Features
Private Banking Clients In The Digital Drivers Seat
Phil Di Iorio, CEO, J.P. Morgan Private Bank discusses how new digital tools are changing the industry—and driving interactions with clients.
Author: Gilly Wright
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Adding Value And Boosting Digital Agility: Svante Andreen, Nordea
Nordea Markets Investment Banking is an integrated part of wholesale banking in the Nordea Group. A move from different legacy systems to one single platform is part of Nordea’s simplification program. SvanteAndreen, Nordea co-head of markets investment banking, expects the move to foster agility, enabling Nordea to become a truly digital bank.
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Adversity Brings Creativity
The Middle East is characterized by high youth unemployment and political and economic uncertainty, but new business and technology start-ups and young entrepreneurs are providing hope for future generations.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Barclays To Sell Africa Business
Capital Markets | Regulation<br />
“Nothing will make us deviate or change our course. We are not exiting our operations in any of our African markets,” declared Maria Ramos, CEO of Barclays Africa.
Features
Blockchain Voyages Of Discovery
<strong>Special Report: Fintech</strong><br />
As banks rush to find areas where the blockchain can save them time and money while creating opportunities, it’s hard to see exactly how this might shape future banking processes.
News
Breen Goes Lean Before Mega-Merger
<strong>Newsmakers | United States</strong><br />
Edward Breen earned his reputation breaking up Tyco, so it’s no surprise that he’s hit the ground running since taking over at DuPont last October as interim CEO, a position made permanent a month later.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Sell-Off No Quick Fix For Russia’s Budget Deficit
<strong>Capital Markets | Privatization</strong><br />
Russian president Vladimir Putin is pinning his hopes on privatization to help ease Russia’s 2016 budget deficit, which, according to some estimates, could reach $38 billion, or 6% of GDP.
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Compliance And Innovation Key To Trade Finance In The Baltics
Carina Gyllenbring, head of trade & export finance at Swedbank, says the Baltics have proved remarkably resilient in dealing with the trade shocks of their neighbors and trading partners.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cuba Learns The Art Of The Deal With Unilever
<strong>Cuba</strong>: News that Anglo-Dutch consumer products company Unilever will return to Cuba to build a $35 million plant in the special development zone at the port of Mariel, about 40 kilometers west of Havana, is one of the clearest signs yet that the communist nation is taking a more pragmatic approach to foreign direct investment.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Looser Rules May Spur Japanese Fintech Revolution
Japan’s Financial Services Agency is preparing legislation allowing the government to relax restrictions on fintech investment, promising a technological jolt to one of the world’s biggest financial markets.
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New Silk Road To Expand China’s Trade Finance Renminbi Rise
Cheng Jun, general manager, global trade services, Bank of China, says One Belt, One Road will expand China’s role in international finance.
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Promoting SCF Benefits Across Africa
Philip Panaino, regional head, transaction banking, Africa & Middle East, Standard Chartered, says awareness of supply chain finance needs to expand from corporate treasurers to their broader organizations.