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Banking

Chinese E-Commerce Companies Biggest Threat To Banks

Trends | Fintech China’s Big Three Internet and e-commerce companies—Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent—are so big they are referred to collectively as BAT, and all three have received banking licenses and scaled up their e-commerce and finance platforms.

Award Winners

Cooperation Is Key To Success And Innovation: Juraj Bojkovský, Tatra Banka

Q+A with Juraj Bojkovský, Director Of Electronic Distribution Channels At Tatra banka

Award Winners

New Digital Battle Lines Drawn

The World’s Best Digital Bank Awards was preceded this year by the inaugural Global Finance Digital Bank Conference, held in London. Three panels of digital banking experts shared their experiences of competing against nontraditional providers in the financial technology space.

Awards

A New Era Of FX Innovators

Innovation is bringing transparency and diversity to the FX market.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Family And Board Divisions At Heart Of Volkswagens Problems

Management | Auto Manufacturers The Volkswagen emissions scandal, which saw the company fudge emissions tests to make its cars appear less polluting, has resulted in a new CEO appointment, the suspension of key executives and a proposed group restructure.

Banking

Interest Ramps Up In Banking Blockchain Initiative

Market Trends | FinTech News that 13 additional banks have joined financial innovation firm R3’s distributed ledger initiative signifies the savings the banking sector believes blockchain technologies can deliver to the financial services sector.

Features

Value and Number of Cross-border M&A by Region/Country 2011-2013

Emerging markets overtook developed markets both in terms of sales and purchases of foreign acquisitions - accounting for 56% of total cross-border transactions in 2013.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

African Infrastructure Projects Spur FDI Investment

As Africa improves transport and telecommunications links, it’s creating countless opportunities for foreign direct investment.

News

Winterkorns Downfall: The Price of Emissions

Winterkorn is forced to resign after it was revealed the company was guilty of manipulating diesel emission tests.

Features

Largest M&A Deals 2013

The term Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) refers to the buying, selling, dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities by corporations, with the goal of growing more rapidly and efficiently.

Features

Value and Number of Cross-border M&A by Sector/Industry 2011-2013

A culmination of macro, competitive and regulatory pressures spurred M&A activity in the Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) sector.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Car Consortium Hopes To Drive Digital Mapping Future

Capital Markets | Mergers & Acquisitions German auto manufacturers Audi, BMW and Daimler have acquired the Finnish company Nokia’s high-precision digital mapping service Here for €2.8 billion ($3.1 billion).