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As companies navigate a tariff tsunami and reshoring renaissance, they are finding new tools and strategies—some AI-powered—to manage the challenge.
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Editor's Letter
Tariffs and Solutions
Tariffs—their size and details—remain central to political and economic debate worldwide. The uncertainty over their future is dominating corporate decision-making....
Awards
World’s Best Banks 2025—From Growth To Pressure
Industry invested in market expansion and technology, but tariffs loom.
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Belfius: We Go Further For The Love Of Our Belgian Customers
Acclaimed for its cash management and trade finance expertise, Belfius Bank is leveraging its public-sector experience to innovate corporate transaction banking in Belgium. Koen Vierendeels, Belfius’s Head of Transaction Banking, discusses the customer-centric heart of the bank’s strategy and how its Belgian-market focus is a strong competitive advantage in achieving customer service excellence and navigating risk.
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World’s Best Banks in Asia-Pacific 2025
The maximal net interest margin (NIM) dynamic enjoyed by banks in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region in 2023 tailed off in...
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World’s Best Banks in Latin America 2025
With interest rates stubbornly high compared to those set by the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank, Latin American...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Trump Tariffs Halt IPO Deals In US
Several firms have suspended IPO plans, and merger activity has slowed following President Trump’s imposition of global tariffs, fueling uncertainty across US dealmaking markets.
Expert Perspectives
OCBC: Leveraging Digital Cash Management Tools for 24/7 Banking
As financial transactions continue to digitize, it’s become even more important for banks to help level the playing field for customers by providing small and medium enterprises with sophisticated cash management tools that were once mostly the domain of large, multinational corporations.
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Growth Opportunities in Kuwait’s Dynamic Capital Markets
Named “2023 Best Debt Bank in the Middle East” by Global Finance, Kamco Invest is well-positioned to drive innovation and growth in the region's capital markets, says Abdullah AlSharekh, Managing Director of Markets & Investment Banking.
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World’s Best Banks In The Caribbean 2025
The Caribbean economies have been broadly hit by slowing remittances and a cooling internal labor market. GDP for the Caribbean...
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World’s Best Banks in Western Europe 2025
Building on a profitable and dynamic 2023, when high interest rates buoyed bank lending margins, most Western European banks had...
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World’s Best Banks in Central and Eastern Europe 2025
The banking industry in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) faced a particularly challenging 2024, marked by a highly fluid interest...
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World’s Best Banks in Middle East 2025
The country winners for Best Banks in the Middle East region continue to aggressively implement a broad range of initiatives...
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COP28: A crucial waypoint in the Race to Zero
On 30 November, the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference begins in Dubai. With COP28 taking place in the United Arab Emirates, just one year after COP27 in Egypt, the concerns of developing economies will be at the forefront of the global climate agenda.
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World’s Best Banks in Africa 2025
African Banks ave operated in key markets outside the continent mainly through representative offices. Today, a shift is taking place....