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Taking Blockchain From Development To Deployment

FinTech | Trends The launch of the blockchain-enabled asset trading platform Nasdaq Linq, Goldman Sachs’ filing of a patent for a securities settlement system based on a new virtual currency called SETLcoin, and the continued rise of blockchain banking consortium R3 all point to a race by financial institutions to harness the power of the blockchain.

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Transaction Banking Is Sexy Again

Steady revenue streams make transaction banking attractive during times of volatility. But tech and upstart competitors are remaking the business.

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A Crowning Achievement For Digital Banks

As digital banking transformation becomes a key competitive tool, Global Finance recognizes those banks making the most-effective and most-innovative changes.

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A Virtual Deal-Making Machine

Capital Markets | Deal Matchmaking In this age of social media, even business matchmaking, traditionally the domain of word of mouth and handshakes, could use a little tech facelift.

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Balancing Security With Convenience: Asit Oberoi, Yes Bank

Q+A with Asit Oberoi, Senior President And Chief Operating Officer, YES Bank

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Best Digital Bank Awards 2015—Round 2 | Table Of Contents

As digital banking transformation becomes a key competitive tool, Global Finance recognizes those banks making the most-effective and most-innovative changes.

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Chinese E-Commerce Companies Biggest Threat To Banks

Trends | Fintech China’s Big Three Internet and e-commerce companies—Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent—are so big they are referred to collectively as BAT, and all three have received banking licenses and scaled up their e-commerce and finance platforms.

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Cooperation Is Key To Success And Innovation: Juraj Bojkovský, Tatra Banka

Q+A with Juraj Bojkovský, Director Of Electronic Distribution Channels At Tatra banka

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Digital Services On The Rise: Hubert Jolly, Citi

Q+A with Hubert Jolly, Managing Director, Head of Channel & Enterprise Services, Treasury & Trade Solutions at Citi

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Future Growth In Ecuador Linked To “Knowledge” Economy

In the province of Imbabura in northern Ecuador, approximately a two-and-a-half-hour drive from the capital, Quito, and close to the border of Colombia, sits Yachay, the country’s first planned “city of knowledge.”

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Israel Keeps Its Economic Motor Humming

Country Report | Israel Chinese investors flock to the nation’s cutting-edge tech sector.

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New Digital Battle Lines Drawn

The World’s Best Digital Bank Awards was preceded this year by the inaugural Global Finance Digital Bank Conference, held in London. Three panels of digital banking experts shared their experiences of competing against nontraditional providers in the financial technology space.