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Innovators 2026: Best Financial Innovations
How Intuit, J.P. Morgan, and SAB delivered 2026's most consequential financial innovations.
Author: Andrew Singer
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The Innovators 2026: Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific banks are pairing AI innovation with stronger fraud controls and tokenized finance.
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The Innovators 2026: Central & Eastern Europe
CEE banks are advancing AI across credit, fraud, and customer journeys, moving beyond pilots into full-scale deployment.
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SAB’s Blueprint for Tokenized Islamic Finance
Saeed Assiri, chief innovation officer at Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB)—winner of Best Global Financial Innovation for Tokenized Islamic Repo—discusses the bank’s approach to blockchain usage and overcoming the issue of ecosystem coordination.
Features
Scandals Slow Private Credit Juggernaut
Leading private credit firms on Wall Street, including Blue Owl, Apollo Global Management, and BlackRock, are in choppy seas as share prices and private credit loans take a hit.
Transaction Banking
Rethinking The Future Of Cash
As cyberattacks and privacy breaches mount, Nordic nations are leading the move to recalculate how digital-dominant economies operate.
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The Innovators 2025: Asia-Pacific
In the past year, banks prioritized innovation through digital platforms and AI, driving improved service, security, and analytical capabilities. Global Finance announces the 2025 Innovators from Asia-Pacific.
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The Innovators 2025: Central and Eastern Europe
Regional Winners Most Innovative Bank in Central and Eastern Europe| AKTIF INVESTMENT BANK Aktif Investment Bank, Turkey’s largest privately owned...
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Galaxy Digital: Tokenization Approaches The Mainstream
Thomas Cowan, VP of tokenization at regional winner Galaxy Digital, explains why the digital asset company tokenized a 300-year-old Stradivarius violin.
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.
Banking
Digital Assets Break Out
Banks, asset managers, and corporates push crypto and digital currencies into the mainstream amid shifting financial dynamics.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2025: Global And Country Winners
A record year for sustainable bonds, but is the global compact cracking? For sustainable finance, 2024 was the best of...