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China’s Safest Banks 2024
Regulators seek to arrest economic slowdown. With China’s struggling economy, the country’s banking sector is facing significant growth headwinds, as...
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Factsheet: QIA’s Key Investments
The QIA (Qatar Investment Authority) is the wealth manager of the State of Qatar. It was established in 2005 with...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFO Corner With QIA’s Niall Byrne: Remodeling Finance Function
Niall Byrne, chief financial officer of QIA (Qatar Investment Authority), the country’s wealth fund, discussed from Doha his two-year tenure...
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BaaS, Embedded Finance and more – The Evolving Business Models for the Digital Age
The conversation about digital business model innovation is not new, but it has never been more pressing. As CEOs grapple with their biggest challenge, namely, how to stay relevant amid rapid change and uncertainty, the legacy pipeline-based business model was ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Uber, Back On The Acquisition Trail, Eyes Expedia
Uber Technologies is reportedly considering an acquisition of online travel giant Expedia Group. The deal, should it happen, would represent...
Sustainable Finance
COP29: Aliyev’s Moment In The Spotlight
Oil-dependent Baku seemed like an odd choice to host COP29. But the economy is betting heavily on developing a renewables...
Transaction Banking
SWIFT To Launch AI-Backed Fraud-Detection Service
Global banking cooperative SWIFT plans to ring in 2025 by launching AI-enhanced fraud detection capabilities. The new function will give...
Banking
ADQ To Purchase Odeabank
Abu Dhabi Development Holding Company (ADQ) has agreed to acquire a 96% stake in Bank Audi’s loss-making Turkish subsidiary, Odeabank,...
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Green Finance Takes Flight in China
BOC is rapidly scaling up its green finance businesses with an extensive range of innovative green finance products and services, including funds, wealth management, leasing, equity investments, insurance, financial advisory services, and listing and financing services for enterprises. A leader ...
Banking
BBVA Pursues Banco Sabadell Takeover Despite Opposition
Spanish bank BBVA recently saw one of its biggest backers, GQG Partners, call it quits and sell its stake due...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Asia’s Race For Talent
Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan are intensifying efforts to attract foreign workers amid labor shortages and aging populations. Each country...
Transaction Banking
Nigeria: Automation Will Add Forex Transparency
Nigeria’s central bank will automate foreign exchange (FX) trading starting in December, replacing the decade-old over-the-counter system to enhance transparency...
Sustainable Finance
COP29: Climate Finance Takes Center Stage
Recent climate catastrophes have raised the bar for securing funding to address global warming. At COP29, climate finance will be...
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Leading Sustainability By Example
Egypt’s premier private sector bank, CIB has made a deep institutional commitment to ESG practices that is transforming the bank into a major force for sustainable finance in Egypt and around the world. As a founding member of the Net ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Putting Global Risk In Perspective: Q&A With BNP Paribas’ Meghan Robson
Meghan Robson, head of US Credit Strategy for BNP Paribas, speaks to Global Finance about directional forecasts and what to...