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Global Finance Announces 33rd Annual Best Bank Awards And Names The Best US Regional Banks 2026
Global Finance has announced its 33rd annual awards for the World’s Best Banks. The list of US Regional winners is...
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Sustainable Finance
Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Environmental Rollbacks Ding Markets
Despite regulatory setbacks, winners of Global Finance’s 2026 Sustainable Finance Awards continue to expand green and blue financing.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Global Winners
Throughout 2025, several leading banks demonstrated outstanding commitment to sustainable finance, with initiatives spanning green bonds, impact investing, and project financing.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Africa
Banks in Africa — including Absa, RMB, Nedbank, KCB, and Standard Bank — are driving critical SDG-focused projects.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific's ESG and sustainable markets continue to expand, with banks funding circular-economy projects across the region.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Central Eastern Europe
Central and Southeastern Europe banks are expanding ESG financing, green bonds, and sustainable infrastructure.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Latin America
This year's regional winners advanced sustainability by issuing green, blue, social, and transition bonds while funding renewable energy projects across LatAm.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Middle East
Sustainable finance in the Middle East is growing, but the region still faces major funding gaps and climate-adaptation pressures.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: North America
North American sustainable-finance issuance suffered due to ESG backlash and regulatory tensions, but Canada remained resilient and adaptation finance emerged.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Western Europe
Western Europe’s sustainable-finance market slowed in 2025, but stricter standards, improved disclosures, and major deals kept issuance strong across banks.
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Nordea’s Juho Maalahti: Strengthening Transparency And Alignment
Juho Maalahti, head of Sustainable Finance Advisory at Nordea—this year’s Best Bank for Sustainability Transparency in Western Europe—discusses the next phase of sustainable finance and the impact of regulatory uncertainty.
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QNB Türkiye’s Yeliz Ataay Arıkök: Hitting Sustainable Finance Milestones
Yeliz Ataay Arıkök, director of Treasury Sales and Finan-cial Institutions and chair of the Sustainability Committee at QNB Türkiye—this year’s Best Bank for Blue Bonds in CEE region—discusses her bank’s role in the sector.