Governance, Regulation & Compliance

Among the “soft” characteristics that are often ignored, trust is critical to business operations—and with global communications facilitating radical transparency, it is rising in significance.

New rules for foreign lenders are becoming clearer.

Sarah I. Hody, an attorney in the Palo Alto office of law firm Perkins Coie, talks to Global Finance about fintech regulation and how the blockchain is impacting corporate interactions.

The ongoing Danske Bank Estonia scandal has already inspired tighter AML regs in the EU. But the authorities may be only getting started.

Speculation about who US President Donald Trump will pick to head the World Bank.

Air France gets its first female CEO.

National security concerns dampen cross-border M&As.

Lithuania establishes a regulatory regime fit for fintechs.

A 2021 transition date is closer than it appears, and banks are scrambling to prepare for a world without the venerable benchmark.

This year's World Economic Forum in Davos is happening in an era of rising protectionism and de-globalization.

Much of Africa is underbanked and Nigeria is determined to do something about it.

Are chief operating officers going out of style?

A new global standard to fight money laundering.

Copyright law for the digital era.

Output and fertility rates in many countries have not recovered from the Great Recession and income inequality is increasing even as the world financial system is more resilient.

Grades for central banks around the world.

Environmental, social and governance concerns are becoming central to corporate finance.

Upstart ratings agency to challenge the big three by relying on AI for risk assessment.

Recent audit failures are bringing new scrutiny to the dominance and business practices of the Big Four accounting firms. 

The high court ruled that online retailers must collect state sales tax from consumers but the international implications of this are unclear.