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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.

Winner Insights

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,...

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.

Features

Qatar: A New World Capital For Wealth?

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

Executive Interviews

Qatar: Evolving Dynamics

Abdulla Mubarak Al Khalifa, Group CEO of Qatar National Bank, speaks with Global Finance about the bank’s international strategy and the opportunities shaping QNB’s next phase of growth.

Executive Interviews

Qatar: Doha Bank’s Dimitrios Kokosioulis On Banks’ Capital-Light Strategy

Dimitrios Kokosioulis, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Doha Bank, one of Qatar’s leading commercial banks and digital banking pioneer, speaks with Global Finance about the bank’s partnership with digital payment solution Paytabs to support SMEs and e-commerce platforms.

Features

Qatar: LNG Riches Fuel Wider Expansion

Qatar’s financial sector is powering up for the next liquified natural gas boom. But other fast-growing sectors are looking to benefit from the new wealth inflow as well.

Mitigating climate change: the role of the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake

When 195 countries signed up to the Paris Agreement in 2015, it seemed the world was finally taking climate change seriously. The commitment to taking the measures necessary to limit the increase in the mean global temperature to a maximum of 1.5 degrees above preindustrial levels seemed a turning point in the fight against climate change.

Transaction Banking

In Conversation with Melvyn Low, OCBC’s Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer & Head of Global Transaction Banking

With today’s new digital norms driving contactless and, increasingly, instant payments, a transformation in cash management strategies and processes is underway across Southeast Asia.

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News & Features Archive

Pioneering Digital Transformation And Human-Centric Finance

Agentic Bots Revolutionize Digital Banking Experience

CFO Corner: Nitesh Sharan, SoundHound AI

How financial institutions can help with the fight against climate change

Qatar: A New World Capital For Wealth?

Qatar: Evolving Dynamics

Qatar: Doha Bank’s Dimitrios Kokosioulis On Banks’ Capital-Light Strategy

Qatar: LNG Riches Fuel Wider Expansion

Mitigating climate change: the role of the Paris Agreement Global Stocktake

In Conversation with Melvyn Low, OCBC’s Group Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer & Head of Global Transaction Banking

World’s Best Private Banks 2026

Brookfield To Pump $12 Billion Into India Energy Projects

Akzo Nobel, Axalta Deal Brushes Up Paint Industry

Nomo breaks new ground in Islamic digital banking

SPACs Are Back And Fueled By MAGA World