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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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Winner Insights
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.
Winner Insights
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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In conversation with Sabine Zucker, Head of Group Transaction Banking at Raiffeisen Bank International
As businesses look to capitalise on growth opportunities within Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), they seek banking products, solutions and tools that help them deliver on their evolving transactional and operational needs and navigate the risks of trading in these markets.
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.
News
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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Promoting Cross-Border Connectivity In An Era Of Payments Fragmentation
Joanne Strobel-Cort, Head of International Payments, BNY, discusses the problems pervading cross-border payments, the latest solutions encouraging connectivity, and the scope for future integration to improve the client experience.
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.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Tariffs Fuel Global Trade Shift
After months of tariff-led uncertainty, trade opportunities are re-emerging, but friction remains.
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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II
The global financial industry is being radically shaped by three core forces: industrialization of AI; development of expansive digital ecosystems; and refreshed emphasis on providing secure, customer-centric digital services.
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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Global Winners
The global banking industry is currently in the midst of a profound digital transformation, propelled by the accelerating pace of technological advancements and the continuously evolving expectations of modern consumers and clients.
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Bank Mandiri: Building the Digital Backbone of Indonesia’s Economy
How Kopra by Mandiri is redefining wholesale banking, open finance, and AI-driven innovation. Budi Prasetyo, Senior Vice President of Digital Wholesale Banking, explains how Mandiri is leading the country’s next chapter in financial digitalization.
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World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Round II—Consumer Winners
Consumer banking is moving far beyond traditional branch-based models.