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Global Finance Names The 2020 World’s Best Innovators
Global Finance Names The 2020 World’s Best Innovators
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Announcing the 2020 winners of Global Finance's Best Innovator awards.
Global Finance revealed its selections for The Innovators 2020 on May 6th during two digital events spanning the world’s time zones. The Innovators 2020 is the publication’s eighth annual awards honoring entities that regularly identify new paths and design new tools in finance. Innovations were recognized in the following areas:
- The Top Innovations in the following categories: Corporate Finance, Payments, Trade Finance, Cash Management, Islamic Finance and Special Honors (for innovations that did not neatly fit into any of the other categories).
- The Most Innovative Banks in the following regions: Africa, Asia-Pacific, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America and Western Europe
- The Most Innovative Fintech Companies in the following regions: Asia-Pacific, Central & Eastern Europe, North America and Western Europe
- The Best Financial Innovation Labs
A video of the Winner Announcement Event is available below, along with the press releases for each award category.
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