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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Africa’s Mobile Banking: Boom Or Bust?

ANNUAL SUPPLEMENT: AFRICA 2013 By Erik Heinrich Africa’s mobile-banking boom is a complicated tale of East versus West. But who’s approach will prove right in the end? Mobile banking is a force for social and economic change ...

Banking

Central Banker Report Cards 2013

‘A’ FOR EFFORT, ‘B-’ FOR RESULTS By Antonio Guerrero, Anita Hawser and Gordon Platt Global Finance presents its annual report on the performance of the world’s central bank governors. There are a lot of new faces among ...

Awards

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 ...

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World’s Top Central Bankers 2013

Global Finance Magazine Grades the World’s Top Central Bankers 2013 New York, August 22, 2013 – Global Finance magazine has...

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World’s Best Corporate/Institutional Internet Banks in Middle East & Africa 2013

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

Awards

World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Middle East & Africa 2013

Global Finance names the 2013 World’s Best Consumer Internet Banks in Middle East/Africa NEW YORK, July 18, 2013 Global Finance...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

SIBOS 2013: Going Global And Mobile With Payments

GOING GLOBAL AND MOBILE By Karen Kroll Companies are increasingly using e-payments and looking at mobile channels. But moving money electronically cross-border can still be an issue. The ways in which organizations are paying their suppliers and business ...

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World’s Best Subcustodians 2013: Regional Winners

By Gordon Platt NORTH AMERICA Citi Lee Waite: The rules of the game are not static Citi is the largest subcustodian in the US, the world’s biggest subcustody market. The bank also has the largest proprietary network in the industry, ...

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Awards: World’s Best Banks 2013

BRIGHT STARS By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt Following a year that included some of the biggest scandals in banking history—the London Whale, the Libor rate-fixing scandal, widespread money laundering, insider trading, rogue trading and ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

THE OIL AND GAS WINDFALL

<p><strong>East Africa is a hotbed of new oil and natural gas finds. Most countries are taking a slow and measured approach to developing their resource boon, but will they avoid the resource curse that plagued many early-developers? </strong></p>

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World’s Best Banks 2013: Africa

By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt MOBILE BANKING STIMULATES ECONOMIC GROWTH IN AFRICA Africa is one of the fastest-growing markets in the world for mobile payments. Money transfers using mobile phones will exceed $200 billion in ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Newsmakers: Peaceful Election Sets Stage For Investment Bonanza

NEWSMAKERS: KENYA By Dan Keeler Kenya appears set to reap a substantial investment dividend in the wake of its largely peaceful presidential election held in early March. Kenyatta beats his rivals Analysts believe that portfolio flows and foreign ...