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North America Winners : Taxing Times
Coverage of North American regionalwinners of Global Finance magazine's 2017 awards for Best Treasury & Cash Management.
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Western Europe Winners: A Brave New World
Coverage ofWestern Europeregionalwinners ofGlobal Financemagazine's 2017 awards for Best Treasury & Cash Management.
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Systems & Services Winners: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Regulation, risk, a low-interest-rate environment and global economic uncertainty mean treasurers are more dependent than ever before on software systems and services to help them manage their business. In a climate where banks are withdrawing from certain markets and lines ...
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Global Winners 2017: Racing to Stay On Top
Being a bank at the top of your game in global treasury and cash management is not for the faint hearted. Banks that win our global awards for Best Treasury & Cash Management tend to have more than one of ...
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China Retailers Bet Big On Online Banking Service
Chinese Web giant Baidu has obtained regulatory approval to establish, in collaboration with China Citic Bank, a direct-banking firm named Baixin Bank that will operate online rather than through brick-and-mortar outlets.
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Economic Populism Boosts Ecommerce
The Trump campaign in the United States and the UK’s Brexit movement put forth renewed calls for economic policies with potential to limit or reduce cross-border trade.
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McDonald’s China Deal Favors Franchise Model
McDonald’s agreed to sell 80% control of its restaurants in China and Hong Kong for 20 years to state-owned conglomerate Citic and the Carlyle Group, a private equity firm.
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Memo To Corporate Borrowers: Don’t Panic
The golden age of cheap corporate funding is coming to an end. Or is it? After Donald Trump’s surprise election as US president, markets reached a quick consensus that a new economic day was dawning. But interest rate hikes may not come as fast--or do as much damage--as some expect.
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More Bank Mergers In The Gulf
Gulf countries are encouraging local banks to merge and several have done so. In the UAE, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and First Gulf Bank are in the process of creating the largest bank in the Middle East.
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Morocco Opens To Islamic Finance
The Kingdom of Morocco now allows participative finance. On January 2 the central bank, Bank Al-Maghrib, issued authorizations for five banks to begin commercializing shariah-compliant products and services.
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New Ratings For A Knowledge Economy
Which countries lead the global knowledge economy? At least one academic suggests that current assessments of a country’s knowledge base are too narrow and reliant on averages.<span style="font-size: 14px;">In research to be presented in April at INSEAD, Kai Chan argues that a nation's brightest talent—not its average capabilities—determine its knowledge capacity.</span>
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Q&A: Litigation Funding Offers CFOs New Options
Justin Brass, managing director at litigation finance specialist Burford Capital,recentlyvisited Global Finance to discuss funding innovation and the bottom-line value of litigation.