2023

Best Financial Innovations 2023

Best Financial Innovations 2023

Global Finance picks the year's best financial innovations, in categories including AI, blockchain, compliance, e-commerse, ESG, foreign exchange, payments, user experience and more. 

Quantum's Promise

Quantum's Promise

Superpowerful computers will extract enormous benefits from artificial intelligence—and deliver proportional advantages.

2022

Merging: An Eco-Makeover

Merging: An Eco-Makeover

Ethereum reduced its energy consumption by 99.95% through a software upgrade that changed its consenus mechanisms.

2021

World’s Best Private Banks 2022

World’s Best Private Banks 2022

Private banking has been tested by nearly two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The industry passed with flying colors—and with considerable help from buoyant financial markets.

Elon Musk Flips On Bitcoin

Elon Musk Flips On Bitcoin

Tesla's decision to no longer accept Bitcoin due to environmental impact concerns led to a tumble in the cryptocurrency's value.

Coinbase IPO Breaks New Ground

Coinbase IPO Breaks New Ground

Total cryptocurrency-market capitalization surpassed $1 trillion for the first time last month, suggesting that yet more companies with a stake in the sector may be preparing to test the waters.

2020

Opening The Technology Gates

Opening The Technology Gates

Alessandro Petroni, head of Strategy and Solutions for Financial Services at Red Hat, a leading provider of open source technology, recently spoke with Global Finance about the burgeoning open source community and what it means for banking and businesses generally.