In an increasingly fragmented world, collaboration on solving the world’s most pressing challenges is an urgent priority, writes Saudi Arabia’s finance minister.
While banks in the region are trying to anticipate which skills they will need in future, they are also focusing on how to diversify their talent pool across the board.
Federico Sforza, CEO and co-founder of Banca AideXa, talks about the bank’s use of open data that enables it to fill the gaps left by traditional lenders.
Natia Turnava, the first vice-president of the National Bank of Georgia is using every tool in her toolbox to help Georgia weather economic, climate and dollarisation headwinds.
With few opportunities for expansion, many of Japan’s banks are looking overseas, and towards the green sector, for growth.
Swedbank has broken the ice by issuing the first social bond among Nordic banks. Could this be a turnaround for the asset class?
Despite the failure of Silicon Valley Bank, some banks are seeing deposits rise, including the UK’s ClearBank.
Small and mid-sized banks are likely to offer buy now, pay later solutions to attract new customers. But only the region’s bigger lenders may be able to move the needle.
Regulatory incentives could be on the way for commercial banks to help develop their local currency trading and settlement infrastructure.
Despite the advance in the number of people accessing financial services in the region, those who have access to them still face struggles in terms of costs and indebtedness risk.
Ahead of İşbank’s centenary celebrations next year, CEO Hakan Aran emphasises the focus on social responsibility and environmental commitments, and outlines what the bank of the future will look like.
With talk of an ‘FQ’ for measuring financial literacy, and improving AI and data analysis tools, can banks become more proactive than reactive?
Celebrating 75 years in Canada, Bank of America launches its Request for Pay feature in the country.
UK financial services regulators will publish a Consultation Paper to drive diversity and inclusion improvement in September — and socio-economic status is likely to be at its core.
Many financial institutions support good causes and run discrete projects to promote community well-being, but Iberian leader CaixaBank has taken a unique, much longer-term approach to the idea of banking with positive social impact.
While reimbursement for APP fraud is generally regarded as a positive step, it is crucial to recognise the profound impacts that go beyond the mere restoration of funds.
Gulf lenders thrive while Egyptian banks feel the pressure.
China’s digital banks have rocketed up The Banker’s best-performing table, overtaking the mega state-owned lenders.
While AI solutions and ISO 20022’s rollout offer some relief, the challenges to correspondent banking remain acute in an era of ever greater de-risking.
India’s private sector banks are enjoying a period of growth and climbing up The Banker’s Top 1000 World Banks ranking. Rekha Gupta Menon reports on how strategic M&A has enabled some banks to see strong expansion.