Best Banks & Financial Rankings

J.P.Morgan took the top spot in a year when confidence in North America was balanced by uncertainties in other regions.

One reason that more regional banks—including Global Finance’s 2018 winners—are merging and being acquired is that they themselves are advising on more M&A deals.

Economic expansion, economic jitters, and restructuring across industries made 2018 a big year for Global Finance’s Best M&A Banks.

A record-setting bond issuance, the largest IPO in decades, and across-border health care takeover highlight 2018’s top deals.

Fed easing, pending infra-structure projects in emerging markets, and a rush to quality are fueling positive sentiment among Global Finance’s Best Investment Banks for Debt.

Innovation and a focus on alternative risk transfer products give SocGen an edge in equity derivatives

In a year when global investment banking revenues declined, only a few dynamic industries produced substantial growth for Global Finance’s sector award winners.

Global Finance’s winners are turbocharging investment in new technologies to facilitate existing systems and products while also supporting fintech innovations.

Trade war threats, Brexit and other geopolitical events put pressure on institutions in 2018. Global Finance’s Best Investment Banks found ways to make the year a success.

An array of new and improved technologies promise to make moving and managing money much simpler for treasurers.

At Global Finance’s annual Private Bank Awards dinner, wealth management specialists accepted honors on behalf of their banks and pondered history.

North American treasurers are adapting to the rapid pace of technological change, as new real-time payment systems and greater digitization and centralization of treasury operations take hold.

The treasury function in Asia-Pacific is being transformed.

European treasurers must decide what they want their future treasury operations to look like.

Mobile banking and card payments are replacing cash.

Real-time means better predictability for treasurers.

New technologies can help treasurers solve challenges they face in accurately forecasting their future cash and liquidity needs.

The regulatory and technological stars have aligned for the benefit of all as the move to real-time treasury operations promises to deliver unparalleled efficiencies and insights that banks and treasurers once only dreamt of.       

Banks and fintechs want to make treasurers’ lives a lot simper.

Banks in the Nordics have a bold vision to establish an integrated regional payments network, and to open up access to information so companies can better manage their cash and liquidity.