Tiziana Barghini

Geopolitics is increasingly driving M&A developments.

Luisa Gomez Bravo, global head of Corporate and Investment Banking, talks about what sets BBVA apart from competitors and how it keeps innovating for its clients.

Héctor Valdez Albizu, governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, on economic prospects and efforts to attract investors.

José Cantero Sienra, new governor of the Central Bank of Paraguay, talks stability, reform and external shocks.

Wilfredo Rafael Cerrato, president of the Central Bank of Honduras, talks about his country’s progress toward achieving economic stability—and its plans for maintaining it.

Roberto Campos Neto, president of the Central Bank of Brazil, on the economic prospects for his country and the region, and how reforms are helping mitigate risk.

Alberto Grana, president of the Central Bank of Uruguay, discusses how the country is ensuring its long-term economic growth in the face of external pressures.

Julio Velarde, governor of the Central Reserve Bank of Peru, discusses his country’s coming rebound and shoring up stability to mitigate market swings.

Geopolitical uncertainty makes economic planning difficult and rife with contingencies.

Deal-making accelerates as Brexit's new October 31 deadline looms.

Paraguay is largely insulated from Argentina's growing economic woes.

Portugal is posting economic growth ahead of the EU average, but a high debt load and unmet needs for public investment signal lingering risks.

The Caribbean’s long-term outlook hinges on diversifying out of tourism and commodities and turning climate change challenges into growth opportunities.

Italy's largest bank bucks the trend towards greater social media presence.

Jorge Sáenz-Azcúnaga, global head of Country Monitoring at BBVA, talks with Global Finance about digitization, promising pockets of growth and serving Latin America’s unbanked.

While attention is riveted on troubled giants like Venezuela, Central America’s small economies stage a modest comeback.

The Dominican Republic's economy is outperforming those of its neighbors.

ECB saves an Italian bank from bankruptcy.

The gap in both income and wealth continues to grow, sparking political backlash around the globe. Is it also becoming a drag on growth?

This year's World Economic Forum in Davos is happening in an era of rising protectionism and de-globalization.

Leveraged loans are hitting highs not seen since 2008.

Paloma Piqueras leads Global Wealth and Asset Management at BBVA, Global Finance’s pick this year as the World’s Best Private Bank for Clients with Net Worth Under $1 Million. She speaks about technology, how BBVA structures wealth management and the value of the nonfinancial components of its client service.

A slowdown in GDP growth still leaves Spain outperforming the rest of the eurozone. But will turmoil in Catalonia dampen spirits?

Governor of the Central Bank of Chile, Mario Marcel Cullell speaks about the country's growth prospects and how flexible foreign exchange can act as a shock absorber.

Juan Alcaraz, general manager of CaixaBank, winner of World’s Best Consumer Bank, talks about deep customer profiling, technology benefits, and responsible stewardship.

Juan José Echavarría, Governor of the Central Bank of Colombia, talks about consumption, contagion and the outlook for regional economies through next year.

World GDP is growing, but not terribly fast, and many clouds dim the horizon. Without productivity improvements, global growth may be stalled.

In an era of volatility and change, the independence of central banks can no longer be taken for granted.

Trade and tariff wars could lead to recessions.

Global Finance editors sat down with this month's Salon guest Rafael Elias, director of Latin America research at Exotix Capital, to discuss the economic outlook for the region and Mexico’s prospects under new leadership.

Portugal avoided austerity in its path to recovery but now faces a daunting debt load.

The sun is shining on the region’s economies, but sustaining growth will hinge on US polices on immigration, trade and aid.

Given the range of mammoth audit failures by the biggest names in accounting, many are wondering whether it's time for a new approach to validating corporate numbers.

Statistics emerging from dictatorships and autocratic nations are not necessarily trustworthy.

Trade and tariff wars are more likely to spiral out of control now that the WTO is weaker than during tense periods in the past.

Some see trade-war threats as posturing for negotiating advantage. Still, a lot of companies could get hurt along the way.

As many countries move to become cashless societies, Switzerland will vote on whether their central bank should be the only institution capable of creating money.

A nascent global recovery is improving prospects across Latin America and the Caribbean—albeit unevenly.

Click here for more on the Caribbean's economic recovery.

Despite hurricane damage, average economic growth in the Caribbean is expected to top the Latin American average according to the IMF. However, Dominica's GDP is expected to decline and weak growth is likely in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands where pre-existing macroeconomic weaknesses were compounded by storm damage.

The dominance of media-technology platforms that control information has roused regulators around the world. New laws are coming into effect, with more on the way. 

On May 25 this year, the adoption of Europe’s new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is set to become a watershed moment in privacy history: EU citizens gain new rights to view, limit and delete data that businesses from around ...

GE stock has lost more than 40% of its value since 2000, when Flannery’s predecessor, Jeffrey Immelt, was appointed. 

Venezuela’s external debt is variously estimated between $120 billion and $143 billion, including as much as $63 billion of foreign bonds. 

As Latin America’s laggards recover, growth is trending toward a regional norm of slow but steady.

The bank's CEO Jose Marcos Ramirez Miguel sees less risk now from revising the regional trade deal, even a "very positive impact" on Mexico's economy.

After more than seven years at the head of Bank of Mexico, Agustín Carstens, 59, leaves a country “more resilient,” he tells Global Finance Magazine, as he moves to a new post at the Bank for International Settlements. With the Americas at risk from rising protectionism, Carstens emphasizes the benefits of NAFTA. It’s better, he says, to tackle directly the negative impacts of globalization than to push back against widely beneficial economic integration.  

The bank's chief economist Rodrigo Aravena sees more growth for the country and the region although economic risks remain.

Ignazio Visco, governor of the Bank of Italy since 2011, spoke with Global Finance about economic conditions globally and in Italy, where the banking system has been stressed, efforts to improve those conditions and Italy’s slow-and-steady return to growth.  

Banorte CEO José Marcos Ramírez Miguel sees less risk now from revising the regional trade deal, even a “very positive impact” on Mexico’s economy.

Emerging markets could see funds flowing back to them as central banks unwind  quantitative easing and liquidity flows back to emering market assets.