March 2020

Central bankers seem to be changing their minds about the potential of digital fiat currencies.

As businesses face difficult operating conditions, corporate treasurers need their banking partners to assist with the technology challenge. 

Technology and APIs will be critical to the future of treasury and cash management, as digital reshapes corporate finance.

Real-time payments and APIs are driving a treasury services revolution for banks across Asia-Pacific.

Digitization helps banks speed up money transfer, harmonize services and develop new tools.

Corporate treasurers in Latin America are looking to create a standardized transactions network to take better advantage of digitization.

It’s up to Middle East banks to help their corporate clients improve speed and transparency.

Automation and new regulations are driving corporates to restructure treasury as never before, creating a key role for tech-savvy banks.

Payments modernization, intensifying regulation and new risks are pushing treasurers to demand new efficiencies. Is open banking part of the solution?

African banks invest to keep pace with treasury clients who are embracing new technology solutions.

The line between financial firms and fintech is increasingly blurred as banks invest in digital, cloud, innovation labs, and mobile technologies.

Alessandro Petroni, head of Strategy and Solutions for Financial Services at Red Hat, a leading provider of open source technology, recently spoke with Global Finance about the burgeoning open source community and what it means for banking and businesses generally.

What does the next decade have in store for Turkey?

Experts are questioning the structure and true purpose of Indonesia's new sovereign wealth fund.

UAE may become an even bigger player in the gas markets in the near future.

Protecting intellectual property rights pays off for everyone in a country.

The Indian government's mobile payments platform sees 1.3 billion transactions per month.

Lebanon's political turmoil makes solving its deep-seated economic problems even more difficult.

LinkedIn's new CEO got his job with the company through the site.

A reshuffling at the top of Russia's political class.

Corporate spying leads to regime change at a major European bank.

Local taxes and other government services can now be paid using the cryptocurrency.

UK fintech's reputation for innovation and disruption is coming under threat from other sectors.

Visa is investing in fintech to stay ahead of the competition.

Working from home may not just save money but lives.

Diversity will become an increasingly valuable asset for boardrooms.

Worldline and Ingenico are coming together.

The coronavirus epidemic is creating economic shockwaves.

Companies are finding savings in paying their bills early.

Capitalism is increasingly interested in another kind of green.

As the virus continues to spread and Chinese factories close, the world’s economy is taking the hit.  

Banks are still wary when it comes to distributed ledgers, but appreciation for their practical benefits is growing.

Bhutan’s geography plays an out-size role in its economic health.

Conflicts persist, but analysts see economic reforms continuing and democracy taking hold in a crossroads region.

Seeking to bounce back from a lost half-decade, Latin America still faces declining global demand and internal unrest in much of the region.

Guyana’s oil bounty could benefit the whole region, but climate events threaten tourism.

Colombian airline Avianca, Latin America’s second-largest in both fleet size and revenue, has been flying through some turbulence. Airbus recently claimed Avianca executives demanded kickbacks, and major shareholder German Efromovich says he’s close to winning a bitter lawsuit against lender United Airlines and shareholder Kingsland Holdings for ousting him as chairman. CEO Anko van der Werff and CFO Adrian Neuhauser tell Global Finance about raising money and finding smoother skies.