Banking
Continental Divide In Latin America
Regional Report | Latin America
The large economies on the east coast of Latin America—Brazil, Venezuela and Argentina—are slumping badly. Things are far different out west.
Author: Tiziana Barghini
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cuba and the US: Back In Business?
Regional Report | As relations between Cuba and the United States get friendlier, the economic outlook of the island is also improving.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Low Oil Prices Likely To Spark Industry Consolidation
Commodities | Oil prices have only slightly recovered from a new record low set at the end of August. But they are still 60% below their peak of 2014, which is putting pressure on US oil companies, with many pundits predicting a rapid overhaul of the industry.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Trump And Fiorina: Mixing Business With Politics
Newsmakers | US
In the United States, a real estate developer turned politician is stealing the thunder of many more-seasoned statesmen.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Brazil Ratings Downgrade Keeps Coming
Major rating agencies are chasing each other in downgrading Brazil, as the country struggles with recession, a spiraling devaluation of the real and a damaging political crisis.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Data Wars
Global Salon
At this point, it’s pretty much assumed that hackers are going to break into corporate computer networks. Global Finance talked with Michael Morris, chief Technology Officer of root9B, which offers cybersecurity services to corporate and government entities, about the war on digital attackers—and how businesses can retake some ground.
Banking
Big Data: The Future Is Now
As analytics aimed at helping companies make use of all their data proliferate, companies worldwide are embracing these new technologies and finding ever-more-innovative ways to use them. Those that fail to do so risk being left on the sidelines.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Global Salon: Global Trade Can Break Cycle Of Slow Growth
Global Finance talked with Peter Blair Henry, dean of New York University’s Stern School of Business, about the urgency of bold reform and global trade to help developing nations.
Award Winners
Taking The Customer Digital
BBVA’s President and COO Carlo Torres Villa on the explosive growth of online banking and mobile banking.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Where To Draw The Line On Big Data Privacy?
Cover Story | Supplement
As data sharing becomes more common, individual privacy seems to be more luxury than norm. But corporations working with big-data analytics must pay attention to how many personal details they gather about their customers, lest they cross the invisible line of what is acceptable and what is not—and anger their client base.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Straight Shooter Makes Mexican Political History
Newsmakers | Mexico
In June, Jaime Rodríguez Calderón became the first independent candidate to be elected a state governor in Mexico, winning office in Nuevo León.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
CFOs Put Big Data Into Action
Big Data | Chief financial officers have been modeling profit and loss statements for years, but in an era of big data they face a different and increasingly complex task.