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Features

Riding The Digital Wave: Q&A With Barclays Africa Chief Executive Maria Ramos

Maria Ramos, chief executive of Barclays Africa (Absa), wants to tap into Africa’s tech savviness to get ahead of the digital wave that is breaking across the continent.

News

Rising New York Fed President Is An Experienced Cipher

New NY Fed head is a surprisingly controversial pick.

Award Winners

Serving A Diverse Client Base: Q&A with Standard Bank CEO Sim Tshabalala

Sim Tshabalala, group CEO of Standard Bank, explains how Africa’s biggest bank is using its new digital capabilities to better understand its clients.

Award Winners

Serving All Stakeholders: Q&A With Bank Of America CEO Brian Moynihan

Bank of America is sharing its success with the communities in which it operates, with a focus on ESG activities, says chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Serving The Average African

Given the continent’s large youth population, the future of banking is digital. But who will win the battle for clicks over bricks? The incumbent banks—or fintechs and telcos?

News

Solar Mega-Project To Save Crude For Export

Saudi Arabia's ambitious solar power plan—powered by money from Japan's Softbank—isn't just a money-making exercise given the country's rising electricity demands.

Features

South Africa’s New Challengers

Out with the old, in with the new? Not quite, as the region’s incumbent banks are stepping up to the challenge presented by a spate of new, digital-only entrants that have no legacy system costs.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Stable Crypto Could Finance Trade In Emerging Markets

New cryptocurrency will be backed by commodities.

Editor's Letter

Supply Chain And Tariffs

Global Financemagazine editor Andrea Fiano's monthly letterfocuseson how corporate leaders are reacting and adapting to the prospect of a U.S.-China trade war.

Country Report

Talking Up The Turkish Economy

An unexpected uptick in economic growth, a failed military coup and geopolitical tensions haven’t kept Turkey down. And the country’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan, looks set to strengthen his hold on power with snap elections called for June.

Features

The Next Frontier For African Banking

With customers hungry for new digital experiences and a large unbanked population, Africa is shaping up as a bellwether of how banks can truly embrace the digital age and serve customers better.

Country Report

Turkish Banks: A Year Of Normalization

Turkey's banks have had a good run but rising debts remain a worry.