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Banking

Tackling Trade With Tech: Q&A With DBS Bank’s Aaron Chiew

Digital solutions are helping corporates manage global shifts, says Aaron Chiew, head of IBG Digital Channels for the Institutional Banking...

Winner Insights

Tighter User Touch Points: Q&A With Bank Of Georgia’s Levan Gomshiashvili

Levan Gomshiashvili, chief Marketing and Digital officer at Bank of Georgia, explains the importance of technology and partners in providing...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Egypt Gains Breathing Room

After a bailout pulls Egypt back from the brink, new foreign investment and robust local banks sector suggest a return...

Welcome to The New Era of Democratized Banking

More than ever, power lies in the hands of the customer. Digitally savvy consumers are driving banking evolution, forcing banks to operate like technology companies in an age of neobanks and AI-based solutions. Ellis Wang, Head of Technology, Transformation, and Information at ‎Mashreq Bank explains why it’s ‘do-or-die’ for legacy banks.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

The Tariff Wars Return

After a half-century in which it embraced a doctrine of free trade, the industrialized West seems to be moving in...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Ola Electric’s Shares Surge

A $734 million initial public offering by Ola Electric Mobility Limited, an Indian electric two-wheeler (E2W) maker, surpassed expectations to...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Canadian Chain Store Giant Eyes 7-Eleven Parent In Japan

Canadian convenience store giant Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) has set its sights on Seven & i Holdings, the Tokyo-based parent company...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

India: Bharti Acquiring Stake In British Telecom

Why would a successful and dominant telecom group, with a strong footprint in fast-growing Asian and African markets, want to...

Developing a Digital DNA

Digitalisation has become the cornerstone for financial services in any market but, in the race to digitise offering, many banks lack the speed, agility and creativity typically seen from fintechs. Sberbank has succeeded by making technology part of its DNA, said Kirill Tsarev, Deputy Chairman of Sberbank’s Executive Board.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Klarna Considers Share Sale Ahead Of Listing In US

Klarna Group, Europe’s leading payment solutions disrupter, is exploring a secondary share sale ahead of its 2025 initial public offering...

Banking

Bank Offers Cash For ESG Goals

Standard Chartered has launched a new ESG-Linked Cash Account for corporate banking clients that rewards them for meeting targets tied...

Banking

Kuwait: Boubyan, Gulf In Merger Talks

Kuwait lenders Boubyan Bank and Gulf Bank—the emirate’s third- and fifth-largest banks—have disclosed they are in preliminary talks that may...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CFOs: Changing Of The Guards

Call it “the CFO shuffle.” Top finance leaders are shifting from one company or position to another—or opting for retirement—at...

Georgia – Strategic Hub for Business & Investment

For centuries, the small European country of Georgia has been a strategic hub between East and West, going back to the famed Silk Road trading route. Today, Georgia consistently ranks as one of the most business-friendly countries in the world, attracting companies in diverse industries, including electronics, automotive and airplane parts manufacturing, IT and business process outsourcing.

Technology

Growing Demand For Chief AI Officers

There is a new C in the executive suite, the chief artificial intelligence officer (CAIO). In March, the White House...