June 2021

One of the most overused words in the business lexicon is often misunderstood: What is true innovation? Should it be a priority for all companies? And how can firms make it happen?

The pandemic forced everyone to innovate; here are some of the enduring lessons about innovation for corporates.

Private banking continues to thrive in the devastated Latin American economy.

Archegos’ implosion forces family offices to reconsider loading up on more debt. How much is too much?

Top banks narrow the gender gap to better serve all investors.

Global Finance recognizes outstanding financial innovations and the innovating companies that devised them.

Bank of America takes this year’s top honor from Global Finance.

When the pandemic made paper-based transactions inviable, banks turned to a touchless digital environment.

New digital infrastructures kept trade flowing, even during the pandemic’s first year.

Turmoil births innovation and the pandemic brought on both.

The Covid-19 pandemic hastened the shift to a virtual world, with companies reaping substantial rewards.

The pandemic spurred financial institutions to ramp up technology upgrades and add new services at record speeds.

Covid-19 caused banks to sprint to digitalization, but the transformational journey is long and ongoing.

From their home offices, these North American banks adapted and met their clients’ needs.

Armed with new technologies, banks are finding new ways to keep customers happy and themselves profitable.

Aiding clients in weathering the pandemic involves more than deploying a few service tweaks.

A conversation with Matthew Mehrotra, chief digital officer for BMO Bank of Montreal’s North American Personal, Business Banking and Wealth Management division.

A conversation with Pascual de Juan, executive director of Innovation Labs at BBVA.

A conversation with Olivier Guillaumond, global head of Innovation Labs and Fintechs at ING.

Robert King, CEO of analytics, research, and technology firm Acuity Knowledge Partners, expects styles of working to be more varied post-pandemic.

Nigeria needs major upgrades but its risk profile scares investors. A blended approach could leverage public funds to spur private support.

Russia’s conservative economic approach offers opportunities for the attentive investor.

Companies look to make up for time lost to Covid-19.

Capitalism is old news in China but minority shareholders' rights are relatively new.

The UAE, led by Dubai, earlier created a number of offshore business parks dubbed “free zones,” which permit 100% foreign ownership.

A recent spate of ransomware attacks on U.S. companies has sparked new regulations.

CFOs are finding the scrutiny of new accounting rules is helping them streamline their lease management and save money, but there are challenges.

Tesla's decision to no longer accept Bitcoin due to environmental impact concerns led to a tumble in the cryptocurrency's value.

The public face of Singapore’s largely successful Covid-19 response is now in charge of the finance ministry.

The daughter of an immigrant, union leader Daniela Cavallo ascends to a leadership position within the German automaker's corporate structure.

Barring cryptocurrencies will prevent Chinese yuan from leaving China in the form of Bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, allowing the government to maintain control of its centralized fiscal and economic systems.

India's attempt to collect taxes from companies retroactively appears to be backfiring.

India backs down from its inital ban on cryptocurrencies.

Almost half of the North American organizations polled have suffered a data breach via a third party in the past 12 months.

Rather than building up their reserves, financial institutions are reviving share buybacks and increasing dividends

More than 440 financial services firms in the UK that are relocating part of their business, staff or legal entities to the EU due to Brexit.

IPO momentum is sustained by global stimulus measures that are boosting confidence.

Banks that led and lagged in deploying digital offerings witnessed significant differences in defection rates.

Special-purpose acquisition companies are going global.

Telecom, tech and banking companies are leading corporate finance activity in Africa by issuing oversubscribed bonds that are attracting international investors.

Many telecoms are splitting with the entertainment companies they acquired to focus on their core businesses which demand serious technology investments.

Panama is looking to resume healthy growth post-Covid.