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Banco Cuscatlan Driving Innovations In Latin America

Global Finance spoke with Rafael Ernesto Barrientos Interiano, Director of Technology and Digital Transformation at Banco Cuscatlan, about innovations in banking in Latin America and how Banco Cuscatlan uses technology to create a better customer experience.

Editor's Letter

Innovation In An Age of Uncertainty

Uncertainty continues to cloud the global economic horizon, with tariffs remaining a dominant con- cern in both political and financial...

Technology

Paul Brody, EY: How Blockchain Is Transforming Global Commerce

Paul Brody is global blockchain leader at professional services firm EY and co-author of a 2023 book, Ethereum for Business: A Plain-English Guide to the Use Cases that Generate Returns from Asset Management to Payments to Supply Chains. He speaks with Global Finance about blockchain technology’s impact on everything from routine payments to cross-border remittances to the future of banking and the CFO and treasurer roles.

E-Guarantees: Making Trade Finance Faster and Safer

Andrzej Gliski, Member of the Management Board of Bank Millennium in Poland, explains how electronic guarantees are increasingly used in trade finance to simplify the circulation of documents, reduce processing times, provide greater transparency, and cut transaction costs.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Romania: New President Promises Moderate Course

A collective sigh of relief rippled through EU capitals on May 18 when former Bucharest Mayor Nicuşor Dan secured an unexpectedly strong mandate in round two of Romania’s presidential elections, besting far-right opponent George Simion with 53.6% of the vote against 46.4%.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Hong Kong: Pension Authority Warns Of US Debt Selloff

Hong Kong's Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes Authority (MPFA) instructed the city’s fund managers last month to prepare for possible fallout from Moody’s recent reduction of its US Treasury debt rating from Aaa to Aa1.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Canada: Carney Crowns First-Ever AI Minister

Canada last month named its first-ever AI minister, joining a list of countries that already includes the United Arab Emirates, France, and Taiwan.

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Morocco: Boom In Data Centers

The North African kingdom has adapted quickly to the digital age. In 2020, the Agency for Digital Development published a...

Indian Wealth Management, The Paradigm Shift

Wealth Management in India is now completing nearly two decades in its current avatar. What started as distribution of mutual funds and insurance by Indian private sector banks, is now one of the largest sub-sectors in Indian financial services, catering ...

Technology

News & Features Archive

Banco Cuscatlan Driving Innovations In Latin America

Innovation In An Age of Uncertainty

Paul Brody, EY: How Blockchain Is Transforming Global Commerce

E-Guarantees: Making Trade Finance Faster and Safer

Romania: New President Promises Moderate Course

Hong Kong: Pension Authority Warns Of US Debt Selloff

Canada: Carney Crowns First-Ever AI Minister

Morocco: Boom In Data Centers

Indian Wealth Management, The Paradigm Shift

Latin America: Leading World Financial Innovation

Kenya: Capital Requirement Rule to Trigger Bank Mergers

Appeals Court Pauses Ruling That Blocked Trump’s Tariff Plan

Ghana: New Rules Shake Gold Trade

Infosys | Finacle: 10 Trends Reshaping Banking in 2020

Powering The Global Energy Transition