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Treasury & Cash Management 2014

Global Finance presents the fifth annual Technology & Treasury Management Supplement and eBook — a powerful resource that will explore the ways that innovative companies, banks and individuals are driving progress and change in the Treasury Management arena.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

A CHANGING OF THE GUARD FOR INDONESIAN POLITICS

INDONESIA Self-made businessman and former governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo won Indonesia’s presidential election in July, marking the first time a candidate without ties to the military or a powerful political family has won the position.

Banking

A MERE BLIP FOR REAL-TIME PAYMENTS IN CHINA?

TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | REAL-TIME PAYMENTS A delay in the rollout of the China International Payments System looks to be only a temporary hiccup in the renminbi’s unfolding internationalization.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

ARGENTINE DEFAULT: BETTER THE SECOND TIME

ARGENTINA The aftermath of Argentina’s so-called default on July 31 doesn’t at all resemble the catastrophe accompanying its earlier default in 2002, when the country was unable to repay $100 billion of debt and the economy collapsed, costing millions of jobs.

Media

Best Foreign Exchange Provider Awards 2015: Call-For- Entries Webcast

The editors of Global Finance present a webcast detailing the call-for-entries process for the Best Foreign Exchange Provider Awards, the judging criteria and strategies for making entries stand out.

Award Winners

BEST INTERNET BANKS 2014 ROUND 1

In this first installment of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and then by region, according to product or service category.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

BRAZIL: ROUSSEFF WANTS SECOND TERM, SECOND CHANCE

BRAZIL Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will be running for a second term in October, and if she can keep her momentum going, there’s a good chance she’ll win.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

BRIAN LOUGHMAN, FRAUD BUSTER

Global Finance sat down with Brian Loughman, Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) Leader, EY Americas (formerly Ernst & Young), to discuss how greater regulation and increased efforts by countries to fight fraud are leading to greater demand for services by corporations around the world.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

CAN GHANA AFFORD IMF CONDITIONS FOR LOAN?

GHANA The world’s second-largest producer of cocoa, is expected to ask the International Monetary Fund for help.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

CHINA’S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE ENSNARES M&A DEALS

CAPITAL MARKETS FOCUS: MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS Companies around the world are stepping up their due diligence on mergers and acquisitions involving Chinese counterparties, after several major deals have been called into question as a result of Peking’s widening corruption probe.

Banking

COULD PANAMA BE A GLOBAL MONETARY POLICY MODEL?

TRENDS | SNAPSHOT: PANAMA

Banking

ECUADOR TO LAUNCH ITS OWN “BITCOIN,” BANS RIVALS

TRENDS | DIGITAL CURRENCIES Ecuador is gearing up for the launch of a new digital currency that will go into use as early as October alongside the US dollar, the country’s official tender.