With 2021 drawing to a close, we take a look back at our most viewed long reads over the course of the past year. Why Biden's Executive Order is a green light for US open banking Paige McNamee, Finextra reporter, covered Biden's'Executive Order on Promoting Competition in the American Economy' in July 2021 and the impact it could have on US open banking. Adam Lieberman, head of artificial intelligence and machine learning at Finastra, discussed how harnessing data will be key to bolstering business strategies and enabling new areas of growth. Peter Wickes, general manager enterprise, EMEA at Worldpay, explored how consumers now becoming more comfortable with payment trends and how we can expect to see continued innovation and acceleration in the payments industry. Michele Foradori, investment director at BlackFin Tech wrote about new frontiers for payments, B2B SaaS momentum, European fintech IPOs, lending, wealth management and SME tools.