A push by large U.S. companies to more closely link internal treasury systems to bank platforms is helping create a new digital corporate banking ecosystem tailored to an era of digital commerce and real-time payments.

The crypto market is rapidly evolving, with traders at hedge funds and asset managers now trading a wider range of assets. Gone are the days of focusing solely on trading the top assets such as Bitcoin and Ethereum on a spot or futures basis.

Japanese institutional investors are dramatically cutting back on new asset manager hires and slowing the pace of their ongoing shift toward private assets in their portfolios.

Commercial and industrial loan demand surged in 2024, driven by rate cuts and improving economic sentiment. But can this momentum continue into 2025? Uncertainty about the business environment threatens to slow growth.

Canadian asset managers prioritize efficient access to liquidity backed by great service and are increasingly turning to electronic trading to get the job done.

Senior derivatives leaders believe that macro trends will have the greatest influence on the derivatives market in the year ahead.

Rather than devoting new resources to win relationships with new companies, European corporate banks and their international counterparts are targeting existing clients for growth. 

The European equities commission wallet rose a modest 4% in 2024, though challenges remain due to an ongoing focus on efficiency and cost savings.

The adoption of cloud by banks and financial market infrastructures (FMIs) has reached a significant milestone, with over a third of applications and services already migrated to the cloud.

In this report, we identify the top trends to watch in commercial banking in 2025 and provide our perspective on how each of these trends will impact commercial banks and their clients.