With 2024 now behind us, our Baker McKenzie Financial Institutions lawyers look ahead at the potential disruptors impacting the sector in 2025. This year promises continuing change driven by geopolitical events, technological advances and regulatory developments. Financial institutions must prepare not only to manage the risks but to benefit from the opportunities.
Our report, 2025: What's on the Radar for Financial Institutions?, gives an overview of the challenges facing the sector, and updates risk radars on fintech and digital transformation, sustainability and regulatory scrutiny, which describe the trends, developments and associated risks affecting financial services.
- 2025 will see sustainability-related litigation and enforcement emerge as one of the predominant disputes concerns for financial institutions.
- The complexity and scale of cyber threats continue to grow, posing risks to operations, reputation and customer trust.
- The quickly changing sanctions landscape, especially in the wake of geopolitical events, such as the war in Ukraine, means that banks and financial sponsors alike need to be vigilant.
We also take a closer look at asset management & financial sponsors and investment banks, with insights on the tax landscape, alternative finance, adaption finance, non-EU bank branch rules and more.
We hope that you find our 2025 forecast for financial institutions of interest. Our partners would be more than happy to discuss any of these issues and risks further with you.