Awards
WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS 2014
Standard Bearers<br />
New entrants raise the benchmark for Global Finance’s annual ranking of the Top 50 Safest Global Banks.
Banking
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Award Ceremonies and Events
WORLD’S SAFEST BANKS 2014 AWARDS CEREMONY
Global Finance awarded the top banks in its annual Safest Banks ranking at its Best Banks Awards Ceremony, held in conjunction with the IMF/World Bank meetings in Washington in mid-October.
Banking
SAUDI BANK IPO LEADS SURGE OF NEW SHARE ISSUES
Capital Markets | Middle East Equity<br />
The Middle East is experiencing a boom in initial public offerings, following years of relative inactivity since the global financial crisis. The area’s IPO markets began to recover in the fourth quarter of last year, and new share issues are now coming at a fever pitch, despite falling oil prices that could threaten regional economies.
Banking
From The Winners @ SIBOS 2014
Inside Sibos | Video<br />
Global Finance honored the winners of its 2014 Transaction Processing Awards at a ceremony on Oct. 1, 2014 at the Harvard Club in Boston, MA during SIBOS 2014.<br />
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Our editors interviewed representatives from winning organizations at the event and on the conference floor.
Banking
BANK INTRODUCES FINGER VEIN BIOMETRICS TO DETER FRAUDSTERS
MILESTONES | UNITED KINGDOM<br />
Technology derived from medical scanning is being used by a UK bank in the fight against cybercrime and identity fraud.
Banking
BOTÍN: GROOMED FOR SUCCESS
NEWSMAKERS | SPAIN<br />
Less than 24 hours after the sudden death, in September, of her father Emilio Botín, widely recognized as one of the shrewdest, most successful bankers in modern history, Ana Patricia Botín was unanimously named by the board to take the helm of Banco Santander, an institution that has been under the control of her family for three generations.
Banking
BRIDGING THE CHASM
MARKET REPORT | ISLAMIC TRADE FINANCE<br />
Offering inventory financing to commodity traders brings much-needed liquidity to the Islamic trade finance market.
Banking
ELEVENTH-HOUR RESCUE FOR SHADOW-BANKING PRODUCT
MILESTONES | CHINA<br />
China Huarong Asset Management, a bad bank set up during the credit bust of the 1990s, has turned out to be the mystery investor that bailed out shadow-banking product Credit Equals Gold No. 1.
Banking
GOLDMAN SACHS TO TAP GROWING ISLAMIC MARKET
CAPITAL MARKETS | ISLAMIC FINANCE<br />
To diversify its sources of financing, Goldman Sachs plans to issue a benchmark Islamic bond, at a time when demand for sukuk is outrunning supply. Meanwhile, South Africa is planning its first sovereign sukuk, and the Egyptian government is working on a new sukuk law, following the military’s overthrow of Islamist president Mohamed Morsi last year.
Banking
TURKISH BANKS UNDER FIRE
COUNTRY REPORT | TURKEY: BANKING<br />
Turkey’s president is not a fan of them, and an increasing tide of regulation and a growing debt profile make for a difficult operating environment for Turkish banks.
Banking
A MERE BLIP FOR REAL-TIME PAYMENTS IN CHINA?
TREASURY & CASH MANAGEMENT | REAL-TIME PAYMENTS<br />
A delay in the rollout of the China International Payments System looks to be only a temporary hiccup in the renminbi’s unfolding internationalization.
Award Winners
BEST INTERNET BANKS 2014 ROUND 1
In this first installment of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and then by region, according to product or service category.