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SIBOS: Payments Innovation

UNCHARTED TERRITORY By Anita Hawser Banks are struggling to keep up with nonbank rivals in the race to create the next generation of payment systems. It may have been unfettered innovation that got banks into hot water ...

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SIBOS: Remittances

BANKS MAKE A BID FOR A GROWING MARKET By Anita Hawser Technological innovations and the rapid acceleration of globalization are driving a sharp increase in banks' interest in the remittances market. We are on the cusp of ...

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SIBOS: Supply Chain Finance

CHANGE MANAGEMENT By Denise Bedell Banks are changing the way they look at their own transaction business to help companies see further into their working capital management processes. The need for integrated trade and cash solutions was ...

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Slow Recovery

EM REGIONAL BANKING FOCUS: CENTRAL & EASTERN EUROPE By Jonathan Gregson Hit hard during the financial crisis, Central and Eastern Europe's banking sector is still fragile and vulnerable to external shocks. During the boom times of ...

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World Beaters

COVER STORY: ANNUAL SURVEY – WORLD'S BEST BANKS 2010 By Gordon Platt Global Finance unveils its annual list of the best banks globally, regionally and by country. Investors, depositors and corporations are concerned about the health of ...

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World’s Biggest Banks 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD'S BIGGEST BANKS by Dan Keeler Global Finance ranks the world’s 50 biggest banks, as measured by total assets After a tumultuous three years, characterized by colossal write-downs, credit ratings downgrades, nationalizations, bailouts and hurriedly ...

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World’s Safest Banks 2010

ANNUAL SURVEY: SAFEST BANKS by Dan Keeler Global Finance selects the world's safest banks—the 50 institutions with the highest ratings from the leading international credit ratings agencies—and the safest banks in seven regions. It is a measure ...

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WORLD’S 50 BIGGEST BANKS 2010

Global Finance ranks the 50 Biggest Banks Top 10 see $3.2 trillion drop in assets NEW YORK, September 13, 2010...

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WORLD’S TOP CENTRAL BANKERS 2010

Global Finance Magazine names the World’s Top Central Bankers 2010 New York, September 9, 2010 – Global Finance magazine has...

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World’s BEST GLOBAL BANKS 2010

Global Finance names the World’s Best Global Banks 2010 NEW YORK, August 27, 2010 Global Finance magazine has announced its...

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Technology Helps Banks Stay Ahead

ANNUAL SURVEY: BEST INTERNET BANKS PART 1 In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the best online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. By Adam Rombel The ...

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The Price Of Stability

COVER STORY: FINANCIAL REGULATION By Justin Keay Businesses can expect to see their top-line costs rise under new banking regulations in the US and Europe. Will it be money well spent? If in pre-credit-crunch days policymakers uttered ...