Andrew Singer

China joins Thailand and HSBC Singapore in issuing blockchain-based bond issuance pilots.

Central banks are getting on the digital currency bandwagon.

Shanker Ramamurthy, General Manager Strategy & Market Development—Industry Platforms at IBM, talks with Global Finance about the breathtaking speed of today’s technologies and what it means for financial services and businesses generally.

Thematic macro-trend investing is on the rise.

Betting against catastrophe faces its first real test.

Cryptocurrencies are giving rise to legitimate businesses.

As global co-head of F&A (food and agribusiness) Innovation at Rabobank, Anne Greven oversees FoodBytes!, a start-up competition; and Terra, an accelerator program. She speaks with Global Finance about the bank’s strategic focus on financing solutions to world food problems.

The Blackstone Group and Apollo Global Management follow KKR and Ares Management to become corporations.

Mark Patrick, CFO of Syngenta, a Switzerland-based agribusiness acquired by ChemChina two years ago, speaks with Global Finance about the evolving role of the CFO and cultural adjustments.

Innovation in the consumer payments sector vastly outstrips innovation in the business payments sector but that need not be the case according to Bottomline Business Payments Roundtable participants.

The importance of analytics and technology-related skills are rising.

The use of this type of insurance is not new but it is increasingly popular.