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Executive Interviews

Siemens’ Heiko Nix Details the Corporate Treasury Tech Upgrade

Heiko Nix, Global Head of Cash Management and Payments at Siemens, discusses the shift to programmable, 24/7 payment systems, bets on tokenized money for corporate use, and explains how a lack of standardization turned a six-month API integration project into a three-year challenge.

Features

An Insurance War Without Borders

The maps have been redrawn. Not just on the ground in the Middle East, but inside the policy documents that...

News

Visa, Mastercard Restart Business in Syria

Visa's and Mastercard's latest move signals early steps toward rebuilding a digital payments system amid major structural hurdles.

How European Banks can Accelerate AI Adoption

Bankers across Europe are signalling a strategic shift in their operational focus, as highlighted in the latest Infosys Bank Tech Index edition.

News

Dangote’s IPO Tests African Capital Markets

Dangote Refinery’s initial public offering is shaping up to be one of the most historic capital markets events for the...

News

Mega-Cap IPOs Make Major Waves for Index Investors

When mega-cap companies go public, index providers and investors will see it as dropping battleships into the old fishing pond....

Features

CFOs Confront a Fractured Global Order

Global corporate finance leaders are entering the second half of 2026 facing the most complex operating environment of the post-pandemic...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Buying the Beautiful Game—and Beyond | Global Salon

Sports financial advisor Laurie Pinto explains how U.S. investors are reshaping soccer, cricket, basketball, and the global sports landscape with new strategies.

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.

News

Industry Insider Takes Reins of HSBC’s India Private Bank

Industry veteran Gautam Anand took over as HSBC’s head of Global India, HSBC Private Bank at the end of April....

Executive Interviews

CFO Corner: Max Williams, EnergyPathways

The man financing Britain's clean energy future on doubt, policy risk, and the things no CFO can control.

News

Brazil Nixes Settlement for Stablecoin eFX

Banco Central do Brasil (BCB) has banned fintech and payment providers from settling overseas payments in stablecoins or crypto. With...

Country Report

Spain’s Economic Growth Test

On the surface, Spain enters the second half of this year as one of Europe’s best-performing economies, most visible in...

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.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The New Hedging Dilemma

Lock in today’s painful prices—or bet that volatility breaks your way? CFOs are being forced to choose.