Emerging & Frontier Markets
Democratic Republic of Congo: Waiting For The Peace Dividend
Continued conflicts prevent the central African nation from fully exploiting its natural riches.
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AI In Finance Awards 2025: Round II
In banking as in other industries, AI is rapidly becoming a core business driver. The biggest gains will come from a foundational rethink of operations, not marginal improvements.
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AI In Finance Round II—Global Winners
The Rise Of Intelligent Banking: Internally and externally, AI is transforming global banking. The effort is paying off in streamlined operations, personalized advice, and greater client trust.
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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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AI In Finance Round II—Consumer Winners
Artificial intelligence is transforming the banking industry, streamlining operations, improving risk management, and enhancing the customer experience.
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AI In Finance Round II—Corporate Winners
Smarter, Faster, More Efficient: AI brings innovation and greater accuracy to corporate and investment banking.
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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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Citi: Bringing Blockchain to Tomorrow’s Treasury
Corporate treasurers are looking to do more with less, and in real-time.
News
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.
News
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.
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Scotiabank: Leveraging Scale And Reach To Create Global Connectivity
Armed with a transformational plan to build the leading North American bank connecting Canada, the US, and Mexico, Scotiabank is capitalising on its footprint across the Americas and expanding its transaction banking offering to become the partner of choice for corporate, commercial and SME clients—wherever they operate around the world. Francisco Aristeguieta, Group Head, International & Global Transaction Banking, reveals how this vision is becoming reality.
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.