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US: FIELDS’ FIRST TEST ON FORD’S BREAD AND BUTTER
NEWSMAKERS: UNITED STATES<br />
New Ford CEO Fields is about to be put to the test.<br />
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WILL M-PESA FLY IN EUROPE?
MILESTONES: EUROPE<br />
African success story M-Pesa dials up Europe.
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New Development Fund Could Add Accountability, Transparency To Chinese Investments In Africa
The People’s Bank of China and the African Development Bank agreed last week to establish a $2 billion co-financing fund.
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African Union Launches Catastrophe Insurance For Member Countries
Insuring Against Extreme Weather: Farmers and their families in five African countries will gain some financial protection against drought this growing season through a catastrophe insurance pool launched in May by African Risk Capacity (ARC).
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A New New Delhi?
Election Coverage: “Good days are here,” tweeted prime minister-designate Narendra Modi after he led the right-wing Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party to a landslide victory last Friday in India’s bitterly fought parliamentary elections.
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BEST BANKS 2014: NORTH AMERICA
The banks of North America as a group are fundamentally strong. Of 30 US banks that participated in the Federal Reserve’s second round of stress tests, 25 passed with flying colors, according to results released in March.
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ANNUAL SURVEY: WORLD’S BEST BANKS 2014
In our 21st annual survey, Global Finance identifies the best banks in 150 countries and eight regions. The winners are not always the biggest banks, but rather, the best—those with the qualities that corporations should look for when choosing a bank.
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BEST BANKS 2014: AFRICA
The financial system in Africa varies from the highly developed banking institutions of South Africa and Nigeria to the barely organized banking sector of South Sudan, the world’s newest country.
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BEST BANKS 2014: LATIN AMERICA
While Latin American banks continued to expand their client base and footprints, the sector still faced important challenges.
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BEST U.S. REGIONAL BANKS: 2014
Since the global financial crisis, US regional banks have taken market share in corporate banking away from the national money-center banks, which have dialed back on risk to rebuild their balance sheets.
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BANKING: BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
Corporate banking has always lagged the retail sector when it comes to the adoption of digital technologies, but mobile-banking services are gathering pace—and some visionaries are even contemplating banking services based on wearable technologies.
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ECONOMIC REFORMS FINALLY PAY OFF FOR MEXICO
Recent economic reforms in Mexico and upgrades by rating agencies have strengthened Mexico’s position in global markets. The country’s economic performance is improving as well.