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The Digital Bank Transformers
Banks are rolling out digital products at a dizzying pace—and in the process, reinventing the industry.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
The Hungary Games
CEE Regional Report
The unorthodox policies of prime minister Viktor Orbán may be controversial, but they’ve helped kick-start the country’s economy. Most of the other CEE nations are also mounting turnarounds..
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
UK: London Guilty Verdict Sends Shockwaves Through System
When former UBS and Citigroup derivatives trader Thomas Hayes was found guilty last month on all eight charges of conspiracy to manipulate Libor, it was the verdict heard around the world.
Features
Uruguay Regional Champ
Wedged between Brazil and Argentina—two neighbors with serious economic problems—Uruguay is an attractive foreign direct investment alternative in Latin America.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
US: P&G Promotes Insider To CEO Amid Major Revamp
In the midst of a radical overhaul of its operations, Procter & Gamble will undergo a key leadership change in the fall. As of November 1, company insider David Taylor will take over as CEO from A.G. Lafley, who has held the position from 2000 to 2009 and from 2013 to the present.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WTO: Landmark IT Trade Deal First In 18 Years
Tariffs on hundreds of information technology (IT) goods—201, to be precise—will be slashed starting next year as a result of a sweeping agreement in July by member nations of the World Trade Organization.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Appointment Further Strains Russia / Ukraine Relations
Newsmakers | Ukraine
Tensions between Russia and Ukraine have run high since late 2013, when Russia resisted Ukrainian efforts to move out of the Russian sphere of influence and toward the West.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Currency Swings Squash Quarterly Earnings
Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
The surging dollar, falling euro and plunging emerging-markets currencies had a record $32 billion negative impact on the earnings of companies in North America and Europe in the first quarter, according to Scottsdale, Arizonabased FiREapps, which helps corporations measure and manage foreign exchange exposure.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Diversification And Data
At the beginning of the summer, credit insurance company Coface issued its monthly list of upgrades and downgrades of country risk.
Banking
Driving Change In Bank Relationship Management
SIBOS Supersection 2015 | Bank Relationship Management
Basel III and other regulatory developments are causing a sea change in bank-corporate relationships. It is up to corporate treasurers to lead that process.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Erdoans Presidential Ambitions For Turkey Stymied
Newsmakers | Turkey
It has been said that ultimately all political careers end in failure, but until June 7, few observers were expecting this maxim to be true, quite yet, of Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoan.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
GCC Regional Report 2015
Introduction
Regional wealth funds, free-trade zones and the Saudi Stock Exchange are expected to boost GCC economic growth and spur development—even if oil doesn’t cooperate.