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Q&A with ACI Worldwide Financial Fraud Solution Specialist, Jay Floyd

ACI Worldwide's Fraud Strategy & Solutions specialist Jay Floyd spoke with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano on the sideline of Sibos 2017 regarding the massive rise in financial fraud across the world and how ACI is using machine learning technology to identify behavior patterns to detect and minimize fraud.

Banking

Banking Industry Must Work Together to Leverage Emerging Tech | ANZ

ANZ's Head of International Banking and Financial Institution, John Campbell spoke with Global Finance Editor Andrea Fiano on the sideline of Sibos 2017 regarding the need for the banking industry to come together to leverage emerging banking technologies.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

MNCs Snap Up Organic Food Firms in Brazil

Brazil's healthy food and drinksmarket, now the sixth biggest in the world, is becoming a magnet for global food giants like Nestle and Unilever.

Economics, Policy & Regulation

House Excise Tax Troubles Corporate CFOs

Companies are concerned about the vague language of the bill about the applicability of the tax, and the fact that bilateral tax treaties, designed to avoid double taxation, will not function well under these circumstances.

Features

Telecom Deals Rocked 2017 Despite Recent News

Despite a spate of recent bad news fordeals likeAT&T-TimeWarner and Sprint-T-Mobile,2017 will be remembered for its completed telco mergers.

Banking

Latin American Banks | Q&A With Banco del Estado de Chile, Chairman

Enrique Marshall, Chairman, Banco del Estado de Chile,winner of the Safest Bank in Latin America award 2017, spokewith Global Finance magazine editor Andrea Fiano about what he thinks of Chile's economy and thebanking ecosystem in the country.

Banking

Q&A with Manuel Jesus Bautista, Governor Central Bank of Honduras

ManuelJesus Bautista, Governor, Central Bank of Honduras won an “A” grade in Global Finance’s annual Central Banker Report Cards 2017. He spoke with magazine editor Andrea Fiano about the growth prospects for Honduras' economy and how the country could see an increased rate of inflation for 2017.

Features

Can Ericsson Return to Profitability With New Strategy?

The Swedish company plans to simplify companystructure and cut 10 billion Krona in costs by mid 2018 bycutting jobs, divesting businesses, closing 83 sites andreviewingall existing contracts.

Banking

Q&A with Governor, Central Bank of Dominican Republic

Hector Valdez Albizu, Governor, Central Bank of Dominican Republic,spokewith Global Finance magazine editor Andrea Fiano about the country's fiscal and monetary policies, relations with the IMF and the road ahead for Dominican Republic's economy.

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Forex Markets | A Crackdown On Currency Hedging

New restrictions will make it costlier for corporations to hedge erratic currency markets—but could also make the financial system safer.

Banking

ING wins ‘Best Bank In The World’ award for 2017

Koos Timmermans, CFO of ING, winner of our first Best Bank In The World award, speaks with Global Finance Magazine editor Andrea Fiano about how his bank succeeded in establishing a global footprint by following its clients, and the lesson that ING took from fintechs: focus on the user experience.

Banking

KfW ‘World’s Safest Bank’ for 2017

Lutz-Christian Funke, executive director of KfW, The World’s Safest Bank for several consecutive years, discusses with GFMag editor Andrea Fiano Germany’s political balancing act and economic stability, Europe’s refugee problem, and KfW’s collaborations with other European banks and political agencies.