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Awards

World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II

The global financial industry is being radically shaped by three core forces: industrialization of AI; development of expansive digital ecosystems; and refreshed emphasis on providing secure, customer-centric digital services.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Global Winners

The global banking industry is currently in the midst of a profound digital transformation, propelled by the accelerating pace of technological advancements and the continuously evolving expectations of modern consumers and clients.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Consumer Winners

Consumer banking is moving far beyond traditional branch-based models.

Banks Need a Digital Strategy to Manage the $84 Trillion Generational Wealth Transfer

This year’s winners highlight the banks that are leading digital transformation in the corporate and institutional sector.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Corporate Winners

This year’s winners highlight the banks that are leading digital transformation in the corporate and institutional sector.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Corporate Regional

From AI integration to tokenization: Regional leaders are looking to digital innovation to cut costs, increase efficiency, and deliver on an expanding menu of client needs and expectations.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Consumer Regional

‘Phygital’ strategies and tools help consumer banks blend advanced technology and AI with accessibility and financial inclusion.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Islamic Regional

Digital-first institutions are rapidly incorporating AI and other transformative tech into their Islamic banking practice.

Bank of China Is Leading the Way in Green Finance

Bank of China is showing that “green” is the color of future development by fostering rapid growth in its green finance business and supporting a range of sustainable projects at home and abroad.

Executive Interviews

Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna On Innovation, Heritage, And The Road Ahead

Vigna discusses his four years of leading an iconic brand through rapid technological change, balancing tradition with progress, and steering growth from Maranello, Italy, to the global stage.

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Pioneering Digital Transformation And Human-Centric Finance

Giorgi Vakhtangishvili, chief digital officer at Bank of Georgia, discusses how an ecosystem mindset, in-house innovation, and contextual finance drive human-centric digital experiences.

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Agentic Bots Revolutionize Digital Banking Experience

Isbank Deputy CEO Sezgin Lüle, whose bank won the World’s Best Mobile Banking App award, explains how LLMs and partnerships enable hyper-personalized financial services and foster a “super-app” ecosystem.

Executive Interviews

CFO Corner: Nitesh Sharan, SoundHound AI

Global Finance: What stands out as your main achievements leading finance at SoundHound AI? Nitesh Sharan: When I joined SoundHound,...

The Power of Partnership for Financial Institutions

Partnership is essential for any institution seeking to capture the opportunities in Asia’s dynamic markets, especially in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape. Regional partners bring local knowledge, experience as well as access to new markets and customers.

Features

Qatar: A New World Capital For Wealth?

Qatar’s LNG-driven prosperity is reshaping both its domestic eco-nomy and its international footprint.