December 2019

Water is critical to business, and with supplies increasingly at risk, companies cannot take it for granted anymore.

Ron Dembo is a modern-day Renaissance man, with several advanced STEM degrees, three published books, successful startups and a handful of patents in computational finance under his belt. Now, the world-renowned expert on risk and climate change has a new venture to harness artificial intelligence to measure the financial impacts of climate change. He spoke with Global Finance about how climate change requires new approaches to risk analysis.

Improving the customer journey and streamlining internal processes are at the heart of the changes this year’s Best Digital Bank award winners are making.

Global Finance’s Digital Bank of Distinction awards again single out banks demonstrating that innovation isn’t limited to big banks with big tech budgets.

Dariusz Nalepa, director of transaction banking, explains how mBank focuses its development on innovations that corporate clients want.

Aalishaan Zaidi, global head of digital banking for retail at Standard Chartered, talks on designing tech tools that drive customer satisfaction.

While rising ranks of wealthy individuals support growth in private banking, these are challenging times for the industry.

James Jack, Head Of The Business Owners Client Segment in the Americas for UBS Global Wealth Management, named Best for Business Owners, speaks with Global Finance about how the bank serves successful entrepreneurs.

Mary Callahan Erdoes is CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset and Wealth Management, which won Best Private Bank in the World this year. She speaks with Global Finance about how the bank is adapting to new technologies and new clients—and busts some of the myths about private banking.

Anthony Abbatiello, who leads the global Leadership & Succession business at Russell Reynolds Associates, speaks on succession planning for “chief”-level executive posts—the so-called “C-suite.”

Mauritius is betting that political stability and free-market reforms will vault it into the ranks of high-income nations. But first, it needs more foreign investment.

Despite political unrest, and criticism from trading partners, Turkey continues to draw foreign direct investment. Can FDI help it return to economic expansion?

Non-performing loans are a threat to Turkey's economic health.

China's economic rise is producing more and more billionaires.

Is this the emergence of a new "India First" trade policy?

Finance is increasingly global and so are financial crimes and prosecutions.

Aramco IPO is a big deal for Saudi Arabia's only stock exchange.

The US is using soft power to compete with China's ambitious global infrastructure initiative.

Defending against cyber-risk is the future for boards, auditors and finance executives, say regulators. It’s expensive, resource-intensive—and unavoidable.

Canadian investors clashed with Encana's new American CEO who eventually decided to move the company closer to home.

Sri Lanka's new president may be a strong man, but can he strengthen the economy?

PSA and Fiat Chrysler are merging under new leadership.

Bolivia's next president faces economic challenges.

Singapore is a global leader in fintech innovation.

Uber is moving aggressively into payments.

Fighting climate change is not just for the private sector.

Ownership of the world's largest companies is increasingly concentrated in fewer and fewer hands.

Silicon Valley is teaming up with the world's biggest banks.

Only time will tell whether the deal is a merger or an acquisition.

Foreign investors will compete for ownership of Ethiopia's electric company.

Tired of focusing on trade disputes and Brexit, banks at this year’s Sibos preferred to discuss tech’s potential benefits.

Cloud providers are wooing cost-conscious financial firms. But shared computing has its own risks.

Ville Sointu, head of emerging technologies at Nordea Bank, sat down with Global Finance at Sibos in London to discuss technology trends in transaction banking. No surprise that distributed ledger technologies came up. But Sointu went beyond the blockchain, pointing to a future where robots could have their own bank accounts.

With US policy under President Trump pushing them into each others’ arms, the China-Russia friendship is warming up.

Trade finance is moving out of the paper age. But to fully leverage digitization, banks need to tear down data silos and standardize tools and procedures.

Curaçao enjoys income from multiple sources but is buffeted by troubles spilling out of Venezuela.