Daniela SozziFounder, DNYC Ltd · Fintech Strategy Advisor

20 seconds: Why financial services are under threat

23 Jul 2026 · 0 min

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Financial services are now targets not just for theft but for destabilizing entire economies. State-sponsored groups attack banks to disrupt the broader economic system, making them the connective tissue of modern finance and raising systemic risk.

As you said, financial services have always been targeted by thieves because they store money or because they facilitate the transfer of money. But what we see nowadays is that financial services actually are the connective tissue of the economic environment. Malicious actors, sometimes state-sponsored, might use attacks to financial institutions, not just to steal money, to disrupt entire economies. And they have the potential to do that.