Best Banks & Financial Rankings

With profits squeezed and fintech expanding, banks are re-evaluating their business models.

Chinese banks dominate Global Finance’s top-50 ranking for emerging markets; Brazil maintains second place despite economic pressures

Given the potential for macroeconomic disruption, Global Finance’s ranking of the World’s Safest Banks is especially valuable in 2019.

Gulf-region Islamic banks are joining forces to better compete.

China’s banks embrace technology while staying focused on the real economy.

Luisa Gomez Bravo, global head of Corporate and Investment Banking, talks about what sets BBVA apart from competitors and how it keeps innovating for its clients.

Global Finance unveils its 26th annual listing of the best banks globally, regionally and in 149 countries. The winners outperformed their peers using sustainable business models and good governance, while adapting to rapid change.

Trump’s tax reform, tariff wars and Brexit put a brake on Western FDI and shifted flows to developing countries.

Secil Watson, executive vice president and head of Digital Solutions for Business at Wells Fargo, explains how banks can add value to their corporate customers.

Mohamed Badat, chief commercial officer of Bidaya Home Finance, explains how digital is speeding up and simplifying the mortgage process.

Banks are fighting to differentiate themselves digitally with a plethora of new, non-traditional services for corporate clients and individual consumers.

Global Finance selects the best banks for depositary receipts and the companies involved in the best depositary receipts programs of 2019.

Global Finance selects the best sub-custodian banks in seven global regions and 82 countries.

This year’s expanded scope of entries shows how banks are using digital technologies to think outside the box.

Digital innovations have utterly transformed payments, making every choice more personal—and more mobile.

Though still relatively new themselves, the world’s top fintech labs are helping startups, banks and governments devise fresh solutions and uncover untapped opportunities.

Using technology and creativity, banks help clients—big and small—reduce paperwork and costs.

Evans Munyuki, chief digital officer for Emirates NBD, reveals how to create a fully digital ecosystem and highlights the technologies with the most promise.

Ty Panagoplos, CIO of TD Securities, explains the importance of technology and talent in keeping pace with change.

Isaac Kamuta, group head of Cash Management and Client Access at Ecobank, explains how technology is helping Africa provide the next level of financial services.