Gilly Wright

The ability of cloud-based systems to deliver faster payments—and treasury insights—took on added importance during the pandemic.

If Kavcıoğlu’s appointment results in interest rate cuts, financial markets will naturally react by using the FX rate as an automatic stabilizer.

The fallout from the Juukan Gorge scandal has put executives at other mining companies on alert.

The world is watching to see if Australia succeeds in making Big Tech pay publishers for the content they profit from.

APIs are speeding up banks’ ability to deliver the modern data tools that finance executives want.

For Global Finance’s top TCM banks, navigating the Covid crisis means AI, innovation, better FX functionality and real-time for virtually everything.

Trade and technology advances are helping African banks and corporates weather the pandemic.

Regional banks are betting cash management digitalization and better cash-flow forecasting will give clients an edge post-pandemic.

Leaps in digitalization and automation, plus critical macro insights, are helping banks pull North American businesses through the Covid-19 crisis.

Top Middle Eastern banks are streamlining corporate services and scrambling to meet rising demand for self-service solutions.

E-banking, blockchain solutions and electronic signatures are some of the new and improved services that banks hope will strengthen bonds with their beleaguered clients.

Regional banks are innovating and partnering with fintechs to help their clients survive the pandemic—and make the treasurer’s job easier going forward.

Established in 2009 and commercially launched in 2012, Simple set a new standard for personal banking.

The company and its new CEO Pat Gelsinger have some kinks to iron out.

Bank tellers are being digitized.

A volatile currency environment is focusing attention on foreign exchange and day-to-day cash flow. 

Anna Mikhina, VP of Lifestyle Services Development at Tinkoff, explains why the bank’s super-app has been so popular during the pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic has given fresh impetus to the need for paper-free international trade processes. 

PNC's acquisition will make it the fifth-largest bank in the US.

Middle East regional winners of Global Finance’s Best Digital Bank awards are ramping up the shift to digital banking.

Tapodyuti Bose, managing director and global head of Digital Channels, Data & Analytics, Treasury & Trade Solutions at Citi, spoke with Global Finance about how digitization is helping businesses remain resilient and operational during the Covid pandemic.

Google Pay will be able to not only aggregate data from different banks but analyze that data and make special offers.

Banks are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic with innovations that could mark out the direction of their efforts to digitize for years to come.

For entities that have made exceptional efforts  to support their communities general well-being.

For entities that delivered exceptional support for provision of medicine and medical treatment.

These banks provided financial support and more­—for their employees, their clients and their countries.

British Airways has become a political football, as rose-tinted nostalgia for a flagship brand often distorts the realities of aviation today and in the future.

Gilson will join a small band of non-Japanese CEOs that includes Owen Mahoney at Nexon, Christophe Weber at Takeda Pharmaceutical and Eva Chen at Trend Micro.

NewCo will free the parent to soar in cloud services, IBM says.

While fintech was meant to democratize economic power, unconscious biases drove innovation and solutions were designed to generate revenue rather than improve everyone's lives.

Imran Khan, head of Global Digital Experience at TD and president and CEO of UGO Mobile Solutions, reveals how to make life easier for consumers.

Khaled Abbas, wholesale banking head at Gulf International Bank (GIB), shares his thoughts on how the pandemic is pushing banks to find agile methods to meet corporate needs.

The global health crisis is forcing banks to accelerate digital transformation. Customers are responding.

In a period of uncertainty, when cash is king, treasurers are looking for greater access to data to optimize liquidity management.  

Our supplement looks at the rise of smart finance and the baby steps that banks are taking into cryptocurrencies. 

In the face of a continuing crisis, corporate treasuries are looking for ways to improve data visibility, cash forecasting and liquidity management.  

With the coronavirus crisis showing signs of continuing, contactless payments are gaining popularity.  

The five-year bond will enhance Henkel’s commitment to 100% recyclable or reusable packaging by 2025.

Digitization is remaking Islamic finance, helping banks match the demands of younger consumers and even expand banking in war-torn Yemen.

Digital leaders DBS and Triterras are accelerating innovation to meet mission-critical demand from businesses under pressure from Covid-19.

Ecobank is rolling out services to help clients manage their money anywhere, anytime—and launching a sandbox to encourage more financial innovation.

Use of data science skills to make corporate finance decisions is expanding to inform everything from IPO participation to foreign exchange to new product development.

Banco do Brasil’s investment in digital transformation has helped it maintain service to clients and keep liquidity flowing during the Covid-19 crisis.

Special honors this year go to innovators focusing on the user experience. Creativity extends from bill-payment notifications to gamification.

Covid-19 is pushing companies to improve cash forecasting and build liquidity buffers; innovators are looking to help them.

Sberbank is combining automation, AI and data analytics to create a “smart ecosystem,” while Asseco delivers a new level of customer insight.

ADCB promotes end-to-end connectivity via blockchain plat-forms as the route to resilience for trade in the MENA region.

Sheltering in place is accelerating a shift in customer banking habits, and institutions are rising to meet the demand for digital innovation.

Our innovative cash management institutions have all introduced new products and services that give customers greater flexibility and greater control over their cash.

Epidemiologists say this type of contact tracing promises to contain flare-ups of the virus, but to be part of an effective lockdown-exit strategy, contact tracing will need to be used in conjunction with rapid virus testing and mass adoption.