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In turbulent times, those who stay still are destined to be left behind. And the past few years have been among the most turbulent in living memory, with Covid-19, climate change and war in Ukraine all having a significant impact.

As the 2022 FIFA World Cup kicks off in Qatar, Joseph Abraham, Group CEO of Commercial Bank of Qatar (CBQ) met with Global Finance to discuss the significant challenges of providing safe and convenient digital banking services for the World Cup and how digital banking is moving Qatar to a cashless economy.

A full-service bank with over US$6 billion in net assets, 1.8 million customers, nearly 500 distribution channels throughout the country, and a rapidly growing digital banking platform, BAI (Banco Angolano de Investimentos) has emerged as a strong and secure national and international banking partner in Angola. BAI was selected by Global Finance as the Best Bank in Angola in 2022.

Historically, banks have been wary of digital currencies. As central banks begin to explore digital currencies, Naa Wilson, Head of Cross Border Payments at Standard Bank Group, says banks and treasurers who fail to get on board risk missing out. 

Nick Smith, Global Head of Managed Services at SmartStream Technologies speaks with Global Finance’s Founder and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo about how SmartStream are driving innovation, what technology shifts they are seeing, and the rise in adoption of cloud services and APIs.

MENA Banks Driving Sustainability Regionally & Globally  

Andreas Lutz, CEO of Fides Treasury Services speaks with Global Finance’s Founder and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo about the challenges facing treasury and finance professionals, how open banking and APIs are changing the bank connectivity landscape and the most important area for corporates to focus on related to cross-border payments.

Isaac Kamuta, Group Head: Payment Services, Cash Management and Client Access for Ecobank Group speaks with Global Finance’s Founder and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo about the challenges of making payments across various African nations and currencies, recent technological advances that have made banking easier for Ecobank’s clients and the strategic advantages that Ecobank offers those looking to do business in Africa.

ION FX won Best API Trader in Global Finance’s World’s Best FX Tech Providers for its MarketFactory futures product, which covers all FX workflows and instruments, with speeds of 5-7 microseconds, giving access to equities, energy, rates and agriculture. Following ...

Mudassir Amray, CEO and Managing Director of Nigeria’s Titan Trust Bank, speaks with Global Finance’s Founder and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo about the challenges of banking in Africa, the impact of the pandemic, Titan’s use of technology and its recent acquisition of Nigeria’s Union Bank.

    Dr. Leonie Lethbridge, EGM Chief Operating Officer at Commercial Bank, speaking during Global Finance’s Digital Banking Roundtable. This event was an opportunity to discuss the effects of the pandemic on GCC banks’ digital transformation.

​ Wisam Mahmood, EVP, Co-Head Global Transaction Banking at Mashreq Bank, speaking during Global Finance’s Digital Banking Roundtable. This event was an opportunity to discuss the effects of the pandemic on GCC banks’ digital transformation.

      Abdullah Al-Mehri , Chief Operating Officer at Boubyan Bank, speaking during Global Finance’s Digital Banking Roundtable. This event was an opportunity to discuss the effects of the pandemic on GCC banks’ digital transformation.

    ​Wisam Mahmood, Co-Head Global Transaction Banking at Mashreq Bank, is an experience banker, Fintech leader, business and product strategist with a progressive international career spanning over 25 years. Prior to joining Mashreq, he worked as a consultant/advisor on ...

Su Shan Tan, Group Head of Institutional Bank at DBS, speaks with Global Finance’s Joseph Giarraputo about DBS’s sustainability strategy, innovating to help issuers raise capital with a positive impact on environment and social programs and looking ahead at DBS’s sustainability initiatives going into ...

Global Finance's President and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo speaks with Victoria Harverson, Global Head of Business Development for SmartStream. They discuss data reconciliation and how SmartStream Air allows users to take control of data from multiple formats and from different ...

Digital transformation tops the agenda of every company in Africa. As digital needs continue to evolve, transactional banks must also evolve to become innovative digital partners, providing expertise, data and connectivity clients need to run their businesses, says Crosby Mkhwanazi, Group ...

Global Finance’s Publisher and Editorial Director Joseph Giarraputo speaks with Sael Al Waary, Deputy Group CEO of Bank ABC. The discussion covers a number of topics on AI, the selection of ABC Labs in Global Finance’s Best Innovation Labs, Open Banking and Cloud development in Bahrain’s fintech infrastructure and ecosystem and Bank ABC’s launch of its digital-mobile only bank ila.

George Richani, Group CEO of Al Ahli Bank of Kuwait speaking during Global Finance’s Kuwait Banking and Finance Roundtable on March 23rd. The event brought the leading financial institutions in Kuwait together to discuss the economic outlook for the nation, the financial services sector and the support provided during the pandemic.

Abdulwahab Al-Rushood, Acting Group CEO of Kuwait Finance House speaking during Global Finance’s Kuwait Banking and Finance Roundtable on March 23rd.