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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Consumer Winners
Consumer banking is moving far beyond traditional branch-based models.
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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.
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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Corporate Regional
From AI integration to tokenization: Regional leaders are looking to digital innovation to cut costs, increase efficiency, and deliver on an expanding menu of client needs and expectations.
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Innovating Islamic Banking
Global Finance: How is Boubyan’s digital strategy setting a benchmark for Islamic banking? Abdullah Al Tuwaijri: Boubyan Bank launched a multi phase strategy in 2011 with the goal of making Islamic banking modern, appealing and digital. We aren’t just ...
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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Consumer Regional
‘Phygital’ strategies and tools help consumer banks blend advanced technology and AI with accessibility and financial inclusion.
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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Islamic Regional
Digital-first institutions are rapidly incorporating AI and other transformative tech into their Islamic banking practice.
Executive Interviews
Ferrari CEO Benedetto Vigna On Innovation, Heritage, And The Road Ahead
Vigna discusses his four years of leading an iconic brand through rapid technological change, balancing tradition with progress, and steering growth from Maranello, Italy, to the global stage.
Winner Insights
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.
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Innovating a Seamless Banking Experience
Global Finance: How has CBQ’s successful tech innovation influenced your overall banking strategy? Shahnawaz Rashid: Technology and innovation has more than influenced CBQ: it is the core of our banking strategy. Client experience and innovation are two of the ...
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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,...
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.
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Georgia: The next destination for building your business
Today, Georgia’s reputation as one of the easiest places in the world to conduct business, combined with generous government subsidies – including but not limited to incentives for automotive and electrical manufacturing, low taxes and operating costs, a highly educated ...
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.