Global Finance Magazine

New Rules For Fairness

Diversity is coming to the boardroom not through government regulations but private initiative.

Hitachi Goes Global With Sale

The deal is part of Hitachi’s ongoing strategy to de-emphasize lines of business outside its core focus of information technology.

Harnessing The Private Sector

WHO’s Solidarity Response Fund has been instrumental in enlisting a wide range of support to fight Covid-19.

Islamic Finance After COVID-19

Islamic finance took a hit in 2020 but is preparing for the next surge of growth through innovation, standardization, and M&A activity.

Banking Business Trends 2021

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Rajashekhara V Maiya, Global head of Business Consulting and Product Strategy for Infosys Finacle, discusses five trends affecting banks and financial service providers.

NEWS & FEATURES

Women Rise Higher At Shell

Shell has elevated two other women to senior trading roles as well.

China Displaces US As Europe’s Top Trading Partner

Reverberations from the US-China trade war may have contributed.

Morocco Normalizes Relations With Israel

The country joins a growing list of Arab states that recognize the Jewish state.

Due Diligence By Drone

Meet and greets in the M&A process have been replaced by Zoom calls and drone surveillance technology.

One of Russia’s top providers of digital corporate banking solutions, Sberbank created a comprehensive business banking ecosystem driven by AI and big data. Anna Loevskaya, Sberbank’s Director of Digital Corporate Banking, discusses the bank’s strategy for rising digital demand, self-service digital UX, and omnichannel integration, and how Russia’s largest bank is fast becoming one of its leading tech innovators.

RECOGNITION COVERAGE

GW Platt Foreign Exchange Provider Awards 2021

Top-performing FX teams are demanding better analytics and integration, leveraging new tools of automation, data and artificial intelligence. In 2021, the best FX banks are delivering with digital innovation.

Request to Pay Revolutionizes Real-Time Payments

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The global payment landscape is experiencing a revolution with the introduction of real-time banking, the rise of digitalisation and new customer expectations. The new Request to Pay messaging service will transform the payments industry and increase usage of real-time payments, offering greater speed, flexibility and control and enhancing the payee and payer relationship.

ECONOMIC DATA & ANALYSIS

World Wealth Distribution And Income Inequality 2021

The idea that more wealth for some will translate into more wealth for everyone has deep roots. Today, data shows that the gap between the richest and the poorest has never been wider.