Conferences & Awards Ceremonies

Global Finance Magazine holds several conferences and awards ceremonies throughout the year to recognize the winning financial institutions and companies in a host of categories including World’s Best Trade Finance Banks, World's Biggest Banks, World's Safest Banks, World's Best Developed & Emerging Markets Banks, World's Best Internet Banks, and World’s Best Investment Banks. To submit an entry, visit Call for Entries.

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Post-Sibos 2017 | Teamwork Rules

The post-Sibos consensus is that collaborating as partners yields better results in developing technology than battling as competitors.

Q&A With Haytham Elmaayergi, Head of Transaction Banking, ADIB

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank's head of Transaction Banking Haytham Elmaayergi spoke with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano regarding the bank's plan to offer Islamic banking variation to not only people looking at Islamic banking structures, but also the wider community at large.

Risk Of Doing Business in Africa is Easing Up | Standard Bank

Standard Bank's Head of  Global Trade, Vinod Madhavan talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano at Sibos 2017 about how volatility in Africa is easing up with the rise in global commodity prices leading to a lesser degree of risk for doing business in Africa.

Mega Shifts Underway In Global Payments Ecosystem | Citibank

Citibank's Global Head for Payments & Receivables, Manish Kohli spoke with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano on the sidelines of Sibos 2017 regarding the  major technological changes underway in the global payment ecosystem and Citi's plan to emerge on top.

Technology disruptions are reinventing banking models | Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered's Alex Mason, global head for Transaction Banking and Margaret Harwood-Jones, MD & global head for Securities Services talks with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano on how the bank is solving the challenge of delivering an enhanced customer experience by adopting more digital technology solutions. 

World's Top 50 Safest European Banks

Large multinationals are edged out of Europe’s top 50 by midsize banks that are based in developed economies and offer global service.

Brazil Needs Social Security Reforms: Goldfajn

Ilan Goldfajn, governor, central bank of Brazil, one of the top-rated governors in Global Finance’s annual Central Banker Report Cards, talks with Magazine editor Andrea Fiano about the progress of reforms in Brazil and how it has impacted the country and the region politically as well as economically. 

Getting Inflation Back To Target Range A Challenge: Flug

Karnit Flug, governor of the central bank of Israel, again won an “A” grade in Global Finance’s annual Central Banker Report Cards. She speaks with editor Andrea Fiano about Israel’s economy and the challenge of getting inflation to target, as well as global conditions and the threat of rising protectionism. 

Top 10 Safest Banks In Middle East For 2017

Global Finance has named the Safest Islamic financial institutions in the Gulf Cooperation Council  (GCC) and the safest banks in the middle east in an exclusive survey to be published in the November 2017 issue.

Central Banker Report Cards 2017

In our October issue, Global Finance presents its latest annual grading of the world's central bank governors. Here, we present the nine who received an "A" grade in 2017: those from Australia, Honduras, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Paraguay, Russia, Taiwan and the United States. 

World's Safest Banks 2017 | A Measure of Safety

World's Safest Banks 2017 | A Measure of Safety

Banks come, go, merge and split, but our annual Safest bank ratings provide a consistent measure of bank stability. Read ahead to find out the top 50 global banks and other rankings.