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Encouraged by government stimulus programs, banks are finding new ways to finance SMEs. Once the economy recovers, will the surge of interest recede?
In 2021, the world’s companies will back off bond buying in favor of paying down debt and making strategic acquisitions.
For many trade finance banks that still relied on legacy systems and paper-based processes, the Covid crisis put them on a forced march into the future.
Household saving is defined as the difference between a household’s disposable income and its expenditures on goods and services. During the pandemic it rose to historical highs everywhere.
On October 27, Global Finance conducted a Sub-custody Roundtable, moderated by publisher and editorial director Joseph Giarraputo. The Roundtable agenda covered crucial topics in the sub-custody sector including: the global and regional impact on the COVID-19 pandemic on sub-custodians; the effect ...
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.
Women are getting into more board seats and C-suites, yet progress is still hard-won and parity a long way off.
Taiwan’s economy is still strong and well diversified, according to the participants in a recent Global Finance roundtable in Taipei. In the near future, global trade tensions could be both a risk and an opportunity for the local economy.
Global Finance selects the best foreign exchange banks in 113 countries.
Global Finance honors the companies that set the standard for FX hedging across regions and industries.
Tina Byles Williams is CEO and founder of FIS Group, a US asset manager. She speaks with Global Finance about US-China trade conflict, and the winners and losers in the new world order.
Japan needs workers from abroad to meet labor market demands.
Telecoms are moving into banking in Nigeria.
OPEC is trying to bolster oil prices but Gulf economies will take a hit from a production cut.
Chaebols, an aging population, and an erratic northern neighbor are going to keep the new South Korean finance minister busy.
US President Donald Trump's battle against NAFTA ends in victory.
A 2021 transition date is closer than it appears, and banks are scrambling to prepare for a world without the venerable benchmark.
Will India's economic policymaking apparatus finally become more stable?
Brazil's newly annointed Bolsonaro administration faces difficult economic challenges.
Angela Merkel chooses a successor to follow in her footsteps.
Lithuania establishes a regulatory regime fit for fintechs.
Crypto is increasingly halal (permissable from the standpoint of Islamic law).
Defaults in China's corporate sector have spiked.
The European Central Bank is now offering instant payments.
India's distressed debt is becoming a hot item for international investors.
Blockchain is making headway in the world of Islamic finance.
Titans of the sharing economy look to go public.
National security concerns dampen cross-border M&As.
Canada's arrest of Huawei's CFO is causing geopolitical and economic tensions.
Uganda’s success is tied to stable government, but some key economic features are lacking.