Banking
Nigeria’s Banking Godfather Retires
When Jim Ovia founded Zenith Bank in July 1990 at age 38, with NGN 20 million (then about $2.5 million)...
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Economics, Policy & Regulation
Former Tech CEO Named as South Korea’s 2nd Female PM
The National Assembly — South Korea’s parliament — has confirmed former Naver CEO Han Seong-sook as the country’s new prime...
Technology
OP and Qutwo Debut Quantum Computing Partnership
This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. OP Pohjola and Finnish fintech Qutwo Oy are launching...
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Digitizing more than 80% of its retail banking services proved a timely strategic move for Sberbank, Russia's largest bank. During the pandemic, customers could access most banking services while socially distancing and the bank launched new services quickly that helped customers facing financial hardship and uncertainty.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Egypt’s IPO Pipeline Grows as Cairo Courts Private Capital
This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Egypt, Africa’s second-largest economy after South Africa, plans to...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Butterfield Readies CIBC Caribbean Purchase
This article appears in the July/August issue of Global Finance Magazine. Butterfield Group has agreed to acquire a 91.7% stake...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Gold Purchases Accelerate as Dollar Confidence Wanes
Central banks are scaling back on the dollar as institutional bullion buying climbs to record highs.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Goldman Sachs Sets $1 Trillion M&A Record
Goldman Sachs said it had advised on more than $1 trillion of announced global mergers and acquisitions so far this...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
India’s Capital Markets Brace for Blockbuster NSE IPO
India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE) has filed for an initial public offering with the Securities and Exchange Board of India,...
Technology
SWIFT Taps Global Banking Giants to Pilot 24/7 Blockchain Ledger
SWIFT announced that its blockchain ledger is ready for initial use, enabling early adopter financial institutions to support cross-border payments...
Banking
Citi Structures $1.1B Export Credit Framework for Enel
Citi is once again using export credit agencies as a financing engine for Europe’s energy transition. The investment bank announced...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Syria Taps Raslan to Lead Central Bank
Safwat Raslan, a former refugee who fled to Germany during his country’s 14-year civil war, is the new governor of...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Cuba Forced to Adopt Free-Market Reforms
In June, the Cuban National Assembly unanimously passed 176 economic reforms aimed at staving off an economic crisis partly caused...