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State Bank Of India – World’s Best Consumer Bank For 2025

Global Finance announces its selections for the World’s Best Banks 2025, including its honoree for the World’s Best Consumer Bank, which is being revealed here for the first time. The 2025 World’s Best Consumer Bank is State Bank of India.

Banking

As Dominican Republic’s Fintech Sector Booms, Financial Inclusion Is Big Goal

Fintechs are a rapidly growing presence in the Dominican Republic, where they promise to improve inclusiveness in a still-underbanked nation.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Dominican Republic: The Caribbean’s Economic Diamond In The Rough

Capitalizing on natural resources and a prime geographic location, the island nation considers a host of opportunities to expand exports and encourage foreign investment.

Features

Price Of Protection: Inside The Global High-Stakes Response To Tariff Turmoil

As trade tensions rise and currency markets swing, how are companies around the world coping with the uncertainty?

Harmonised Solutions Connect Exporters and Importers in Volatile Markets

In the complex world of international business, aligning the needs of exporters and importers can be challenging.

Banking

Big Banks Mull Joint Stablecoin

As legislation to create a regulatory framework for stablecoins progresses in the US Congress, major banks are reportedly discussing issuing a joint stablecoin that could potentially provide commercial clients with various benefits.

Transaction Banking

Pix Becomes Brazil’s Top Transaction Method

The massive growth in digital payments in Brazil has reached yet another milestone.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Fake Goods Trade Reaches $467 Billion

Counterfeit goods accounted for an estimated $467 billion in global trade in 2021, the latest year with available comprehensive data, says a joint study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), an EU agency based in Alicante, Spain.

News

Circle IPO Underscores Investor Appetite For Crypto

Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group raised nearly $1.1 billion in its IPO, above its expected range, as investors grow increasingly attracted to cryptocurrencies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate HQs Downsize And Decentralize

The traditional corporate headquarters—a single, centralized office—has long symbolized business power.

Banking

Italy Is Awash With M&As

With M&A ramping up in Europe, Italy is leading the way with a dynamic financial sector, boasting seven active deals.

Banking

Japan’s SMBC Buying Stake In Yes Bank

India’s Yes Bank expects to sell a 20% stake to Japan’s second-largest bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, for $1.58 billion, pending regulatory approvals from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the Competition Commission of India.

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