Best Banks & Financial Rankings

Despite Covid-19, 2020 was a banner year for investment banking, with IPOs and bond issues standing out.

The world’s best debt banks rode surging new issuance volumes in 2020 and moved to address investors’ demand for green and sustainable bonds.

Banks were rewarded last year for adapting quickly to the global crisis and moving fast to address their clients’ liquidity and other funding demands.

Last spring’s seize-up in the global M&A market eased as companies rethought their business plans and sought a leaner profile.

Global Finance picks the world’s best investment banking deals of 2021.

Deal activity remains lively as this year’s Best Equity Banks lean on tech to keep capital flowing.

Our leading investment banks benefited from outperformance in sectors that profited from Covid’s disruptions.

Business upheaval and historic volatility in capital markets let regional investment banks show they can arrange sophisticated deals as more companies look to buy and sell.

APIs are speeding up banks’ ability to deliver the modern data tools that finance executives want.

For Global Finance’s top TCM banks, navigating the Covid crisis means AI, innovation, better FX functionality and real-time for virtually everything.

Trade and technology advances are helping African banks and corporates weather the pandemic.

Regional banks are betting cash management digitalization and better cash-flow forecasting will give clients an edge post-pandemic.

Global Finance’s best TCM suppliers in systems and services are focusing on niches and building more AI into offerings.

Leaps in digitalization and automation, plus critical macro insights, are helping banks pull North American businesses through the Covid-19 crisis.

Top Middle Eastern banks are streamlining corporate services and scrambling to meet rising demand for self-service solutions.

E-banking, blockchain solutions and electronic signatures are some of the new and improved services that banks hope will strengthen bonds with their beleaguered clients.

Regional banks are innovating and partnering with fintechs to help their clients survive the pandemic—and make the treasurer’s job easier going forward.

Global Finance names the World’s Best Supply Chain Finance Providers for 2021, noting growth and innovation taking place in the long tail of SMEs.

For many trade finance banks that still relied on legacy systems and paper-based processes, the Covid crisis put them on a forced march into the future. 

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.