Gilly Wright

New capabilities are bringing speed to banking while simultaneously expanding access. Global Finance recognizes outstanding innovations in local and regional markets around the world.

As pandemic response continues to reshape human behaviors and attitudes, banks are strengthening in-house innovation teams and tapping broader networks to stimulate fresh ideation in financial services.

Company investigations are underway of CFO Jorge Gomez by both of his former employers, Moderna and Dentsply Sirona.

Elon Musk’s plans to make Twitter an open forum for speech may be a double-edged sword. 

CaixaBank CEO Gonzalo Gortázar explains how innovation is helping banks plan for future financial needs.

Piyush Gupta, CEO of DBS Bank, reveals how investing in staff and growth-stage technology companies will help meet Asia’s future financial needs.

Banco Popular Dominicano CEO Christopher Paniagua advocates innovation to develop an “orange economy.”

Newly minted CEO Taro Shimada—formerly Toshiba's chief digital officer—will try to revive the company's fortunes.

European nations opt for nuclear, oil, and gas to reduce their dependence on Russian energy which helps finance their war effort in Ukraine.

Bots give straight-through processing a leg up.

Fragmented payment systems and a lack of standardization have hindered the cash management efforts of companies in the Middle East, but this looks set to change.

The economic uncertainties of the past few years have made cash forecasting far from an exact science—but it’s more important than ever. 

Digitalization and automation blaze a path to post-pandemic profitability.

Integrated offerings morph from luxuries to staples.

Eva Bueno, global head, cash management for Global Transaction Banking at Santander, explains how payments innovations help local businesses cope with Covid-19’s impact while providing flexible operations.

AI, big data and cloud computing sharpen forecasting accuracy.

New offerings make corporate treasuries far nimbler.

Digitalization furthers financial optimization and brings inclusion to the continent.

The move follows similar stock market listings of Geely-owned foreign marques, including Volvo Cars, which floated in Stockholm last year.

Western companies and Russian oligarchs look to divest themselves of assets albeit for very different reasons.

The sale of UK-based microchip designer Arm to Nvidia was scrapped due to significant regulatory hurdles.

The companies’ fortunes have been intertwined since the 1930s.

Frank Tezzi, vice president of Trade & Supply Chain at CGI, explains how technology can help banks by bringing efficiencies to trade finance.

According to S&P Global Market Intelligence, cheap debt, strong corporate valuations and a stronger-than-expected recovery from the first waves of the pandemic drove deal-making into record-breaking territory.

Bruno François, deputy global head of Trade Finance and Network Management at BNP Paribas, flags the biggest trade finance challenges facing companies today.

Global Finance names this year’s best trade finance providers in the world.

Breaking with tradition, Volvo opts for an outsider to the automotive industry.

After a year of challenges for the global FX market, the pace of change hasn’t slowed.

Global Finance honors this year’s best corporate FX providers.

Volatile markets spur innovation.

Amazon gets hit with a $1 billion fine by the Italian government for anti-competitive practices.

Sony Group Corporation (SGC) won Global Finance’s Best Company in the World for Foreign Exchange Management award for the successful implementation of its Metro global treasury management system, which supports all SGC business segments—except financial services—worldwide.

The pandemic caused bank clients worldwide to shift to online usage—a boon to banks that were prepared.

Naveed Anwar, global head of Digital Treasury & Trade Solutions at Citi, shares his thoughts on the digital requirements of corporates.

Berlin will be the home to Sber's first R&D facility outside of Russia.

Alexander Vedyakhin, first deputy chairman of the executive board at Sberbank, shares the Russian bank’s strategy on using data to deliver personalized services.

Alibaba Cloud is expanding into Malaysia, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand.

The launch this September follows Goldman Sachs’ UK launch of its digital offering in 2018.

Bootstrapping can be risky but also lucrative.

Chad Wallace, global head of digital Transaction Banking (TxB) at Goldman Sachs, discusses the advantage of BaaS and embedded finance, such as improved flexibility and new partnership opportunities.

Citi is divesting from underperforming markets to focus on wealth management and institutional and corporate banking.

Expanding partnerships fuel the next-generation of mobile apps.

Sael Al Waary, deputy group CEO of Bank ABC, discusses how AI has changed the rules for digital banking.

HSBC is doubling down on Asia.

Increasing competition, consumerization and the quest for a bigger wallet share have transaction banks eyeing retail divisions for inspiration.

Establishing a global tax regime may rob digital tax initiatives of their momentum.

Alberto Calderón brings with him experience in government and Colombia's mining sector.

Visibility is the key to maintaining control. 

Armed with new technologies, banks are finding new ways to keep customers happy and themselves profitable.

More than 440 financial services firms in the UK that are relocating part of their business, staff or legal entities to the EU due to Brexit.