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Features

Nurturing A Savings Culture: Q&A With Chairman of Bank Zero Michael Jordaan

Michael Jordaan, co-founder and chairman of Bank Zero, and his team are working around the clock to launch their digital-only bank, which will provide competitive fees and savings rates for consumers.

Features

Riding The Digital Wave: Q&A With Barclays Africa Chief Executive Maria Ramos

Maria Ramos, chief executive of Barclays Africa (Absa), wants to tap into Africa’s tech savviness to get ahead of the digital wave that is breaking across the continent.

Features

South Africa’s New Challengers

Out with the old, in with the new? Not quite, as the region’s incumbent banks are stepping up to the challenge presented by a spate of new, digital-only entrants that have no legacy system costs.

Features

The Next Frontier For African Banking

With customers hungry for new digital experiences and a large unbanked population, Africa is shaping up as a bellwether of how banks can truly embrace the digital age and serve customers better.

Award Winners

World’s Best Bank Awards 2018: A Quarter Century of Recognition

Global Financeunveils its 25th annual best banks in the world list.The winners have outperformed their peers and provide top-notchservice to clients in a challenging environment.

Award Winners

World’s Best Bank Awards 2018: Asia-Pacific

Asian banks power ahead:Clever strategies, niche appeal and foreign alliances raise the profits and prestige of financial institutions across the vast continent.

Award Winners

World’s Best Bank Awards 2018: Central And Eastern Europe

Thriving regardless of home-base conditions:The CEE economic outlook varies country-by-country, but financial-services providers have risen above local issues by embracing fintech and selling off bad loans.

Award Winners

World’s Best Bank Awards 2018: Western Europe

Bold strategies blaze a trail:From embracing new technologies to taking steps to minimize regulatory burdens, northern and western banks find ways to make their own destinies.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

WPP Chairman May Not Last

WPP chairman Martin Sorrell’s successorRoberto Quarta inherits a company in crisis in a troubled industry.

News

Markets Cheer Change in Pretoria

The rand and South African stocks rallied on the news of Zuma's removal as the republic's president, but challenges remain for his successor.

Banking

Management Musical Chairs At Swiss Banks

Fierce competition among Swiss banks to win the business of the world’s wealthy has led to a raft of management shake-ups.

Country Report

Austria | Catching Up, Keeping Up, Ready To Race On

Vienna has positioned Austria well to benefit from CEE growth that seems ready to take off after years of stagnation.