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Global Finance has announced its 29th annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks. All of this year’s rankings are gathered on the landing page linked here, as well as a video with a full description of the methodology used for the World’s Safest Banks rankings and a look at 2020 trends, featuring Global Finance’s editor Andrea Fiano.
Baku is rolling out ambitious plans for economic expansion and reform. But first, there are worsening regional tensions and currency woes to grapple with. And Covid.
Seychelles' central bank governor Caroline Abel tells Global Finance that the central bank of Seychelles will focus on diversifying the economy after the pandemic passes and in the meantime is focused on stopping currency speculation.
Under the shadow of the pandemic, SWIFT has embarked on a revamp of its underlying technological infrastructure, which may be reliable, trusted and relatively secure, but is no longer fit for purpose in a highly interconnected and sped up world.
According to a recent McKinsey research report, more than 60 percent of the population of sub-Saharan Africa are smallholder farmers, about 23 percent of sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP comes from agriculture and that Africa could produce two to three times more cereals and grains, which would add 20 percent more cereals and grains to the current worldwide 2.6 billion tons of output. Similar increases could be seen in the production of horticulture crops and livestock.
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Billionaire wealth grew despite the global pandemic, particularly for those in tech, health care, and industrials.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is about to complete the company's transformation from niche maker into the valuable chip manufacturer in the world.
NewCo will free the parent to soar in cloud services, IBM says.
Ping An Bank’s ambitious and innovative strategy to transform its retail business made the bank a digital banking leader in only four years and created a “finance+” ecosystem that redefined retail banking.
The creation, development and implementation of central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) is beginning to look inevitable.
Global Finance selects the world's 10 best cities to live in based on eight metrics, including pandemic response.
The world’s richest families are looking to real estate and private equity as they flesh out post-Covid investment strategies.
A bleak feeling looms over the upper class as the coronavirus pandemic drags on.
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Islamic finance is a fast-growing $2 trillion industry, yet many finance professionals do not know halal from haram. Global Finance's series on Islamic finance explains.