December 2017

A year into President Trump’s term, America’s political life has changed beyond recognition. But what has his administration meant for companies?

AI is making a big splash in CFO offices. Where will its promise of efficiency have the greatest impact?  

Bankers are turning to a new generation of technology to accelerate clearing and settlement processes.     

The post-Sibos consensus is that collaborating as partners yields better results in developing technology than battling as competitors.

At our annual event in London, executives from banks, fintechs and companies focused on the opportunities, as well as risks, in the era of Big Data. 

Global Finance honored global and regional winners of its digital bank awards at a ceremony in London following its Digital Banking Conference.

Sung-Yeop Kim, executive vice president and head of the Wealth Management Group and Private Banking for KEB Hana, talks with Global Finance about how his bank serves Asia’s growing ranks of wealthy.

Saod Obaidalla, executive vice president and head of Private Banking at Emirates NBD, speaks with Global Finance about the evolution of the regional economy and the bank’s plans to compete with global rivals.

Private banking spent the past year out of the spotlight, which allowed it to focus on trimming costs while developing technology to deliver greater service. This year may be different.

Top bankers from around the world gathered to accept their Global Finance awards for treasury & cash management, securities services, and foreign exchange services at our event at Sibos in Toronto.  

Tensie Whelan, director of the Center for Sustainable Business at New York University’s Stern School of Business, talks about the growing bottom-line case for sustainable practices. 

Qatar’s reserves nearly doubled to $39 billion due to the  change giving it more foreign-currency liquidity.

Qatar has staved off disaster with new alliances. Still, the regional conflict must be resolved for long-term health.

Turkey’s geographic and economic position in the middle—between East and West, developing and developed—has made it a hub for multinationals.

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

Over the past year, India enforced reforms in eight of the 10 areas on which the rankings are based, showing improvement in nine of them.

Norway's  new tax plan could double electric-vehicle unit costs, and add as much as $9,975 to the retail price of the Tesla Model X. 

Product recalls are rising and have evolved into a major financial risk. Here’s how to manage and mitigate the impact.

Jerome Powell is President Donald Trump’s nominee to replace Janet Yellen as chair of the US central bank. He will start his tenure in February 2018.

Meirelles has fed his political ambitions since vacating his position as president of global banking at FleetBoston Financial in 2002, when he retired and returned to the state of Goiás, his homeland. 

The automaker's electric-car strategy includes plug-in hybrid and conventional hybrid technologies, as well as all-electric options.

Prince Mohammed bin Salman put 11 princes and nearly 200 high-ranking officials, under arrest for corruption.

Trading market volume has declined, even as outstanding corporate debt has increased in recent years.

Rapidly rising London share prices and the political uncertainty following Donald Trump’s elections have added to the interest.

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

The shift is meant to bolster China’s stagnant financial markets and includes scenarios where foreign entities can have a controlling interest in the country’s financial businesses.

The proposal includes review of additional categories of transactions, such as nonpassive investments in critical technologies or infrastructure companies.

US treasury bond yields could rise sharply in 2018, as central-bank liquidity begins to recede and heavy new supply hits the market.

As the January deadline draws closer, realities of surviving in the post PSD2 are starting to dawn on banks.

After the BRICS and MINT, which emerging-market economies will be tagged as leaders with a jazzy acronym?

Tunisia’s economic problems highlight the need for foreign direct investment to shore up its economy. 

Job-data analytics firm Burning Glass Technologies also found a 115% increase from last year in postings for blockchain developers. 

They are expected to grow by an average 3.3% this year, 0.9% higher than May’s forecast and a big improvement over last year’s 1.9% growth.