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Home Awards Winner Insights Andreea Parneci, Societe Generale: Navigating The Instant Payments Revolution Andreea Parneci, Deputy Head of Global Transaction and Payment Services at Societe Generale, which won Best Bank for Transaction Banking, explains how the bank is addressing the new regulatory requirements and building a unified global transaction banking …

The game changer. As AI penetrates deeper into banking, institutions look past its novelty to make sure their investment yields value. The integration of artificial intelligence into the financial sector is moving beyond the experimental stage as the new technology becomes a cornerstone of modern banking operations. Take DBS Bank, …

Global Finance introduces its first AI In Finance awards, recognizing the current AI revolution in finance. Traditional artificial intelligence, including machine learning and statistical modeling, is nothing new to financial institutions. AI has long been instrumental in data analysis, trend forecasting, automation, risk management, and enhancement of customer service. At …

As milestones go, being at the forefront of a country’s banking sector for 50 years, and driving economic growth and championing customer-centric innovation, is something to celebrate. “From our early days to becoming Egypt’s leading private sector bank and the preferred financial partner for over 500 of the nation’s largest …

Can companies realistically pivot their manufacturing based on policy winds, or is this strategy more complicated than policymakers suggest? As trade tensions escalate under US President Donald Trump, the reshoring narrative is becoming more complicated. While companies across virtually all industries once embraced the idea of bringing manufacturing closer to …

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Giovanni Ferrero knows it. Scion and executive chairman of Ferrero Group, the company behind favorites like Nutella, Kinder, and Ferrero Rocher, Ferrero announced plans in July to acquire WK Kellogg, maker of Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops, in a deal …

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s grip on power weakened further after his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and coalition partner Komeito lost their majority in Japan’s upper house elections on July 20. The vote marks a historic shift: For the first time since 1955, the LDP does not control either house of …

The proposed $47 billion acquisition of Japan’s Seven & i Holdings by Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) would have been the largest foreign takeover in Japanese history. Instead, after nearly a year of overtures, negotiations, and political maneuvering, ACT withdrew its offer in mid-July, citing a persistent lack of engagement and …

Christopher Hodge, chief US economist at investment bank Natixis, shares his thoughts regarding the forces shaping the US economy. With a career spanning the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the US Department of the Treasury, and hedge funds, he offers a rare public and private perspective on today’s policy-driven …

AI tools are driving efficiency and strategic gains—and fundamentally reshaping finance professionals’ roles. Artificial intelligence promises to ignite a revolution in the corporate finance function, enhancing efficiency, forecasting, and decision-making. As adoption accelerates, CFOs envision expanding their role from stewards of cost to drivers of longterm value as they integrate …