Best Banks & Financial Rankings

At our annual event in London, executives from banks, fintechs and companies focused on the opportunities, as well as risks, in the era of Big Data. 

Global Finance honored global and regional winners of its digital bank awards at a ceremony in London following its Digital Banking Conference.

Paul Cobban, chief data and transformation officer at DBS, shares ways banks can unlock and monetize customer data journeys. 

Sung-Yeop Kim, executive vice president and head of the Wealth Management Group and Private Banking for KEB Hana, talks with Global Finance about how his bank serves Asia’s growing ranks of wealthy.

Global Finance magazine has named its eighteenth annual World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers in 104 countries, and 7 global regions, as well as the best banks for FX research & analysis and for FX trading technology. Global Finance also named ...

Koos Timmermans, CFO of ING, winner of our first Best Bank In The World award, speaks with Global Finance Magazine editor Andrea Fiano about how his bank succeeded in establishing a global footprint by following its clients, and the lesson that ING took from fintechs: focus on the user experience.

Lutz-Christian Funke, executive director of KfW, The World’s Safest Bank for several consecutive years, discusses with GFMag editor Andrea Fiano Germany’s political balancing act and economic stability, Europe’s refugee problem, and KfW’s collaborations with other European banks and political agencies.

As debt burdens inside China rise,  the country's banks are ramping up cross-border lending.

Dominated by the largest banks in the world by far, China’s economy has soared to towering heights. But what lies beyond the horizon?

The bank's CEO Jose Marcos Ramirez Miguel sees less risk now from revising the regional trade deal, even a "very positive impact" on Mexico's economy.

The bank's chief economist Rodrigo Aravena sees more growth for the country and the region although economic risks remain.

The full exclusive survey will be published in the November 2017 issue as part of the publication’s 26th annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks.

The full exclusive survey will be published in the November 2017 issue as part of the publication’s 26th annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks.

ING CEO Ralph Hamers talks to Global Finance about what it has taken for the bank to turnaround after the financial crisis, its digital strategy and the changes expected to disrupt the banking system in future.

Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best global banks. The winners of our best-bank awards, globally, regionally and in 150 countries, outperform their peers and provide top-notch service.  

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.

Global Finance has named the top 50 safest banks in the emerging markets. The full survey will be published in Global Finance's November 2017 issue.

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.

Companies keep increasing their stashes of cash. Which companies were richest in 2017?

In the first round of our Best Digital Bank Awards 2017, evolving customer needs drive financial institutions’ technology innovation.