Lithuania Lures Fintechs
Lithuania establishes a regulatory regime fit for fintechs.
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Defaults Rising On Chinese Corporate Bonds
Defaults in China's corporate sector have spiked.
Globalization On Trial
This year's World Economic Forum in Davos is happening in an era of rising protectionism and de-globalization.
Inequality
The gap in both income and wealth continues to grow, sparking political backlash around the globe. Is it also becoming a drag on growth?
Nigeria Mobile Banking: The Field Widens
Telecoms are moving into banking in Nigeria.
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Sberbank Business Online: The Bank That Changes Everything
In November 2018, Global Finance magazine named the BPS-Sberbank’s internet unit—Sberbank Business Online—the Best Digital Corporate Bank in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. The unit also succeeded in three corporate sub-categories for Central and Eastern Europe: Best Online Portal Services, Most Innovative Digital Bank, and Best Integrated Corporate Bank Site.
NEWS & FEATURES
Islamic Banking Slowly Warms To Blockchain
Blockchain is making headway in the world of Islamic finance.
Uganda: Stability At A Price
Uganda’s success is tied to stable government, but some key economic features are lacking.
An Outsider Takes The Helm At India's Central Bank
Will India's economic policymaking apparatus finally become more stable?
Fear And Loathing On The Road To Libor’s Demise
A 2021 transition date is closer than it appears, and banks are scrambling to prepare for a world without the venerable benchmark.
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Best Financial Institution Foreign Exchange Awards 2019: A Bumpy Ride In Fracturing Markets
Global Finance selects the best foreign exchange banks in 113 countries.
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Payments Go Digital — The Rapid Transformation of Inbound and Outbound Payments
In business, everything starts and ends with a payment. Companies receive payments from customers and make payments to their suppliers every day and the finance department is responsible for ensuring that the company is paying the right amounts and receiving the expected sums. Often, companies are processing these payments in multiple locations, with different teams working with local banks, customers and vendors. However, the move towards more digital payment methods is changing the payment landscape — rapidly.
ECONOMIC DATA & ANALYSIS
Percentage of Public Debt to GDP Around the World 2018
Some advanced economies have followed a particularly dangerous trajectory of indebtedness in recent years.
Unemployment Rates Around the World 2018
Everyone wants a job but employment patterns vary a lot from country to country.
Household Saving Rates 2018
Household saving is defined as the difference between a household’s disposable income (wages, income of the self-employed and net property income) and its consumption (expenditures on goods and services.)
Global Innovation Index 2018
Who’s up, who’s down, and why?
PRIVATE BANKING
World's Best Private Banks 2018: Doing What They Do Best
With the world as their oyster but more competition from other oyster hunters, private banks are focusing products and services in an effort to grow without sacrificing profits.
New Wealth With New Attitudes
The wealth built in emerging markets is transforming the private banking sector, with the needs and desires of the emerging-markets ultra-rich changing as rapidly as the markets themselves.
The Impact Of Trade Tensions: Salon Q&A With FIS Group CEO Tina Byles Williams
Tina Byles Williams is CEO and founder of FIS Group, a US asset manager. She speaks with Global Finance about US-China trade conflict, and the winners and losers in the new world order.
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The Most Peaceful Countries In The World 2018
Despite living in the most peaceful century in human history, the world has become less peaceful over the last decade.