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World’s Safest Banks 2025: Country Winners
Global Finance presents the safest banks by country for 2025.
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Executive Interviews
Beltone’s Khalil El Bawab On Challenges And Growth In MENA Financial Services
Beltone is a financial services group with 24 diversified funds and more than 100,000 clients. Khalil El Bawab, CEO of the Local & Regional Markets Division, shares the firm’s growth plans and challenges with Global Finance.
Awards
World’s Safest Banks 2025: Islamic Banks In GCC
GCC banking institutions display the importance of growing open banking.
Sponsored Content
Financial institutions double down on AI — but will it deliver?
Financial institutions are accelerating investments in artificial intelligence, with 2025 budgets projected to rise by 25% industry-wide, according to an HFS and Infosys study — representing 16% of total technology spending.
Awards
World’s Safest Banks 2025: Commercial Top 50
Commercial banks are refining their models to reach new customers and markets.
Awards
World’s Safest Banks 2025: Emerging Markets Top 50
Emerging markets are navigating new risks from tariffs.
Awards
World’s Safest Banks 2025: Global 100
Global Finance’s 2025 rankings expand the World’s Safest Banks from the Global Top 50 to the Top 100, offering a broader view of the sector and deeper insight into its resilience.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Commodities: Gold’s Wild Ride
Gold staged a dramatic recovery on October 22, climbing to $4,159 per ounce after two days of heavy selloffs that included significant outflows from gold-backed exchange-traded funds.
Sponsored Content
How digital innovation is shaping the future of banking
As banking shifts to an increasingly digital landscape, companies are developing new tools to meet their clients’ demands and championing new ideas to pioneer this technological revolution. CaixaBank, Spain’s largest bank, has pledged to invest €5 billion over the next three years.
Features
Global Salon: Charting The Future of Drones – Battlefield To Business
Aerospace and defense technologies company AIRO Group Holding’s IPO debuted in June on the strength of its record as a drone developer and manufacturer. CEO Joe Burns and Executive Chairman Chirinjeev Kathuria discuss how drones are transforming industries from defense to commercial applications: all under the watchful eyes of Wall Street.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Bolivia: Underdog Becomes New President
Bolivians have delivered a decisive rebuke to two decades of socialist governance, electing centrist senator Rodrigo Paz as president and ending the leftist Movement for Socialism’s dominance ever since Evo Morales first took power in 2005.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Japan: First Female Prime Minister Faces Crossroads
Sanae Takaichi’s rise as Japan’s first female prime minister marks a historic moment for the country and the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), but one overshadowed by political fragility and economic uncertainty.
Banking
Banks At The Crossroads
Strengthened by recent profits, global banks enter a new phase defined by falling rates, political volatility, and the disruptive promise of AI.
Sponsored Content
Bringing digital innovation & entrepreneurship to SME banking
A leader in banking for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Boubyan Bank offers one-stop-shop financial solutions for SMEs, from startups to established companies.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Armenia: Beyond The Peace Dividend
Thawing relations with Azerbaijan and Turkey are creating opportunities for Armenia to expand its economy and emerge as a regional investment hub.