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Banking

StandChart Launches Crypto Spot Trading

Banking giant Standard Chartered has introduced an amenity for the spot trading of Bitcoin and Ethereum via a fully integrated digital asset service, through its UK branch for institutional clients, including corporates, investors and asset managers.

Banking

Argentina: Revolut Acquires Cetelem

UK fintech Revolut will enter the Argentine market after agreeing to purchase Cetelem Argentina from BNP Paribas Personal Finance.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

United Kingdom: Capital Markets Flounder

The state of the United Kingdom’s capital markets is perilous. IPO activity has fallen to its lowest levels in 30-years.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Loan Markets In US, Europe Rebound After April Plunge

Following a sharp slowdown due to Trump's tariff announcement, corporate loan activity is picking up, driven by improved pricing and investor appetite, though credit quality concerns still loom.

Winner Insights

Manish Kohli: Innovating Payments At HSBC

Manish Kohli, head of Global Payments Solutions at HSBC, discusses the bank’s digital-payments strategy and how it is innovating in transaction banking. HSBC was named one of Global Finance’s Most Innovative Banks.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

For British Steel, Nationalization Looms – Again

UK citizens could be forgiven for thinking, in early April, that they had been transported back in time, amid suggestions British Steel should be nationalized—something that happened back in 1967.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

UK Wealth Fund Brings Government And Private Investment Together

Sovereign wealth funds have been multiplying in recent years, giving governments greater flexibility as to how they deploy their extra...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banker Report Cards 2024: Europe

Belarus Pavel Kallaur: N/A With Belarus’ economy increasingly integrated into that of Russia, it makes perfect sense for the National...

News

Anglo American’s Big Restructuring Aims To Refocus Mining Giant

The rattled corporation faces a rocky road through a wide-ranging restructuring, but some analysts see a more competitive company emerging....

Economics, Policy & Regulation

UK Labour Appoints First Female To Powerful Finance Post

On July 4, after 14 years of Tory rule, Britons handed the Labour Party a landslide election victory. The new...

United Kingdom

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by <em>Global Finance</em> editors, to learn more about the U.K. economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of the country best banks and safest banks are also available.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Qatar’s Purchase Of Manchester United Stalls Due To Family Drama

Upheaval among the football club’s owners, and angry fans, puts a $6 billion-plus deal at stake.