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Decentralization and remote work seems to be the answer.
Big Tech, banks, telecoms–and even Hollywood–are all scrambling to own a piece of the infrastructure of the future.
Islamic financial institutions recorded a strong 2021 while continuing digital investments.
Nations compete for capital, investment, knowledge, and innovation: who is number 1?
Andreas Lutz, CEO of Fides Treasury Services speaks with Global Finance’s Founder and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo about the challenges facing treasury and finance professionals, how open banking and APIs are changing the bank connectivity landscape and the most important area for corporates to focus on related to cross-border payments.
One Italian automaker is going above and beyond the government's measures to halt the spread of coronavirus.
As it celebrates a half-century of existence and its 49th annual gathering, the World Economic Forum seeks to push the private sector to do more to save the habitability of the planet.
Rising discontent among citizens around the world has led some to repudiate global integration. Will the world go back to raising walls between nations?
Fighting climate change is not just for the private sector.
The world's billionaires are getting younger and more diverse.
The leading Spanish banks are embracing both technology and social responsibility.
Spain’s export-driven economy has held up well despite slowing growth, but that could be about to change.
More women are in executive and management positions than ever before, but equality remains a long way off.
Geopolitics is increasingly driving M&A developments.
Héctor Valdez Albizu, governor of the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic, on economic prospects and efforts to attract investors.
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.
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.
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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.