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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Veteran Nike Executive Taking Reins Of Shoe Giant

After four years in command at Nike, CEO John Donahoe is handing over the helm to Elliott Hill, a 60-year-old...

Banking

Dealmaker-In-Chief: Unicredit CEO Andrea Orcel

True to his reputation as a consummate dealmaker, Unicredit CEO Andrea Orcel is orchestrating one of the largest cross-border bank...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Sri Lanka: New President Wins In An Upset

In a massive political upset, a neo-Marxist political outsider won September’s presidential election in Sri Lanka. The victory of Anura...

Banking Business Trends 2021

Rajashekhara V Maiya, Global head of Business Consulting and Product Strategy for Infosys Finacle, discusses fivetrends affecting banks and financial service providers.

Technology

UAE: Global Chip Makers Evaluate Building Plants In The Gulf

Samsung Electronics and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) have held talks with United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials that could see...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Bhutan: The Happiness Economy

Bhutan is banking on a unique mix of abundant energy, a clean environment, and wellness entrepreneurism to lure foreign investors....

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Searching For A Soft Landing

Inflation is easing and growth is stabilizing, but geopolitical conflicts and fiscal uncertainty still threaten a global soft landing. ...

Banking

Egypt: United Bank Stake For Sale

Egypt’s government plans to sell a stake in United Bank via an initial public offering (IPO) during the first quarter...

One of Russia’s top providers of digital corporate banking solutions, Sberbank created a comprehensive business banking ecosystem driven by AI and big data. Anna Loevskaya, Sberbank’s Director of Digital Corporate Banking,discusses the bank’s strategy for rising digital demand, self-service digital UX, and omnichannel integration, and how Russia’s largest bank is fast becoming one of its leading tech innovators.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Game Time: Q&A With Clifford Chance’s Neil Barlow

Neil Barlow, a private equity M&A partner at Clifford Chance, speaks to Global Finance about his focus and experience on...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

European Union: Riberia Gets Role As Hybrid Commissioner

Teresa Ribera’s appointment as European Union executive vice-president for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition places her in the hybrid...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SPACs Try For A Comeback

Is the SPAC back? Maybe, a little. As a group, special purpose acquisition companies have crashed and burned spectacularly. Some...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Treasurers Proceeding With Caution

Corporate treasury professionals are reassessing investment strategies to stay agile and conserve cash amid interest rate shifts and geopolitical uncertainty....

Request to Pay Revolutionizes Real-Time Payments

The global payment landscape is experiencing a revolution with the introduction of real-time banking, the rise of digitalisation and new customer expectations. The new Request to Pay messaging service will transform the payments industry and increase usage of real-time payments, offering greater speed, flexibility and control and enhancing the payee and payer relationship.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

The Treasury Function Gets Strategic

New tools and techniques, including AI and ML, are helping treasurers to optimize cash flow—and giving them a bigger role...