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Kevin Brown, RBS

Kevin Brown, Global Head Transaction Services, at RBS, discusses picking up two awards for the bank at Global Finance 's Transaction Processing Awards, as well as the excitement building around new emerging payment methods.

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RBC’s Andrea Bolger

Andrea Bolger of the Royal Bank of Canada talks about RBC being named the Best Trade Finance Bank in Canada in Global Finance 's World Best Bank rankings. She also gives her views on how banks are dealing with a rising tide of regulations.

Features

Africa Supplement 2013

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa Auditions For A Leading Role

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 With a stunning twist of fate, companies that are looking for a refuge from the turmoil of recent years in developed markets are turning their attention to the continent that for much of the past ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa’s Infrastructure: Power To The People

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Dan Keeler Innovative financing techniques and growing investor sophistication are prompting a surge of interest in sub-Saharan infrastructure projects. Sub-Saharan Africa is rapidly turning into the growth and investment story of the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa’s Mobile Banking: Boom Or Bust?

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Erik Heinrich Africa’s mobile-banking boom is a complicated tale of East versus West. But who’s approach will prove right in the end? Mobile banking is a force for social and economic change ...

Awards

Annual Survey: Best In Class

A selection of winners from Global Finance’s awards program over the past year. World’s Best Foreign Exchange Providers 2013 World’s Best Derivatives Providers 2012 World’s Best Insurance Providers 2012 World’s Best ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Argentina: The Ultimate Ultimatum

NEWSMAKERS By Forrest Jones Althought it was more than a decade ago that Argentina defaulted on $100 billion worth of debt, the fallout continues to make headlines today. Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner recently defied a US ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Frontier Markets Report: Ecuador

WAIT AND SEE - As it tries to establish a new model for economic development, Ecuador presents a challenge for companies considering investing there. The country is politically stable, but its president, Rafael Correa, is a polarizing figure, both locally and abroad. It is economically vibrant, but much of its potential is tied to oil reserves located in ecologically sensitive areas ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Global Trade: Rise Of The Superblocs

SPECIAL REPORT By Erik Heinrich Free-trade superblocs are being negotiated in North America, Europe and Asia. They will forever alter the flow of commerce and finance—and leave winners and losers in their wake. The world is poised ...

Banking

IMF/World Bank 2013 Annual Meetings

By Valentina Pasquali In conjunction with the International Monetary Fund/World Bank annual meetings in Washington, Global Finance presents its annual IMF/World Bank Issue. When the eurozone logged 0.3% growth in the second quarter of 2013, ending a streak ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

North Africa: Trading In Stability

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Dan Keeler Developed-markets watchers hope tightening trade ties and increasing foreign direct investment will help ease tensions in North Africa. Two years after the Arab Spring swept through North Africa and beyond, ...