No 'Hope' for Japanese Companies
Snap elections pit Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) against insurgent Party of Hope on October 22.
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The Top 25 Companies In Africa For 2017
Africa is emerging from last year’s slump, but slow growth of its largest economies is impeding recovery for many of its corporates.
Can Open Banking Thrive In Europe?
The utopian vision of open banking dreamed up by the European Commission when it drafted the PSD II regulation is unlikely to emerge from day one of implementation.
Central Bankers Eye A Return to Normal
The rosier outlook gives central banks a chance to return to more traditional policies after endless cycles of easing. The US Federal Reserve (Fed) is likely to stick to its plan of slowly increasing interest rates, and the European Central Bank (ECB) could follow suit.
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The Industrialisation and Digitisation of Transaction Banking
Jacques Levet, Head of Transaction Banking EMEA at BNP Paribas, explains how BNP Paribas are taking a co-design approach to keep up with the industrialisation and digitisation of the transaction banking industry.
World's Best Banks 2017 | Enhancing The Customer Experience
The winners of our best-bank awards, globally, regionally and in 150 countries, outperform their peers and provide top-notch service.
EuroFinance 2017 | Future Of Cross Border Payments
The survey, The future of payments: a corporate treasury perspective, gauged the views of treasury professionals, from SMEs to global corporations, in 18 different industries.
Q&A With Bank of Italy | A Tortoise Economy
Ignazio Visco, governor of the Bank of Italy since 2011, spoke with Global Finance about global and domestic economic conditions.
India | A New Way Forward For Banking
India’s banking system, weighted toward state-backed entities, is opening up to private-sector banks to boost competition.
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Cash Management Solutions For The Platform-Based Economy
A business revolution is well underway and traditional businesses are being disrupted by “platform businesses”, which are businesses that use technology to connect corporates, individuals and resources for the exchange of physical goods, services or information.
NEWS & FEATURES
Surge In Companies Managing Cost of Carbon
Nearly 1400 global companies factored in an internal price for carbon in 2017 compared to just 150 in 2014.
Fund Raising: SPACs Return To Favor
SPACs , created in the US in the 1990s to help financial sponsors raise funds more quickly in capital markets, had suffered, until recently, from a weak IPO market and several failed acquisitions.
Will Blockchain Become 'Real' For Treasury In 2018?
The widely discussed technology, some say, will emerge from labs and being in the 'proof of concept' stage to to the real world, or what some refer to as “minimum viable products.
Brazil's Half-Glass Economy
With a growing budget deficit, Brazil is struggling to climb out of recession and become globally competitive.
Banks Back Nurturing A Creative Culture In-House
By recognizing entrepreneurial talent and encouraging employees to step forward with ideas, banks get a chance to boost innovation from within
2017's Richest Companies In The World
Companies keep increasing their stashes of cash. A rise in the cost of new debt and tax reform in the US might finally turn that trend around in 2017—or not.
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Kapital Bank: Investing For Success In Azerbaijan
An interview with Farid Huseynov, First Deputy CEO of Kapital Bank.
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World's Best Banks 2017 | Q&A with Banorte
The bank's CEO Jose Marcos Ramirez Miguel sees less risk now from revising the regional trade deal, even a "very positive impact" on Mexico's economy.
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Africa 2017 | Mega Cities, Mega Development
Infrastructure and economic development needs are challenging countries to provide jobs, as urban growth is poised to surge over the next decade.
Turkey | Now Among World's Top Donor Nations
Turkey has become the world’s most generous nation, going from development assistance recipient to top donor in just over a decade.
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Best Private Banks Awardee Interviews
Andrea Fiano, Editor of Global Finance interviews the winners of the Best Private Banks Award 2017.
Michael Gould, The “Spreadsheet Killer"
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PRIVATE BANKING
Rich Kids Don’t Trust Robots
Study of wealthy Millennials finds more interest in private equity than robo-advisory, and a desire to “do good” as well as get good returns.
The UHNW Millennial Next Door
Ultra-high net worth individuals of a new generation are changing the face of wealth in the world
Old-World Banking Woos Asia’s New Rich
Private bankers need new strategies to make themselves relevant to Asia’s wealth creators.
Best Cash Management Bank | Citi Leverages Big Data For The Win
Naveed Sultan, global head of Treasury and Trade Solutions says that the bank's focus on upgrading its banking platforms, customer connectivity and investments in fintech companies ensures that it stays on the top.
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Countries With Highest GDP Growth 2017
Nauru, Ethiopia, Turkmenistan, Qatar, China and Uzbekistan are the countries with the fastest growing economies in the World as per IMF data for the last 10 years. Here is a complete list for the world's fastest growing economies in 2017 by GDP.