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Best Consumer Digital Banks 2026
Digital retail banking success used to be measured by features such as mobile check deposits and remote account opening. That baseline is now obsolete.
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Best Corporate/Institutional Digital Banks 2026
Corporate digital banking has long been the laggard, stagnating in the shadow of retail innovation, with treasurers trapped in legacy batch-processing and manual workflows. Over the past year, however, that gap has evaporated.
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Best Treasury and Cash Management Banks 2026 | Western Europe
Unified digital interfaces and sophisticated cross-border architectures are making silos a thing of the past.
Sponsored Content
Belfius: We Go Further For The Love Of Our Belgian Customers
Acclaimed for its cash management and trade finance expertise, Belfius Bank is leveraging its public-sector experience to innovate corporate transaction banking in Belgium. Koen Vierendeels, Belfius’s Head of Transaction Banking, discusses the customer-centric heart of the bank’s strategy and how its Belgian-market focus is a strong competitive advantage in achieving customer service excellence and navigating risk.
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Best Sub-Custodian Banks 2026: Western Europe
Global Finance honors the financial institutions modernizing sub-custody.
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The Innovators 2026: Western Europe
Western Europe has moved from a phase of fintech disruption to one of institutional scale and regulatory governance.
Executive Interviews
CFO Corner: Max Williams, EnergyPathways
The man financing Britain's clean energy future on doubt, policy risk, and the things no CFO can control.
Technology
Europe Vies to Close Stablecoin Gap
France pushes euro stablecoins and tokenized deposits as EU banks race to close the gap with dollar-led digital payments.
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World’s Best Banks 2026: Western Europe
Western Europe’s banks were well capitalized, digitally evolving, and strategically acquisitive—despite rate headwinds.
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World’s Best Investment Banks 2026: Western Europe
Western European investment banks powered through 2025, dominating IPOs, M&As, and debt deals, driving innovation and record-breaking market growth.
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Sustainable Finance Awards 2026: Western Europe
Western Europe’s sustainable-finance market slowed in 2025, but stricter standards, improved disclosures, and major deals kept issuance strong across banks.
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Best Trade Finance Bank In Western Europe: UniCredit
UniCredit has clinched the Best Trade Finance Bank in Western Europe award due to its comprehensive digital transformation and commitment to client service.
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GW Platt Foreign Exchange Bank Awards 2026: FX Tech Global Winners
This year’s Best FX Tech Awards recognize the institutions and providers setting the benchmark for innovation, resilience, and client-centric design across global currency markets.