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Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banking During A Crisis

Viral V. Acharya, C.V. Starr Professor of Economics at New York University’s Stern School of Business and a former deputy governor of the Reserve Bank of India, speaks with Global Finance about the fallout of the coronavirus epidemic.

Banking

Demanding Customers

Under Covid-19, private banking clients in Africa are demanding more advice—especially on foreign exchange and commodities.

Banking

ESG Investing Meets The Covid Challenge

Environmentally friendly investments attracted new interest in a brutal first quarter. But there are still plenty of skeptics.

Banking

Future Uncertain

The MENA region is rapidly minting millionaires, but the Covid pandemic and a generational shift in ownership of wealth promise changes in how it’s invested and in what.

Banking

Getting Ahead Of The Curve

A crisis may spell opportunity, but it’s still a crisis. Look for digital acceleration and further consolidation as the post-Covid world takes shape.

Features

Getting Ahead Of The Pack

With fintechs and a technologically advanced population, Asian private banks look highly competitive—if they can surmount the Covid crisis.

Banking

High Drama And Low Prices

Declining stock markets spell opportunities for family offices. But with some countries responding to the Covid-19 crisis better than others, geography matters.

Banking

Powerhouse Banks Raise The Stakes In China

As foreign firms expand with majority stakes, formerly dominant Chinese domestic banks look for ways to maintain their edge.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

What Future For SMEs?

With lockdown easing in many places, small and midsize enterprises can get back to business; but they face huge hurdles.

Editor's Letter

Catalyst Or Barrier?

Editor Andrea Fiano's monthly letter to you, the reader.

News

Innovation Catalyst

Covid-19 has supercharged digital innovation as banks, financial services and many other sectors adopt workarounds that are pushing them more rapidly into a virtual future.

Award Winners

Mindset Matters

A talk with Sadia Halim, global head of Digital Innovation and Transformation, Financial Institutional Clients, at BNP Paribas.