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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Seven & i Acquisition Falls Through

The proposed $47 billion acquisition of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) would have been the largest foreign takeover in Japanese history.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Japan: Prime Minister’s Waning Power Jolts Stability

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power weakened further after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in Japan’s upper house elections on July 20.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Giovanni Ferrero Scoops Up WK Kellogg

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Giovanni Ferrero knows it.

COP 27: Time to Accelerate Global Climate Action

COP 27 comes at a critical time. The world is facing immediate and significant challenges. Not only has the last seven years been the warmest on record, but the Russian-Ukraine War has created serious cereal and foodstuff shortages for numerous countries, including many in Africa, and the sharp rise in energy prices have impacted costs, people’s incomes, and growth. Geopolitical risk has focused more attention on climate change.

Transaction Banking

Will Reshoring Survive Trump’s Shifting Tariff Policy?

Can companies realistically pivot their manufacturing based on policy winds, or is this strategy more complicated than policymakers suggest?

Technology

From Automation To Augmentation – AI In Finance Awards 2025

Global Finance introduces its first AI In Finance awards, recognizing the current AI revolution in finance.

Award Winners

AI In Finance Awards 2025 | Corporate And Investment Banking

The game changer. As AI penetrates deeper into banking, institutions look past its novelty to make sure their investment yields value.

Award Winners

AI In Finance Awards 2025 | Consumer Banking

From rule-based to responsive. AI is transforming consumer lending. But to succeed, human capital must be as big a priority as technological advances.

Sustainable Banking for Palestines Real Economy

Palestine’s sustainable banking leader for 62 years, Bank of Palestine (BoP) represents the future of banking with high-impact sustainable finance initiatives, gender & financial inclusion, and digital innovation. Mahmoud Shawa, BoP’s CEO, discusses the bank’s strategic commitment to sustainability and its role supporting Palestine’s economic growth and climate change goals.

Technology

GCC Digital Upheaval – Fintechs vs. Banks

Gulf fintechs are challenging banks’ and brokerages’ long-standing dominance, as the GCC forcefully pursues a digital future.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Investment Banking Surge In The GCC: From Oil To Assets

Corporate and investment banking revenues in the Gulf are burgeoning as lenders underwrite the region’s economic transformation.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Velong Chief Jacob Rothman Calculates Cost Of New Trade Environment

Jacob Rothman, President and CEO at Shanghai-headquartered Velong enterprises, a cooking equipment manufacturer and exporter, navigates shifting tariff and trade policies.

Award Winners

State Bank Of India – World’s Best Consumer Bank For 2025

Global Finance announces its selections for the World’s Best Banks 2025, including its honoree for the World’s Best Consumer Bank, which is being revealed here for the first time. The 2025 World’s Best Consumer Bank is State Bank of India.

Strategic Partner to West Africa’s Growing SME Sector

Bridge Bank Group Côte d’Ivoire (BBG CI) has emerged as a major player in the nation’s banking industry and a supportive financial partner to the region’s economically important SME sector. Ehouman Kassi, BBG CI’s CEO, discusses the bank’s new portfolio guarantee agreement with the African Guarantee Fund and expansion of its successful SME strategy.

Banking

As Dominican Republic’s Fintech Sector Booms, Financial Inclusion Is Big Goal

Fintechs are a rapidly growing presence in the Dominican Republic, where they promise to improve inclusiveness in a still-underbanked nation.