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Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks in Central and Eastern Europe 2025

Banks in the CEE region are aggressively pursuing cost savings through digitalization, automation, and comprehensive mobile banking solutions. Three Georgian institutions stand out.

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Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks in Latin America 2025

Latin American banks are driving digital banking with integrated treasury platforms, open banking, and efficient, client-focused solutions.

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Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks in Middle East and Africa 2025

FAB, QIB, and SNB lead Middle Eastern digital banking with AI, APIs, check digitization, and streamlined onboarding, delivering faster, transparent, and customer-focused financial services.

Ethiopias’s Rising Demand for Digital Banking

Substantial investment in its digital platform positioned Awash Bank to capture growth opportunities driven by Ethiopia’s rapidly increasing demand for mobile and online banking services. Kefyalew Shiferaw, Awash Bank’s Chief, Digital Banking Officer, discusses the bank’s digital strategy and future expansion into new markets.

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Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks in North America 2025

Citi and Inter are setting new digital banking standards in North America with secure platforms, self-service tools, and super-app ecosystems that empower clients through seamless, customer-centric innovation.

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Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks in Western Europe 2025

Banks across Western Europe are reimagining financial services by blending traditional strengths with fintech-inspired innovations, creating more integrated, digital-first, and customer-centric experiences.

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Driving Corporate Client Success In Real-Time: Q&A With Citi’s Naveed Anwar

Naveed Anwar, Citi’s global head of Platforms and Data Services, discusses enhancing client experience in a real-time environment.

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Building A Global Financial Super-App With A Local Touch: Q&A With Revolut’s David Tirado

David Tirado, Revolut’s VP of Profitability and Global Business, explains how a digital-only approach facilitates localized international expansion.

Navigating the Sustainability Commitment Paradox: A roadmap for corporate treasurers

Many of the world’s richest countries are also the world’s smallest: the pandemic, the global economic slowdown and geopolitical turmoil...

Data

Richest Countries in the World 2025

Many of the world’s richest countries are also the world’s smallest: the pandemic, the global economic slowdown and geopolitical turmoil have barely made a dent in their huge wealth.

Banking

Standard Chartered Launches Crypto Spot Trading

Banking giant Standard Chartered has introduced an amenity for the spot trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum via a fully integrated digital asset service, through its UK branch for institutional clients, including corporates, investors and asset managers.

Banking

Argentina: Revolut Acquires Cetelem

UK fintech Revolut will enter the Argentine market after agreeing to purchase Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance.

Technology

Companies Face AI Buyer’s Remorse

Companies adopted AI quickly, hoping to increase productivity and reduce their costs by eliminating part of their workforce.

How financial institutions can help with the fight against climate change

When it comes to taking the necessary measures to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, action does not come cheap. Introducing the necessary changes to energy production, ensuring more environmentally methods of production and re-tooling existing industries, for example, will come with significant costs. And, unfortunately, a significant proportion of these costs are going to be borne by those least able to afford them.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Ecuador: Aiming For A Turnaround

With an economic restructuring in the works, Ecuador is positioning itself to ride the tensions between the US and China to an economic rebound in 2025.