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GOLD STANDARD By Rebecca Brace and Anita Hawser Global Finance presents the winners of its annual Best Treasury & Cash Management Providers awards. Global multinational corporates may have come out of the 2008 global financial crisis better off than the ...

CYBER SAVOIR FAIRE By Paula L. Green Regulation is still struggling to keep up with rapidly evolving cyberrisks but is already driving uptake of cyberrisk insurance in some markets. Companies are taking note of the changing landscape. Spooked by the ...

NEWSMAKERS By Erik Heinrich Zimbabwe’s Strive Masiyiwa is a man who knows a thing or two about setting lofty goals and achieving them. The wireless communications tycoon is already his country’s richest man and only billionaire, but his latest business ...

“The Internet has now transformed from a useful platform to an essential and multidimensional infrastructure that needs to be kept open and decentralized in order to enable communication, collaboration, innovation, inclusive participation and economic growth... The Internet economy has now ...

Oil may be the liquid that drives many of the economies in the Middle East, but the spread of the Internet has unleashed a new generation of tech-entrepreneurs and start-ups, fueling hopes of a non-oil economy for the future.

ANNUAL SURVEY — STANDING OUT FROM THE CROWD By Adam Rombel In the second of a two-part series, Global Finance recognizes the best corporate/institutional and consumer Internet banks globally and in six regions, as well as an overall winner. For ...

In November, Global Finance held its 10th annual Best Internet Bank Awards dinner at New York’s Harvard Club.

When Apple announced back in October that it had hired Burberry CEO Angela Ahrendts to lead its retail operations, the initial shock among analysts and investors wore off quickly. Though it was a surprise move, it made perfect sense.

John Chen, 58, is taking over as the interim CEO of BlackBerry, the Canadian mobile-phone company that only four years ago was one of the fastest-growing technology companies in North America and is now fighting for survival. But what he can achieve there is anybody’s guess.

Global Finance Speaks With Participants At The Winter Treasury Roundtable In NYC.

VOLATILE TIMES: GETTING A GRIP ON RISK By Rob Daly Corporate treasurers now have ever-more-sophisticated tools to help get a handle on currency exposures and manage increasingly volatile FX market risk. “It has been interesting times for currency exchange rates,” ...

IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT   By Hilary Johnson   Companies taking a best-practice approach to AP and AR management are seeing big cost savings and much-improved cycle times. But revamping processes is no mean feat.   Like other former back-office ...

Global Finance ’s annual list of Who’s Who in Treasury & Cash Management   Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank Murali Subramanian Executive president and head of transaction banking   ADCB’s transaction banking division, which has won numerous industry accolades for cash ...

ANNUAL SURVEY — THE PIONEERS   By Adam Rombel   In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category.   Global Finance is ...

STAYING ON THE ATTACK   By Paula Green   Companies must beef up their cybersecurity coverage as the risk of disruption continues to skyrocket.   Multinationals’ dependence on insurance to cover the risk of cyberattacks is expanding in line with ...

STICKING TO THE STRAIGHT AND NARROW   By Karen Kroll   Companies continue to bank on safety and security in managing liquidity and investments.   At the end of this year’s first quarter, cash and short-term investment balances among the ...

MILESTONES: FINLAND By Paula L. Green   Even though the financial fortunes of mobile-phone manufacturer Nokia continue to weaken, Finland is not letting go of its reputation for technological innovation.   The Nordic country seems intent on sustaining the type ...

GOING GLOBAL AND MOBILE By Karen Kroll   Companies are increasingly using e-payments and looking at mobile channels. But moving money electronically cross-border can still be an issue.   The ways in which organizations are paying their suppliers and business ...

NEWSMAKERS: US   By Luca Ventura   When AG Lafley handpicked Robert McDonald as his successor to the top post at Procter & Gamble in 2009, he could not have predicted that just four years later he would be called ...

UNLOCKING HIDDEN POTENTIAL By Anita Hawser and Paula L. Green   Global Finance presents the winners of its annual awards for the Best Supply Chain Finance Providers globally and by region.   Five years have passed since the global financial ...