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GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2025: Global, Regional And Country Winners

Amid consistently high geopolitical tensions, a shifting interest rate environment in developed and developing economies, and the increasing threat of...

Award Winners

World’s Best Digital Banks 2025: Global And Regional Winners

Banks leverage AI, APIs, and agile tech to compete with fintechs, enhancing customer experience. Digital banking dynamism continues to hold...

Award Winners

World’s Best Private Banks 2025: Africa

Offshore investments become a hedge against currency volatility. Wealth preservation and growth in Africa are highly challenging. The affluent know...

Awards

World’s Best SME Banks 2025: Regional Winners

Africa: UBA United Bank for Africa (UBA) is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Among its hallmarks is an unwavering commitment to...

Awards

World’s Safest Banks 2024: Country Winners

This year’s country winners successfully navigated a period of high interest rates and high inflation. Now they must adjust as...

Economics, Policy & Regulation

Central Banker Report Cards 2024: Africa And The Middle East

Algeria Salah-Eddine Taleb: C+ Africa’s largest natural gas producer posted a 4.1% growth last year. The Bank of Algeria (BoA)...

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World’s Best Digital Banks 2024: Round 1

Changing customer expectations and the need to maintain a competitive edge continue to drive digital banking as both consumer and...

Zimbabwe

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Zimbabwe economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Zimbabwe best banks and safest banks are also available.

Zambia

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by <em>Global Finance</em> editors, to learn more about Zambia's economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends.

Uganda

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Uganda economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Uganda best banks and safest banks are also available.

Togo

Includes historical data for Togo’s Gross Domestic Product growth, debt-to-GDP ratio and more, as well as information on trade, banking...

The Gambia

Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about The Gambia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of The Gambia best banks and safest banks are also available.