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Akbank VP Gökhan Gökçay On Driving Engagement And Financial Wellness

Gökhan Gökçay, executive VP of Technology at Akbank, explains how his bank—named the World’s Best Consumer AI Bank—uses AI and partnerships to tailor service and secure data.

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DBS’s Nimish Panchmatia: Pioneering ‘AI With A Heart’ In Banking

Nimish Panchmatia, chief data & transformation officer at DBS, elaborates on how the Singaporean bank effectively leverages AI, with a focus on purpose and empathy.

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Hong Kong Issues One Of The Biggest Digital Green Bonds

The Hong Kong government priced an approximately HK$10 billion ($1.3 billion) tokenized green bond offering. It is one of the largest digital bonds issued globally.

In conversation with Sohail Sultan, Chairman, iibGroup

Commitment to sustainability – from financing green and blue bonds, to creating digital access for customers, to maintaining transparent governance for all stakeholders – can enable banks to create a culture that fosters long-term resilience, trust and value creation.

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FATF Removes 4 Countries From Watchlist

The FATF removed South Africa, Nigeria, Mozambique, and Burkina Faso from its “Jurisdictions under Increased Monitoring” list, commonly known as "the gray list."

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Bayer’s New CFO HasA Risky Mountain To Climb

Judith Hartmann will succeed Wolfgang Nickl as CFO. Her appointment comes as the pharmaceutical giant struggles with high debt—over €32 billion at the end of last year.

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Newest Cross-Border Payment System Goes Live

The 21 member states of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) can now trade directly in local currencies rather than the US dollar via its recently launched Digital Retail Payments Platform (DRPP), which went live on October 9.

Private Credit

Private Credit: Boogeyman Or Opportunity?

Some argue that warnings about private credit’s risks reflect not just financial caution but tension and competition between banks and private lenders.

Sibos 2025: Discussing Pan-African cash management solutions with Isaac Kamuta, Group Head, Payments, Cash Management & Client Access at Ecobank

Timely and frictionless systems for cash management, payments, collections, and liquidity within and across borders are critical to the growth of businesses of all sizes around the world. Ecobank is at the forefront of effective cash management solutions for businesses within Africa.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Tariffs Fuel Global Trade Shift

After months of tariff-led uncertainty, trade opportunities are re-emerging, but friction remains.

Awards

World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II

The global financial industry is being radically shaped by three core forces: industrialization of AI; development of expansive digital ecosystems; and refreshed emphasis on providing secure, customer-centric digital services.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Global Winners

The global banking industry is currently in the midst of a profound digital transformation, propelled by the accelerating pace of technological advancements and the continuously evolving expectations of modern consumers and clients.

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Consumer Winners

Consumer banking is moving far beyond traditional branch-based models.

RBI: Why Sustainable Finance Is Here to Stay

From green bonds to advisory services to data-driven tools, sustainable finance products and solutions are in growing demand among retail, corporate and institutional clients alike, according to Markus Ecker, Head of Sustainable Finance at Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI).

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Corporate Winners

This year’s winners highlight the banks that are leading digital transformation in the corporate and institutional sector.