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In a turnaround from 2022, the Central American Bank for Economic Integration's latest infrastructure bond offering is proving popular with investors.
Fossil fuels had a comeback year, but the green transition is accelerating.
The Covid-19 pandemic created some waves in the foreign exchange markets over the last couple of years, but the re-emergence of global inflation and inflation-fighting central banks has truly rocked the currency world this year.
Unemployment is simple enough to understand: it is an economic condition in which individuals seeking jobs remain un-hired. Yet measuring how many people are unemployed at any given moment in any given country is rather complex.
Global Finance editor Andrea Fiano interviews Ásgeir Jónsson, Central Bank Governor of Iceland during Global Finance's World's Best Bank Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, DC on October 15th.
Global Finance announces this year’s safest banks by country.
China and South Korea continue to dominate the biggest banks in emerging markets, but India is catching up.
Our annual ranking of the World’s Safest Banks shows the finance sector has recovered better than many economies, and looks set to prosper in recovery.
South Korean banks stand atop the list of the safest banks in emerging markets.
China and South Korea continue to dominate the biggest banks in emerging markets, but India is catching up.
Global Finance names this year’s top 25 safest banks in China.
The safest Islamic banks in the GCC get a break via oil markets, but also seek to help their countries shift to economies that are more balanced and sustainable.
The success of this year’s safest 50 commercial banks is grounded in diversified business lines and newly imagined products.
Strategic partnerships and technological investments mark this year’s cream of the crop.
Tapping the millennial market pushes digital development.
Strategic acquisitions blur the lines between regional and national banks.
Once-temporary measures find longer legs.
Global Finance names 2021’s safest Islamic banks in the GCC.
Global Finance announces this year’s Global Top 50 Safest Banks.
Last year many of the biggest emerging-markets banks got even bigger—but not all.
Global Finance names this year’s top 25 safest banks in China.
China’s biggest banks reinforced their primacy even in the face of crisis.
Global Finance names 2021’s World’s Safest Banks by country.
Global Finance names this year’s safest emerging-market banks.
Global Finance names this year’s 50 safest commercial banks in the world.
Subcustodians have provided much needed stability during the pandemic. Global Finance recognizes the best from around the globe.
Innovation and a heightened degree of customer service helped North American banks mount a strong response to challenges posed by the pandemic.
Global Finance names the 50 Safest Banks in Europe.
Global Finance names this year’s world’s safest banks by country.
Japan’s biggest banks surge past others in balance-sheet growth.
Gulf state banks joined midsized Chinese banks in outsized asset growth.
Global Finance names this year’s safest banks in emerging markets.
Sharia principles are no barrier to stable long-term growth.
Global Finance names this year’s 50 safest commercial banks.
Bank safety has never mattered more than it does now.
Banks enlist in recovery effort.
Latin American banks recognized by Global Finance are recommitting to customer service—with digital tools.
Already engaged in deep systemic changes, Global Finance’s top US regional banks are now moving to preserve their businesses.
Economic headwinds and uncertainty are prompting many banks to restructure—whether their balance sheets are growing or not.
This year, the Country Winners of the Global Finance World’s Safest Banks rankings include five new countries and 24 new winners. And three countries had two banks in a near-tie for the No. 1 spot.
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
The safest emerging markets banks exhibit a measure of stability that keeps them buoyant despite global recession concerns.
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.
With systemwide deleveraging on hold, the Chinese banking sector will resume its growth trajectory.
The key factor shaking up the rankings this year is the tightening of regulatory oversight worldwide.
Islamic finance is expanding, though its strength is built in the Gulf.
Regulatory strictures have forced European banks to shape up, with positive results for many.
The world’s biggest banks are even bigger than last year. China has the biggest; Europe has the most.
For China’s banks, growth is easier than reducing debt and bad loans.
Almost one in four countries experienced a change of their Safest Bank in 2018, as winners were rewarded for improved financial profiles, higher ratings and asset growth.
China has the world’s biggest banks, so it’s no surprise that it leads the emerging markets rankings. The rest of the BRICs are well represented, too.
Rating-agency reappraisals shake up this year’s ranking of the world’s safest banks.
Emerging markets are more vulnerable to external shocks of all kinds; the safest banks provide stability in volatile markets.