

The top story of the year covered the news that Marc Page had been appointed as the new chief financial officer (CFO) of Metro Bank.

Page previously served as the managing director and CFO of Kensington Mortgages after it was bought by Barclays and has held roles at the bank since 2017.

While the story was published in March, Page did not take over from former CFO Cristina Alba until September.

The second most-read story of 2024 was an interview piece with Henk Van Hulle, chief executive of Open Banking Limited (OBL). Van Hulle talked about Open Banking reaching the July milestone of 10 million consumers and SMEs and what the future looks like for the banking phenomenon.

You can hear from Van Hulle on 27 February at FStech’s RegTech Live conference, where he’ll speak to attendees about the regulatory side of Open Banking in a keynote address.

The third most popular story was another appointment. Published in April, FStech covered the news that Anna Porra was joining Paymentology as the company’s new chief revenue officer.
Porra joined the company from London FinTech scale-up Soldo, where she worked as head of market development and planning. She also previously held the role of European strategy director at Marqeta.

In fourth place was an article exploring the launch of a new Open Finance taskforce by the Treasury. FStech spoke with HSBC’s director of Open Banking to explore why the taskforce could help to align the industry and how widespread adoption of Open Finance is possible in the next five years.

The final most-read article of the year was an analysis piece published in May on why the banking industry is failing on climate data. The piece followed news that several leading US banks came up against data gaps and modelling challenges during a climate scenario analysis pilot, with the article outlining insights from industry experts to investigate why the banking industry is still struggling to understand climate-related financial risks.

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