Banking
CHINA INSURES BANK DEPOSITS
China | Milestones<br />
The Chinese government has followed the US and Western European model by providing deposit insurance for private savers in the Chinese banking system.
Banking
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STARS OF CHINA AWARDS CEREMONY 2014
<strong>Global Finance</strong> held its annual Stars of China awards ceremony in Beijing in November. Corporate and financial leaders from around the country were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.
Banking
TRANSACTION BANKING 2015: DISMANTLING SILOS
<strong>Special Report| Global Transaction Banking 2015 Preview</strong><br />
Last year brought a vastly altered landscape for transaction banking—and the same is likely to be true of 2015. Regulatory reform and new developments in data analytics and mobile banking will drive change.
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BEST BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014
Global Finance held its 18th Annual Best Banks Awards ceremony in Washington in October—during the Annual IMF/World Bank conference. Honorees from around the world were present to accept their awards.
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BEST DERIVATIVES PROVIDERS 2014
The market in over-the-counter derivatives is shrinking, while exchange-listed futures and interest rate swaps traded on new swap execution facilities (SEFs) are setting records. New regulations and capital requirements are squeezing bank trading desks and forcing more derivatives trading onto exchanges and centralized clearing.
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BEST INTERNET BANKS AWARDS CEREMONY 2014
<strong>Global Finance</strong> held its 11th annual Internet Banks Awards dinner in New York in November. Leading financial executives from around the world were present to accept their awards and honor other recipients.
Banking
Deepening Africa’s Financial Markets
<strong>Africa | Emerging Markets Regional Review</strong><br />
African economies are well on their way to transforming the region’s status from a frontier to an emerging market. The IMF predicts Africa will grow by 5.8% in 2015, up from 5.1% this year, with Chad, Côte d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of the Congo and Mozambique projected to growth over 8%.
Banking
ECB STRESS TESTS FAIL THE CREDIBILITY TEST
<strong>European Banking | Trends</strong><br />
The degree to which the recent stress tests of big European banks by EU regulators lack credibility is becoming clear.<br />
Banking
ING COMPLETES BAILOUT REPAYMENT
<strong>Netherlands | Milestone</strong><br />
As a part of the restructuring agreement between ING, the Dutch government and the European Commission, ING agreed to several of what it called “bans,” according to an email sent by a company spokesman to Global Finance
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INTERNET BANKING AND CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE: TREVOR HAEGER, STANDARD CHARTERED
What is the key consideration in adopting a digitized banking strategy?
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INTERNET BANKING AND INTERBANK PLATFORMS: STEPHEN LEE, DBS
How significant is a digitized, simplified, single platform to trade finance?
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INTERNET BANKING GOES MAINSTREAM: GREG BAXTER, CITI
How has Internet banking evolved in the last year or so?