Award Winners
Great Digital Expectations
In a talk with Global Finance, Merav Spektorovsky-Sasson, head of direct banking for Bank Hapoalim, Israel, lays out what banks must do to satisfy online customers.
Asia Pacific
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Indonesia Report | Dangerous Summer
A wobbly administration and a plunge in commodities prices have triggered one of the nation’s toughest years in recent memory.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Seeking Efficiency In Treasury Centers
Yin Fong Lum, global head of product management for cash management and trade finance, Global Transaction Services, DBS Bank, lays out the benefits and challenges of regional treasury centers.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Special Economic Zones: Who Wins, Who Loses?
In the race to attract foreign direct investment, countries are opening SEZs at a furious rate. Winnowing down the choices requires some serious due diligence.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Taiwan Report | Strait Shooters
China’s rattling of sabers may be causing tension in Taiwan, but the country’s currency is on the rise.
Award Winners
The Design Of Things
Global Finance explores the tech future of Payments and branding with Deniz Devrim Cengiz, head of digital banking at Türk Ekonomi Bancasi (TEB), (BNP Paribas Turkey)
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
The Renminbi Inches Toward Reserve Currency Status
Capital Markets | Foreign Exchange
The executive board of the International Monetary Fund recently held an informal meeting to discuss a staff report that found some deficiencies in the renminbi as a potential reserve currency.
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.
Banking
Indian Banks Get Sharper Teeth
Capital Markets | Debt/Equity
India’s banks—both private and state-run—have been given a powerful tool to deal with bad loans.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MERS Outbreak Threatens South Korea’s Economy
Trends | Economy & Disease
In May, South Korea reported its first case of MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). The death toll had climbed to 24 as we went to press, making it the largest outbreak outside of Saudi Arabia, where the strain was first reported in 2012.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
New Zealand Walloped By Slowdown In Chinese Economy
Milestones | New Zealand
In June, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand lowered its key cash interest rate a quarter of a percentage point to 3.25%, the first time the central bank has cut rates cut since 2011, citing a combination of deflationary pressure, plunging commodity prices and a slowdown in key export markets like China.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Will Japanese Companies Bow To Shareholders?
Management | Corporate Governance
Japanese corporate culture, long considered one of the least shareholder-friendly among developed nations, may be softening up, with a little nudge from prime minister Shinzo Abe.