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The Innovators 2015: Transaction Services
The Innovators 2015: Transaction Services—Global Finance'sthird-annual listing of the most innovative firms in treasury and transaction services.
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Alibaba CEO Zhang Pushes Global Growth Strategy
China | Chinese ecommerce company Alibaba’s new CEO, Daniel Zhang, is a star, credited with the success of Tmall.com and the November 11 Singles Day—an online buying bonanza that has overtaken Black Friday as the most lucrative online shopping day of the year.
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Banks vs. The Space Invaders: Upstarts Take On Traditional Banks
The Innovators 2015
<span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.008px;">With IT giants like Apple and Google pushing into the mobile payments business, financial services companies are going on the offensive. How? By acting like venture capitalists.</span>
Features
Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2015
Global Finance names the Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2015
Banking
Blockchain Technology | Banking On Bitcoin
Special Report | Bitcoin
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin that exchange digital information are a disruptive area for banks. The industry at first dismissed such currencies, but is now looking at how Bitcoin could change their business.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CEO Pay Disclosure Shadows Public Companies
SEC & Executive Compensation | Five years after the 2010 Dodd-Frank financial reform act, several of its controversial corporate governance provisions on executive compensation continue to wend their way through the system.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFOs Put Big Data Into Action
Big Data | Chief financial officers have been modeling profit and loss statements for years, but in an era of big data they face a different and increasingly complex task.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Chilean Economy | All Eyes On Valdés To Spur Growth
Chile | For years Chile has been recognized as one of the best-performing emerging markets in the world. But a combination of external and internal factors have changed that.
Country Report
Egyptian Economy Turns As Reforms Take Hold
Country Report | Egypt
Egypt may be on the verge of a major turnaround, as the most populous country in the Arab world looks set for sustained growth, lower unemployment and a manufacturing renaissance under president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equities | Foreign Institutions To Deepen Saudi Stock Market
Saudi Arabia | When the Saudi Arabian stock market, or the Tadawul as it is known, opens to direct investment by qualified foreign institutions for the first time on June 15, it will begin a transformation of the biggest bourse in the Middle East.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
ESG | Corporate Interest Sprouts In Booming Green Bond Market
Capital Markets | Debt
Issuance of green bonds, which raise funds to support environmentally beneficial activities, more than tripled last year, to $36 billion, according to the World Bank.
Banking
Fintech Breathes New Life Into The Finance Sector
Special Report | Fintech
By putting customers first, fintechs are using technology to provide more responsive and cost-effective financial solutions for clients.