Banking
Sibos 2026: Digital Finance at Machine Speed
Jane Fraser and Serena Williams headline Sibos 2026 as global banking pivots from AI sandboxes to real-time deployment.
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Private Credit
Private Credit Fees Tick Higher
Competition for capital is easing at the top of the market, while prices tick higher. What investors really pay is more complicated.
Features
Cross-Border Payments Face Key SWIFT Deadline
With SWIFT’s ISO 20022 compliance deadline looming this November, several banks remain behind schedule.
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Active Wealth Management in a Changing Global Economy
Abdulla Hashim A M Al-Sada, Senior Executive Vice President, Group Asset and Wealth Management, at QNB Group, explains that as GCC wealth expands and investment choices multiply, global diversification, active management and disciplined stewardship are becoming essential to preserving wealth and creating value across generations.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
FOMC Turns Hawkish to Tackle Inflation
In his first rate hike as Fed Chair, Kevin Warsh raises rates by 25 basis points amid persistent inflation.
Private Credit
Fed Rate Hike Squeezes an Already Stressed Private Credit Sector
Private credit default rates hit a record 6.3% in August as expected Fed rate hikes likely strain direct lenders and floating-rate borrowers.
Banking
World’s Best Digital Banks 2026 Round 1: The Next Generation of Digital Banking Arrives
Digital portals give way to autonomous financial ecosystems.
Award Winners
Best Consumer Digital Banks 2026
Digital retail banking success used to be measured by features such as mobile check deposits and remote account opening. That baseline is now obsolete.
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Navigating the Future of International Trade
Raiffeisen Bank International’s Head of Group Transaction Banking, Sabine Zucker, provides a strategic perspective on how European exporters can build resilience through trade finance digitalization — and why CEE transaction banking expertise is now a strategic necessity.
Award Winners
Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks 2026
Corporate digital banking has long been the laggard, stagnating in the shadow of retail innovation, with treasurers trapped in legacy batch-processing and manual workflows. Over the past year, however, that gap has evaporated.
Award Winners
Best Islamic Digital Banks 2026
Islamic finance is moving beyond basic digitalization toward advanced operational transformation, driven by agentic AI and open-finance architectures.
Winner Insights
Bank of America: Transitioning From Spreadsheets to Predictive Treasury
Mark Monaco, head of Global Payments Solutions at Bank of America, which won a Most Innovative Digital Bank award, explains how to build digital speed and resilience through integrated payment solutions and real-time insights.
Winner Insights
Bank of Georiga: AI-Native Infrastructure and the Future of Digital Banking
Giorgi Vakhtangishvili, chief digital officer at Bank of Georgia, shares his thoughts on super-apps, AI financial agents, and frictionless security.
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Custody Evolution in the Era of Asset Convergence
As investor demand for digital asset exposure increases, so do the demands on custodians. DBS’ Group Head of Financial Institutions, Securities & Fiduciary Services, Global Transaction Services, Ee Fong Soh, shares how the bank supports clients in the new reality of traditional and digital asset coexistence.
Features
Africa Looks to Digital Bonds for Infrastructure
Gulf investment is rising, but Africa needs long-term solutions to close a huge infrastructure financing gap.