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.
Technology
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Middle East Poised For Growth
Isaac Thomas, executive vice president and head of cash management, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, describes the region’s changes and challenges.
Award Winners
The Digital Bank Transformers
Banks are rolling out digital products at a dizzying pace—and in the process, reinventing the industry.
Banking
The Fintech Effect
Dick Oskam, global head of sales for transaction services, ING, talks virtual bank accounts and blockchain technology.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
WTO: Landmark IT Trade Deal First In 18 Years
Tariffs on hundreds of information technology (IT) goods—201, to be precise—will be slashed starting next year as a result of a sweeping agreement in July by member nations of the World Trade Organization.
Banking
Big Data: The Future Is Now
As analytics aimed at helping companies make use of all their data proliferate, companies worldwide are embracing these new technologies and finding ever-more-innovative ways to use them. Those that fail to do so risk being left on the sidelines.
News
Dorsey Retakes Helm As Twitter Looks For New CEO
Newsmakers | United States
An important C-suite reshuffle is taking place in the world of social networking sites, and it may offer a glimpse into the future of the industry as a whole.
Banking
FinTech: Will Blockchain Enable Better Banking?
SIBOS Supersection 2015 | Fintech–Blockchain Technology
Freed from bitcoin, could the blockchain, or blockchain lite, become the underlying infrastructure behind better banking?
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
First Digital Corporate Bond Uses Blockchain Technology
Capital Markets | Debt
Overstock.com, a Utah-based online retailer, issued the first digital corporate bond using blockchain technology—the same technology that supports cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Fostering Fintech Innovation
SIBOS Supersection 2015 | Fintech – Innovation Centers
In today’s virtual world, fintech development can take place anywhere. With funding for start-ups split 50:50 between traditional financial centers and elsewhere, the race is on to attract the hottest young firms.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
IT Integration Staggering To The Finishing Line
SIBOS Supersection 2015 | M&A IT Integration
Merging with other companies has its financial benefits, but when it comes to IT, not joining all the dots to integrate disparate systems can have serious consequences.
Banking
SIBOS Supersection 2015
SIBOS Supersection 2015 | Introduction
Digital trade is a key theme for the corporate forum at SWIFT’s Sibos conference in Singapore in October.