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Awards: Best Internet Banks—Round 1

ANNUAL SURVEY — THE PIONEERS By Adam Rombel In the first of a two-part series, Global Finance identifies the top online corporate and consumer banks by country and regionally by product or service category. Global Finance is ...

Banking

Cover: The Global War On Tax Havens

AT HAVENS END? Multinational corporations could have a much more difficult time shifting profits to low-tax jurisdictionsand deductions to high-tax...

News

M&A: Telecoms, Media Deals Rise In Down Market

CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS By Gordon Platt Technology, media and telecomsthe TMT sectoris enjoying a surge in deal activity this year,...

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Tax Reform Improving Business Clime In Sub-Saharan African Countries

Many of the 19 Francophone countries of Sub-Saharan Africathat is, those whose citizens speak French and who were otherwise influenced...

Banking

Treasury & Cash Management: GLOBAL FINANCE CASH 25

WHAT’S UP WITH CORPORATE CASH? By Ronald Fink Among various explanations for corporations’ letting cash build up on their balance sheets, the most compelling one is that economic growth is still slow. But some companies are not waiting ...

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World’s 50 Safest Banks 2013

Global Finance Names the World’s 50 Safest Banks 2013 New York, August 26, 2013 – Bank ratings are not yet...

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IMF Admits Greek Mistakes While Europe Sticks Its Head In The Sand

While the Greek economy remains too weak to meet the goals laid down in the current bailout package, a highly...

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Global Corporate Cash Survey 2013

Global Finance to Publish First-Ever Global Corporate Cash Survey Companies Ranked by Cash on Balance Sheet, Global Finance Cash 25...

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World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Europe 2013

Global Finance names the 2013 World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Europe NEW YORK, July 23, 2013 Global Finance has...

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World’s Best Subcustodians 2013: Country Winners

COUNTRY WINNERS Argentina Citi Armenia Ameriabank Australia HSBC Austria UniCredit Bank Austria Bahrain HSBC Belgium KBC Brazil Itaú Unibanco Canada CIBC Mellon Chile Banco de Chile China Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Commercial Bank of China Colombia Citi Croatia ...

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Payment Instruments: Card Payments

According to the Bank for International Settlements, card-based payment products are electronic money products that provide the customer with a portable, specialized computer device, typically an integrated circuit card containing a microprocessor chip. Data is from the Bank for International ...

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Payment Instruments: E-Money

The European Commission Office of Internal Markets defines e-money--or electronic money--as the digital equivalent of cash, stored on an electronic device or remotely at a server. Data is from the Bank for International Settlements' Statistics on payment, clearing and settlement ...